Richard Shuckburgh's Influences for Writing Yankee Doodle Dandy

From this poem one can feel the compassion that Whitman has for the common American workingman. He has much respect for him and believes that he is what makes up America and what causes America to keep on moving. He portrays the workers to all be singing to emphasize that they are proud of the work that they do. Whitman and Sandburg both enjoy going through and naming each of the workers separately in order to display the vast number of people who fall into the working class. In the poem above you can see how Whitman talks about how the different workers enjoy their jobs and are happy with the talents that they have in their specialized positions. The last line of part 1 demonstrates how the workers leave their work and are able to relax and enjoy their lives at night when the work day is over. The second part of I hear American Singing is Whitman sending an invitation to all of those who are

“Snow was a skilled songwriter and a very capable guitarist. Particularly in his “rhumba boogie” songs, he was also a witty and inventive lyricist (“While Madame Lasonga was teaching La Conga/ In her little cabana in old Havana/We were doin' the Charleston and Ballin' the Jack/ And then that old Black Bottom ‘til they started the Jitterbug Rag”). Nova Scotia’s south shore kitchen party music has similar dialogue or rhyming with versus that are made up as they are sung. Snow used his life struggles from a small fishing and forest town to write relatable songs with unique South Shore dialect, maritime-character, basic strum picking guitar style to become a legendary musician, songwriter, singer and international entertainer. The Canadian, Hank Snow, rose from an impoverished background and against odds made an impression on music history.

Its audiences are both men and women who come to the taverns to drink and sing after their long day on the field or in a factory. The song has persuaded the audiences in which men are willing to join the army to fight for the independence, and women are supporting their men to offer his strength to protect the country. If I were a colonial man who sitting and listening to this song, I would get inspired from hearing the song and join the army because I am a man full of pride for myself. Furthermore, a man lives on with his honor; the honor he gains from fighting for his

With every aspect of our lives we are making a point, arguing a belief, or refuting some other aspect of our existence. Aesthetic pieces, most avidly poems and songs, argue a message both in the lyrics and in the meaning posed between the lines. “American Pie,” in a multitude of ways, argues that American lives and memories are closely intertwined with the music of the time period. Not only does “American Pie” argue a message it also pulls many generations together. Today, thirty years after the initial release, “American Pie” still has an effect in our music and continues to be popular with all age groups. Don McLean accomplishes this task through using the context of the time period, placement of words, the words

When songwriters begin to pen the lyrics of a song, I believe their ultimate goal is to transcend time in hopes of reaching listeners for generations to come. J.R. Cash, professionally known as Johnny Cash, wrote a song that did just that. “Ragged Old Flag” is a patriotic song that speaks to every generation. Written in 1974, “Ragged Old Flag” was meant to tell the story of our country. Johnny Cash recorded “Ragged Old Flag” live at the House of Cash. Cash wanted the song to be recorded live because it was raw, untouched, and unapologetically real. The basis of this analysis is to show how patriotism spans generations, but also why a song such as, “Ragged Old Flag” is an important part of patriotism in the United States of America.

It is uncommon for an American singer to decry Billie Holiday’s art of music considering that many cite the influence of her career not only on jazz but also on other American music. The distinctive phrasing,

The book was first published by Martin in 1830 with the title A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, Interspersed with Anecdotes of Incidents That Occurred Within His Own Observation. In 1962, it was republished under the title Private Yankee Doodle, Being a Narrative of some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier. In 2001 it was republished again under the title A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier.

Horrid times can bring out the finest in many. These times often include some of the bloodiest wars in history such as the Civil War. A side product of this is music. Accordingly, the Civil War created many amazing music pieces. Examples of these pieces include Bonnie Blue by Harry Macarthy for the south and Shiloh by Darryl Worley. One thing that many Civil War songs that is prevalent is they’re stories.

Poems like these are still written in today’s society but are expressed through different mediums than the poetry of old. While this song was originally released in 1928, it didn’t gain popularity until 1939. In today’s society, poems are found more often in music than in a book, although those are common too. Song’s in today’s society often rhyme or tell a story and can be analyzed just as poetry

“I only know two tunes; one of them is yankee doodle and the other one

Without question his most famous work is his Pulitzer Prize winning “Appalachian Spring” with which he received the prestigious award in 1945. Commissioned by American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham in 1943, Copland finished the work a year later while teaching at Harvard. The song had a traditional American sound much like his previous works, “Quiet City” and “Billy the Kid” and won immediate success with audiences when it debuted in Washington, D.C. on October 30, 1944. The material of the piece is largely folk and even incorporates an old shaker song called “Simple Gifts” by Elder Joseph Brackett written in 1848. One song, a patriotic piece called “A Lincoln Portrait” was written at the beginning of World War II after Copland was commissioned to write a musical portrait of an eminent American political figure. He quoted original folk songs of the time such as the well-known “Camptown Races” and also included material from letters and speeches Lincoln had given.

At the time of Key’s penned lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner, musical literacy in the United States was quite low. The majority of American’s could not read music, and most secular music was passed-on through an oral tradition. As a result, the most popular form of music publications was in the form of “broadsides” or single sheet (typically half or quarter sheet) set of parodied lyrics set to canonized folk tunes. By printing lyrics only with no musical notation, publishers were able to save paper and ink, and amateur musicians were not required to learn “new music” for each set of lyrics. This practice of minimalism lead to the birth of the first truely American musical art form: the parody. Dating back to the Revolutionary War, countless sets of lyrics were composed as parodies set to the melodies of famous war-time folksongs such as Chester or Yankee Doodle. Francis Scott Key’s lyrics to the Star-Spangled Banner were no exception as he chose to set his lyrics as a parody to “The Anacreontic

One of the most popular songs in the North and South was during the Civil War whih was “The Battle Cry of Freedom. It was written it 1862 by George Frederick Root, whom was an American composer during the era of the Civil War. The song possessed two versions in which it could be interpreted differently depending on the regions point of view. Both regions in the North and the South had lyrics that were modified when compared together. The Union and the Confederacy both demonstrates their mottos and their objectives.

Over the course of nearly 260 years of social and political happenings and Fourth of July celebrations, the easily malleable ditty has spawned a vast multitude of improvised verses, which both feed and are testimony to its lasting appeal as a veritable ‘song of the people’. However, this does create some problems. Yankee Doodle’s celebrated melody is one of the very few things about the song that have remained constant throughout its history. With a long history of continual adaptation and evolution, its lyrical origins are more difficult to pinpoint. It is unsurprising that there is little iron-clad evidence for each aspect of a traditional song whose composition was born of on-the-go, impromptu improvisation. Even the most commonly accepted

America experienced profound changes during the mid 1800’s. New technologies and ideas helped the nation grow, while the Civil War ripped the nation apart. During this tumultuous period, two great American writers captured their ideas in poetry. Their poems give us insight into the time period, as well as universal insight about life. Although polar opposites in personality, Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman created similar poetry. Dickinson’s “Hope is a Thing with Feathers” and Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain!” share many qualities.