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D.

Daghela avanti un Passo, 13,
14.

Dawson, Nancy, air of, 24.
Dewey, Admiral, 95.
Dana, Charles A., on the influ-

ence of Root's music, 103.
Dixie, story of, 178; words of,
182, 183; how taken to bat-
tlefields, 184; other words
to Dixie, 188; meaning of,
191; influence of the air,
192.

72.

E.

Everett, Edward, 87.

Emmett, Daniel D., 180; how

he wrote Dixie, 181.

F.

Fletcher, Andrew, 9.
Finck, Henry T., 11.
Fitz-Gerald, S. J. Adair, 39,
Fort McHenry, 45, 49; flag of,
49.

Fort Sumter, raising the flag
at, 53.

Fields, James T., names the
Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lic, 114.

Field, Dr. Henry M., 131.

G.

Grisl, Giulia, 12, 13.

Grove's Dictionary of Music,
13.

Greenleaf, J. E., 81.

Gibbons, John S., 122, 124;

how he wrote Father Abra-
ham, 125; death of, 126.
Gilmore, Patrick S., 158, 159.
Great Britain's National An-
them, 207; its singular his-
tory, 208, 209; words of,
212, 213.

H.

Hood's Song of the Shirt, 15.
Howe, Julia Ward, 20, 111,
113, 162.

Hastings, Jonathan, 26.
Hail Columbia, origin of, 39;
its influence, 42.
Hopkinson, Joseph, 41.
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, 58.
Hall, Charles S., 80.
Habberton, John, on John
Brown's Body, 90.

Hall, Florence Howe, 112,
117, 119.

Halstead, Murat, 118.

Home, Sweet Home, on the
banjo, 18; 164; words of,
166; interesting army inci-
dent, 175.

Harries, Heinrich, 230.

I.

Ingersoll, Robert G., 10.

J.

John Brown's Body, the story
of, 77; words of, 81; Rich-
ard Henry Dana, Jr., on,
78; Sherman's Army sings,

91.

Just Before the Battle,
Mother, 129.
Jemappes, battle of, 222.

K.

Key, Francis Scott, 45, 49.
Keene, Thomas W., 52.
Kipling, Rudyard, 114.
Kingdom Coming, 137.
Kittredge, Walter, 154, 155,
162.

Körner, Theodor, 227, 233.

L.

Lind, Jenny, 12, 13, 170.
Lossing, Benson J., 24.
Lick, James, 50.

Lumbard, Jules and Frank,
96, 106.

Lincoln, Abraham, 94, 95.
121, 126, 179.

Lowell, James Russell, 115,
193.

M.

Music, utility of, 11.
Musical Age, The, 18.
My Country, "Tis of Thee, 56;
sung in foreign lands, 63.
Mozart, 57.

Marshall, Edward, 70.
McKinley, President, 95, 144.
Matthews, Brander, 56, 81,

88, 102, 124, 126, 194, 201.
Mills, Luther Laflin, 106.
My Grandfather's Clock, 147.
Marching Through Georgia,

136; words of, 138; Root's
opinion of, 139; 140, 141,
143, 144.

Mason and Dixon's Line, 190.
Maryland, My Maryland, 176;
its authorship, 193; words
of, 196, 197; when first
sung, 198; the song at
Manassas, 198.

Marseillaise, The, 217; words
of, 219, 220; sung by Dr.
Root, 220; great influence
of, 222, 223.

Malakoff, storming of the,
223.

N.

Napoleon's Old Guard, 16.
National Song, prize offered

for, 110.

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Ross, Alexander C., 17.
Ritter, Dr. Frederic, on music
in the Revolution, 35, 36.
Root, George F., 95; his Story
of a Musical Life, 96; he
relates a pathetic story,
104; the influence of his
songs, 105; the Coliseum
war song festival, 106;
I.uther Laflin Mills on the
power of Root's war songs,
106; 127, 129, 135, 137,
144, 162.

Rayne, M. L., on Dixie, 189.
Randall, James Ryder, 193;

how he wrote My Maryland,
194; a personal tribute,
199, 201.

Rouget de Lisle, 218, 223, 224.

S.

Shackburg, Dr., 28.

Star Spangled Banner, origin
of, 44; words of, 46, 47;
sung at Metropolitan Opera
House, 54; at Santiago, 55.
Smith, John Strafford, 48.
Song writers, their master-
pieces, 57.

Smith, Samuel F., 60; at Chi-
cago Board of Trade, 64;
111.

Shaw, David T., 72.
Sherman, John, a good story
on, 109.

Steffe, William, composer of
John Brown air, 84.
Schley, Admiral, 90, 95.
Sherman, General, opinion of
Marching Through Georgia,
141; relates an amusing in-
cident, 141; writes of Old
Shady, 150.

Song of a Thousand Years,
144, 145.

Songs of Cheer and Pathos,
157.

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Sawyer, Charles C., 159, 161;
the popularity of his songs,
161.

Songs of the South, 178.
Stead, William T., writes of
God Save the Queen, 210,
215.

Schneckenburger, Max, 231,

233.

T.

Tippecanoe and Tyler Too, 17.
Thurston, John M., 117, 118.
Thurston, Mrs. John M., 117,
118.

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regiment sings John Brown,
87; death of, 87.

We Are Coming, Father Abra-
ham, origin of, 121; words
of, 122, 123.

Work, Alanson, 136.
Work, Henry C., 137; his war
songs, 143, 144, 145; his
misfortunes, 146; writes
My Grandfather's Clock,
147; his death, 147; 162.
When Johnny Comes March-
ing Home, 157.

When this Cruel War is Over,
159.

Who Will Care for Mother
Now, 160, 161.

Watch on the Rhine, 230,
231; words of, 232.
Wilhelm, Carl, 232.

Y.

Yankee Doodle, story of, 23,
24; New York Sun on, 26;
Duyckinck Cyclopædia on,
26; words of, 30.

Yankeee, definition of, 25.

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