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George Frederick Root 1820-95, American composer, b. Sheffield, Mass. He taught at schools in Boston and New York City. He wrote gospel songs and composed sentimental ballads to Fanny Crosby's lyrics, but most famous were his Civil War songs "The Battle Cry of Freedom," "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp," and "Just before the Battle, Mother."

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Root, George Frederick (1820–95), musician and music publisher, whose compositions with facile rhymes or martial or sentimental subjects were in great favor during the Civil War. The best known are The Battle Cry of Freedom, Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the Boys Are Marching, and Just Before the Battle, Mother.

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