List of University of Illinois songs

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This is a list of songs written about, dedicated to, or commonly associated with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Most of the songs have been composed before 1940, and many were originally submitted in campus songwriting contests.

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Front cover of "The Illinois Loyalty Song" The Illinois Loyalty Song.jpg
Front cover of "The Illinois Loyalty Song"

The following songs still see regular performance at the university, specifically through the Marching Illini. Other organizations, such as the Varsity Men's Glee Club, will also perform these songs. They are strongly recognized as university songs.

TitleComposerLyricistWrittenRef.
Cheer IlliniHarold Vater Hill '11 [a] Howard Ruggles Green '121910 [1] [2] [3]
Hail to the Orange Harold Vater Hill '11Howard Ruggles Green '121910 [1] [3]
Illini Fantasy James Curnow —1970 [4]
"Illinois (state song)" [b] Charles H. ChamberlainArchibald Johnston1870–93 [1] [2] [3] [5]
Illinois Loyalty Thacher Howland Guild1905–06 [1] [2] [3] [6]
Illinois March Edwin Franko Goldman Guy Maxwell Duker1953 [7]
March of the Illini Harold LaForrest Alford —1928 [7]
Oskee Wow-Wow Harold Vater Hill '11Howard Ruggles Green '121910 [1] [2] [3]
Pride of the Illini Karl Lawrence King Raymond Francis Dvorak '22 '261928 [7]

Performed in the past

The following songs used to see regular performance through the university band or orchestra, campus glee clubs, or other means. As of recent history, they are no longer performed regularly.

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Front cover of "Fight Illini"
Front cover of "Have Courage, Illinois" "Have Courage, Illinois".jpg
Front cover of "Have Courage, Illinois"
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Front cover of "University of Illinois March."
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Front cover of "Where the Boneyard Flows"
TitleComposerLyricistWrittenRef.
Academic Professional Lloyd Morey '111955 [1]
Alma MaterArthur Everett Holch Sr. '13Ralph Edgar Holch '101912 [1] [2]
Back IllinoisVernon Thompson Stevens '15 '171914 [1]
Come, All Ye Loyal Rooters!
(Illinois Field Song)		Edward George Oldefest '061907 [2]
Fight Illini
(The Stadium Song)		Rose Josephine Oltusky Edelson '22 Sampson Miles Raphaelson '171921 [1] [3]
For Good Old IllinoisVernon Thompson Stevens '15 '171914 [1] [2] [3]
Grand IllinoisFrederick Locke Lawrence Samuel Alexander Bullard '781903 [2]
Hail Illinois!Richard Eugene Kent '21Edmund DeForest Swanberg '181917–18 [2]
Have Courage, IllinoisLewis Daly '20Earl Francis Swaim ex-'181917–18 [1] [2]
Illini Fight SongFloyd John Hirth '301938 [1] [8]
Illini OvertureJohn Stanley Crandell1933 [1] [8]
IllinoisAlbert Emmett Marien '331962 [9]
Illinois Battle CallRuth Kelso '081907 [1]
Illinois Celebration SongThacher Howland Guild1909 [1] [6]
Illinois ForeverVernon Thompson Stevens '15 '171914 [1]
Illinois HolabalooRosa Lee Gaut '121915–16 [2]
"Illinois Pep."Allen Edwin Stearn '17 '191914–17 [2]
Illinois Seniors' GreetingAdelle Elizabeth McClure '181918 [1] [2]
Illinois Sunset SongFrancis Keese Wynkoop Drury '05,
Otto William Schreiber '10		Stephen Sheldon Colvin1910 [2]
Illinois We Love YouVernon Thompson Stevens '15 '171916 [1] [2]
Illinois, We're All Behind YouAllen Edwin Stearn '17 '191917–18 [1]
It's the System (That
They Have at Illinois)		Lewis Daly '20,
Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17		Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '171917 [2]
Let's Go IllinoisVernon Thompson Stevens '15 '17Arthur Leo Little ex-'141912 [1]
Lights Out MarchEarl Ellison McCoy ex-'08—1902 [1]
Loyal Sons of Illinois
(The Homecoming Song)		William Dale Donahue '23George Victor Buchanan, Jr. '221921 [1]
O IllinoisJohn Stanley Crandell1928 [1]
On Forever, IllinoisJohn Lawrence Erb William Chauncy Langdon 1917 [2]
Our UniversityMary Elizabeth Mann '091907 [2]
Siren SongThacher Howland Guild1908 [1] [6]
Song of IllinoisA. Leffingwell William Abbott Oldfather 1924 [1] [8]
Song of the Illini BravesJohn Stanley Crandell1929 [1]
Sons of LoyaltyRalph Armond Carlsen '20Walter Elliott Hayne '18,
Harold J. Orr ex-'20 ex-'22		1917–18 [2]
Take Me Back to IllinoisHerald Bratt Fites '17John Eugene Davis '181917–18 [2]
That's the Way at IllinoisLucia Alzina Stevens '031900–03 [1]
Those Good Old Songs
They Sing at Illinois		Vernon Thompson Stevens '15 '171914 [1] [2]
A Toast to the Orange and BlueDaniel Homer Rich '071903–07 [2]
University of Illinois March John Philip Sousa —1929 [1] [10] [7] [8]
Where the Boneyard FlowsHerald Bratt Fites '17Cyrus Van Ness Clark ex-'181915 [1]
Wide Stand Our GatesRichard Eugene Kent '21Theodore Preston Bourland '231921 [1]

Notes

  1. ↑ The applicable years of graduation from the University of Illinois are listed after a person's name.
  2. ↑ While "Illinois" is about the State of Illinois, rather than the University of Illinois, it is commonly associated with both.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 "Illinois Songs and Music, 1903-1958". University of Illinois Archives. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. n.d. Retrieved March 23, 2020. Record series 0/1/804
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 University of Illinois Songbook (PDF) (3rd ed.). New York City, NY: Hinds, Noble & Eldredge (under the auspices of the Women's League). 1926.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Illini Songbook (1926 ed.). Champaign, IL: Illinois Union. 1926.
  4. ↑ "Illini Fantasy, for band". AllMusic. Netaktion LLC. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  5. ↑ "State Song". Illinois.gov. State of Illinois. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 Guild, Thacher Howland (1919). The Power of a God, and Other One-act Plays. Menasha, WI: George Banta Publishing Co. ISBN   1330463250.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  7. 1 2 3 4 Neuenschwander, Daniel Paul (2019). Raymond Francis Dvorak: His life and career in music (Ed.D.). University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. hdl:2142/106235.
  8. 1 2 3 4 Hash, Phillip M. (October 1, 2008). "History of the Illinois School Band Association: 1924–1941". Journal of Historical Research in Music Education. 30 (1): 4–20. doi:10.1177/153660060803000103. S2CID   140311511.
  9. ↑ "Give Carillon Concert Sunday". Daily Illini. Urbana, IL. June 21, 1965. p. 18. Retrieved March 23, 2020.
  10. ↑ Danner, Phyllis (September 1998). "John Philip Sousa: The Illinois Collection". Notes. 55 (1): 9–25. doi:10.2307/900344. JSTOR   900344.

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