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When Johnny Comes Marching Home
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1902), a musical by Stanislaus Stange (book, lyrics), Julian Edwards (music). [New York Theatre, 71 perf.] Although the Southern belle Kate Pemberton ( Zetti Kennedy) loves Union colonel John Graham ( William G. Stewart), she is not above attempting to steal documents that will help her side. John catches her but is forgiving. Reconciliation is helped along when it is learned that John is a Southerner's long lost son. Notable songs: Fairyland; My Own United States. Often cited as Stange and Edwards's best work, it was revived regularly for at least twenty years. Its story is one of many that painted a romanticized picture, quite sympathetic to the Confederacy.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-WhenJohnnyComesMarchingHm.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-WhenJohnnyComesMarchingHm.html |
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home
When Johnny Comes Marching Home a Civil War-era song attributed to Patrick S. Gilmore, written under the pseudonym Louis Lambert in 1863, after the Battle of Gettysburg. Gilmore was the bandmaster of Benjamin Butler's Union Army, and the song was popular with soldiers in both the North and South. The origin of the music is unclear.
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"When Johnny Comes Marching Home." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-WhenJohnnyComesMarchingHm.html "When Johnny Comes Marching Home." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-WhenJohnnyComesMarchingHm.html |
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