After the War Is Over Will There Be Any "Home Sweet Home"

After the War Is Over Will There Be Any "Home Sweet Home"

Broad & Market Music
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1917
Live Version
https://resoundingthearchives.org/sites/default/files/7%20After%20The%20War%20Is%20Over.mp3
Studio Version
https://resoundingthearchives.org/sites/default/files/After%20the%20War%20is%20Over_studio.mp3

Sheet Music

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Student Essay

Music as Recorded History

What can we learn from studying music as a recorded history? Can it reveal how a populace reconciled opposing viewpoints during war? Sheet music and other forms of media document layers of knowledge dissemination beyond public opinion records in newspapers and journals, political rhetoric, or voting patterns. Lyrical and melodic themes in musical scores from 1914 to 1920 illuminate deep political fractures in modern American society during and after the Great War. A comparison of two popular period compositions, “After the War is Over” by Joseph Woodruff and “The Glory of Peace (Inter-National War Song)” by Mr. and Mrs. Stanley H. Frazier are useful case studies to trace the mass dissemination of war narratives that influenced American political opinions and public memory.

Related Resources

The Glory of Peace Inter-National War Song. 1919. Notated Music. https://www.loc.gov/item/2009371323/.

Woodruff, Joseph, E. J Pourmon, and Andrew B Sterling. After the War Is Over. New York: Joe Morris Music Co., 1918. https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.100010054/.

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Aidan Comerford is a third-year history major at the University of Virginia. His research interests include cultural memory and the philosophy of history.

Song Information

Title: After the War Is Over Will There Be Any "Home Sweet Home"
Date: 1917
Publisher: Broad & Market Music
Publisher Location: Newark, N.J.
Composers: Words by E.J. Pourmon & Jos. Woodruff; Music by Harry Andrieu
Archival Record: https://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/u1758594

Recording Information

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Crystal Golden, Soprano, is a Master's student in Vocal Performance at George Mason University. She won First-Place at several state and regional competitions, and has performed major operatic roles both at GMU and internationally (Amalfi, Italy). She has received numerous awards in academic achievement, has studied abroad at the University of Oxford, and is a member of both Phi Kappa Phi and Phi Beta Kappa.

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Estrella Hong is currently a doctoral student in piano performance at George Mason University in the studio of Dr. Linda Monson. She is also a graduate teaching assistant in keyboard skills. She studied piano at the National Conservatory in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as a young pianist. Additionally, she graduated with a Biochemistry degree at UCLA and assisted various research projects in Whitesides lab at Harvard University.

Live Version
Recording Date: 04/24/2018
Recording Location: Colonnade Club, University of Virginia
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Eli Stine
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Eli Stine is a composer, programmer, and educator. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Composition and Computer Technologies as a Jefferson Fellow at the University of Virginia. Stine's work explores electroacoustic sound, multimedia technologies (often custom-built software, video projection, and multi-channel speaker systems), and collaboration between disciplines (artistic and otherwise).

Studio Version
Recording Date: 5/15/2018-5/16/2018
Recording Location: Gottlieb Chamber Studio, George Mason University
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Talha Mirza’s passion for a career in music began in the guitar program at Robinson Secondary School in Fairfax, VA where he earned an Advanced Diploma in 2015. His love for teaching was inspired by his experience teaching with Music For Life, the Mason Community Arts Academy, and the Fairfax County Public School system where he saw the impact music had on others. Talha continues to teach while pursuing a Bachelor of Music degree with a concentration in Music Technology and a minor in Audio Production at George Mason University. He also studies classical guitar and has composed music for award winning short films premiered at the University of Virginia, George Mason Film Festivals and Cannes Film Festival.
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Massimo Zaru Roque is a Senior at George Mason University, pursuing a B.M. in Music Technology with a Recording Emphasis. He has shown a love for music both in the studio, behind the scenes, and on the stage, working as a Studio Recording and Mixing Engineer, Live Event Recording Engineer, and as a Jazz Bassist and Vocalist in many of Mason's Jazz ensembles. Massimo is passionately studying as an intern at Bias Studios in Springfield, VA, to experience the professional world of studio engineering in the D.C. area. He is incredibly thankful for all the experiences that have been available with George Mason's School of Music, and is indebted to the fantastic education and opportunities he has received there.
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Kyotaro Terai is a graduate of George Mason University School of Music with a Bachelor of Music in Music Technology and a minor in Business. As a composer, he has written music for GMU-TV, School of Film, and the School of Music. Currently, he resides in Los Angeles interning for Roland US.

Song Transcription

[Verse 1]
Angels they are weeping o’er the foreign war,
Blood streams are flowing from the shore to shore
Brave heros falling to arise no more
Still the bugels calling every man to war.

[Verse 2]
Changed will be the picture of the foreign land,
Maps will change entirely to the different hands.
Kings and Queens may ever rule their fellow man
But pray they be united like our own free land.

[Chorus]
For I know after the war is over and the world’s at peace
Many a heart’ll be aching after the war has ceased,
Many a home will be vacant,
Many a child be alone.
But I hope they’ll all be happy
In a place called Home sweet Home.