Salute the Flag: March & Two-Step

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"Salute the Flag: March & Two-Step"
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Sheet music cover
Song
Published1914
Genre Military march
Songwriter(s) William T. Pierson

"Salute the Flag: March & Two-Step" is a World War One song written and composed by William T. Pierson. It was published in 1914 by Church, Paxson & Company, in New York, NY. This song is written in the style of a march and two-step.

Church, Paxson & Co. was a New York City-based music publishing company founded in 1909 by Clarence Clinton Church (1880–1972) and Clement Esmond Paxson (1878–1962). In 1919, the company reorganized as C.C. Church & Co. and moved its headquarters to Hartford, but maintained its New York office at 1367 Broadway.

The sheet music cover, illustrated by Pfeiffer, depicts a battleship speeding across the ocean. [1] The sheet music can be found at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, as well as The University of Maine. [2] [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I sheet music : 9,670 patriotic songs published in the United States, 1914-1920, with more than 600 covers illustrated. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc., page 566. ISBN   9780786427987 OCLC   71790113
  2. ↑ Pierson, W T. Salute the Flag: March and Two Step. New York: Church, Paxson and Company, 1914. Musical score.http://pritzkermilitarylibrary.worldcat.org/search?qt=wc_org_prefix%20&q=no:933908293 OCLC   933908293
  3. ↑ Pierson, Will. T and De Takacs, Andre C, Salute The Flag: March and Two Step (1902). Parlor Salon Sheet Music Collection. Book 1483. http://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mmb-ps/1483

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