The Battle Hymn of the Republic

"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is a patriotic anthem written by Julia Ward Howe for the United States during the American Civil War as a variation for the words to the marching song "John Brown's Body". It was first published on the front page of The Atlantic Monthly of February 1862; the sixth verse written by Howe, which is less commonly sung, was not published then. The song is often regarded as the northern counterpart to "Dixie."

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Patriotic anthem - Julia Ward Howe - United States - American Civil War - John Brown's Body - The Atlantic Monthly - 1862 - Dixie

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:One version of the melody, in C major, begins as below. This is an example of the mediant-octave modal frame.

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C major - Mediant-octave modal frame

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"The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated" (1901), was Mark Twain's mocking parody of the lyrics, from the "point of view" of an American industrialist, inspired by then-recent events of the Spanish and Philippine Wars.

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The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Updated - Mark Twain - Spanish - Philippine Wars

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The melody of the song is the basis for the popular union song "Solidarity Forever", written by Ralph Chaplin in 1915.

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Union - Solidarity Forever - Ralph Chaplin - 1915

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In 1960, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir won the Grammy Award for Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus at the that year's awards ceremony with a recording that replaced the line "let us die to make men free" with the more cheery "let us live to make men free", a variation that has since caught on to some extent.

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1960 - Mormon Tabernacle Choir - Grammy Award - Best Performance by a Vocal Group or Chorus - That year's awards ceremony

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