Piano and voice - Digital Download SKU: LV.21524 Composed by Hermann Th. Knake. Civil War--Union, Homecomings, Pride, Families, Courtship, Love. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.21524). The Boys Are Coming Home, or The Bells are Ringing Sweet and Clear. Song and chorus. Words by Lilly Lovette. Music by Herman T. Knake. Published 1865 by Wamelink & Barr in Pittsburgh. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Civil War--Union, Homecomings, Pride, Families, Courtship, Love. First line reads The bells are ringing sweet and clear, the drums are beating loud.. 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Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents.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.
