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Mary Speed Jones Mercer, Songs - United: A National Hymn Item Info
- Title:
- Mary Speed Jones Mercer, Songs - United: A National Hymn
- Creator:
- Mercer, Mary Speed Jones.; Sousa, John Philip, 1854-1932.
- Date Created:
- 1909
- Description:
- United: A National Hymn is a song copyrighted by Mary Speed Jones Mercer in 1909. She wrote the words and melody, although the orchestration was written by John Philip Sousa. The orchestration includes violins, viola, trombone, clarinet, flute, drums, and bass. She hoped the song would be adopted as the national anthem, but The Star-Spangled Banner was adopted instead in 1931.
- Subjects:
- American fiction--Women authors Lee, Annie Carter, 1839--1862 Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807--1870 Music by women composers North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Sepulchral monuments Warren County (N.C.) Women poets
- Location:
- Warrenton; Warren County; North Carolina
- Source:
- Mary Speed Jones Mercer Papers. Private Collections. State Archives of North Carolina
- Source Identifier:
- PC_1948_Mary_Speed_Mercer_Papers_United_Hymn
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Mary Speed Jones Mercer, Songs - United: A National Hymn", She Changed the World, State Library of North Carolina
- Reference Link:
- https://www.ncpedia.org/sites/default/files/shechangedtheworld/items/coll063.html
Rights
- Rights:
- The SA of NC considers this item in the public domain by U.S. law but responsibility for permissions rests with researchers.
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