Piano Solo - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by George Frederick Root (1820-1895). Arranged by Michael Ware. Fourth of July, Recital, Patriotic, Americana. Individual Part, Solo Part. 4 pages. Published by MusicWare Press

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1226929 Composed by William F. Sherwin. Arranged by Sandy McIntire. 19th Century,Christian,March,Praise & Worship,Traditional. Score. 6 pages. Sandy McIntire #822938. Published by Sandy McIntire (A0.1226929). Sound the Banner Cry was published after the Civil War in the United States. It is enjoying a revival in the 21st C. popularized by the quartet, Acapeldridge, and others on YouTube and elsewhere. This stirring march is arranged as an Intermediate Piano Solo in the key of C Major and ends with a chorus of Onward, Christian Soldiers (Sullivan). Another similar march arranged by McIntire is The Banner of the Cross also available at this web site.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.697678 Composed by Robert Lowry. Arranged by Sandy McIntire. Country,Easter,Film/TV,Instructional,Sacred. Score. 6 pages. Sandy McIntire #6348197. Published by Sandy McIntire (A0.697678). Shall We Gather at the River? is a popular American hymn published at the end of the Civil War by Robert Lowry and still popular today. Lowry took his inspiration from a crystal clear river with water of life described in the Book of Revelations, and it has also become connected with the custom of baptism, particularly in rivers. A number of American movies in the 20th century, including Stagecoach, Tobacco Road, and Wagon Master, have also featured this hymn.This arrangement for Intermediate Piano solo in the key of G major includes an interlude from As a Tree Beside the Water by Alfred H. Ackley, a British composer, and is included in McIntire's series, Gospel Piano Classics. Other hymns in this series include Sunshine in My Soul, We've a Story to Tell to the Nations, and This Is My Father's World, all available at this site.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.697704 Composed by African American Spiritual. Arranged by Sandy McIntire. Christmas,Easter,Instructional,Spiritual,Traditional. Score. 5 pages. Sandy McIntire #6463105. Published by Sandy McIntire (A0.697704). Let Us Break Bread Together is an African American spiritual often associated with the Underground Railroad, a string of safe places for slaves escaping the southern United States in the early-to-mid 19th century. Spirituals and work songs were sung by slaves as coded information to escaping slaves as they moved north to safety. The lyrics  that include When I fall on my knees with my face to the rising sun suggest an association with religions practiced in Africa. However, this beautiful and inspirational hymn melody was taken up by Protestant churches after the civil war and used to celebrate the Christian sacrament of Holy Communion. This arrangement is an Intermediate Piano solo in the key of F major that builds to a percussive bass suggesting African drum rhythms and the origin of this melody.

Piano - Digital Download SKU: LV.23265 Composed by Charles Grobe. War casualties, Mothers & children, Civil War--Union. Lester S. Levy Collection. 8 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23265). Dear Mother, I've Come Home to Die, With Brilliant Variations for the Piano. By Charles Grobe. Published 1864 by Firth, Son & Co., 563 Broadway in New York. Composition of with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include War casualties, Mothers & children, Civil War--Union. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.828261 Composed by Anonymous. Arranged by Paul Thurmond. Christian,Gospel,Sacred,Spiritual. Score. 4 pages. Paul Thurmond #4969095. Published by Paul Thurmond (A0.828261). Tune: LET US BREAK BREADUse: Prelude, Offertory, CommunionThis song is an African-American spiritual. Some of the text may date back as far as the 18th century. Although it has been used in communion since at least the Civil War, that may not have been its original intent.I have heard lectures given by researchers who claim that many African-American spirituals contain coded messages, intended for slaves, about secret meetings, clandestine worship services, and escape plans. Some songs are even said to contain maps.The texts are innocuous on the surface, so as to not alert the slave owners. Some of the double meanings seem obvious in retrospect:When Israel was in Egypt land,Let My people go.Oppressed so hard they could not stand,Let My people go.And:Steal away, steal away, steal away to Jesus!Steal away, steal away home. I ain’t got long to stay here.In Let Us Break Bread Together, this curious line may have a double meaning:When I fall on my knees, with my face to the rising sunCommunion needn’t take place at daybreak, nor while facing east. The lyrics could be a pointer to a specific time and place for a prohibited meeting.Whatever its original meaning, this and many other African-American spirituals are now an important part of many worship traditions.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.697708 Composed by African American Spiritual. Arranged by Sandy McIntire. Holiday,Instructional,Praise & Worship,Spiritual,Traditional. Score. 5 pages. Sandy McIntire #6463099. Published by Sandy McIntire (A0.697708). Let Us Break Bread Together is an African American spiritual often associated with serving Communion in American churches. Its first publication was after the Civil War, and it gained in popularity in the mid 20th Century. This arrangement is an Intermediate Piano Solo in the key of F major and is included in McIntire's Gospel Piano Classics series. Other hymns in the series include Blessed Assurance, The Lily of the Valley, and Send the Light, all available at sheetmusicplus.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1125799 By Michael Swedberg. By Jean Baptiste Calkin. Arranged by Terrence Niska. Christmas,Contemporary,Holiday. Score. 8 pages. Niska Music Publishing #726539. Published by Niska Music Publishing (A0.1125799). I must admit that I was far more familiar with the 1956 setting of this poem as sung by Bing Crosby to music by Johnny Marks than I was to the one found in many hymnals. It was on several of the Christmas albums that would be played on the phonograph in our house during the holiday season. However, I chose to arrange the carol setting for this collection as it resonated more deeply with me and seemed to better capture the essence of the poem by Longfellow. He wrote it during the Civil War, on Christmas Day of 1863, and several of the verses make reference to the war. While I did not set any of the Civil War verses, there is an almost martial quality to the opening music and one can almost hear the brass choir ringing out in the first verse. With each subsequent verse, the rhythm of the right hand becomes quicker, moving from half notes to quarter note triplets to eighth notes and finally to eighth note triplets in the final verse. For the most part, the left hand maintains the steady beat of quarter notes, with the exception of the final verse where it begins to move in eighth notes setting up a two-against-three pattern between the hands. It is the most jubilant of the verses and feels like an explosion of sound as the bells ring out across all the land proclaiming God is not dead, nor doth He sleep; The Wrong shall fail, The Right prevail, With peace on earth, good-will to men..

Piano - Digital Download SKU: LV.22949 Composed by T. Van Berg. Homecomings, Christmas, Fathers & children, Civil War--Union. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.22949). The Soldier's Return Schottisch. By T. Van Berg. Published 1864 by Endres & Compton, 52 Fourth St. in St. Louis. Composition of da capo with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Homecomings, Christmas, Fathers & children, Civil War--Union. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano - Digital Download SKU: LV.23195 Composed by E. O. Eaton. Civil war--Confederate. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23195). Southern Military Music! Orleans Cadets' Quickstep. E.O. Eaton. Published 1861 by A.E. Blackmar, 167 Canal Street in New Orleans. Composition of da capo with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Civil war--Confederate. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano - Digital Download SKU: LV.23198 Composed by B. R. Lignoski. Flags, Civil war--Confederate. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23198). Southern Rights March. By B.R. Lignoski. Published 1853 by George Willig in Baltimore. Composition of da capo with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Flags, Civil war--Confederate. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano - Digital Download SKU: LV.23022 Composed by Fred. Geil. Civil war--Confederate. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.23022). Southern Belle Polka. By Fred. Geil. Published 1862 by Jas. A. McClure in Nashville, Tenn. Composition of da capo with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Civil war--Confederate. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano Solo - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1453299 Composed by William Steffe. Arranged by Paul Taylor. Patriotic,Praise & Worship,Traditional. Score. 2 pages. Paul Taylor #1032525. Published by Paul Taylor (A0.1453299). This tune has been in the American collective memory since the early 1900's . It was associated with the abolitionist movement during the civil war era. The tune was borrowed from a methodist hymn entitled Say Brothers won't you meet us, and was later used as the melody for the folk tune John Brown's Body. Only minimal pedalling is offered, as the arranger feels that this can be done according to the pianist's wishes.

Piano - Digital Download SKU: LV.22788 Composed by T. M. Todd. Forts & fortifications, Civil War--Union. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.22788). Sounds From Fort Delaware. Composed for the Piano by T.M. Todd. Published 1863 by Lee & Walker, 722 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia. Composition of sectional with piano instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Forts & fortifications, Civil War--Union. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.