The American Revolution: Dr. Richard Shuckburgh's Yankee Doodle
The American Revolution: Timeline
1755, 1756 or 1758: Dr. Richard Shuckburgh writes the lyrics to ‘Yankee Doodle’ during the French and Indian War
1765: Passage of the Stamp Act
1768: ‘The Liberty Song’ is published in the Boston Gazette
1770: Boston Massacre; a new version of the Liberty Song is published as the ‘Massachusetts Song of Liberty’; ‘Chester’ is published in composer William Billings’ collection, ‘The New England Psalm-Singer’
1773: Boston Tea Party
1774: Passage of Intolerable Acts; convocation of the First Continental Congress
1775: Battles of Lexington and Concord
1776: Adoption of the Declaration of Independence; Jonathan Odell’s ‘The Pausing American Loyalist’ is published in Middlesex Journal; ‘The Congress’ is composed.
1777: Battles of Saratoga; Battle of Brandywine
1781: Surrender of Yorktown
1783: Signature of the Treaty …show more content…
The Robert Shaw Chorale ’s Yankee Doodle track in their 1962 album, ‘Battle Cry of Freedom’, for instance, is a personal favorite. The marching accompaniment exudes a triumphant pomp befitting the victors’ rallying song. The collective strength of a full orchestra presents vivid aural imagery of soldiers singing in unison. And finally, its fast-running flair reminds the listener that the song is meant as much to be fun and celebratory as it is to be patriotic – as much pointing a finger as putting hand over heart.
As a 1909 Library of Congress report remarks, “That Schubert would not have composed such an air is obvious enough, and it is equally obvious that as a national air "Yankee Doodle" does not direct itself to our sense of majesty, solemnity, dignity. It frankly appeals to our sense of humor. Critics, pedantic or flippant, have over- looked the fact that every nation has its humorous, even burlesque, patriotic airs, and that these are just as natural and useful as solemn airs indeed, more so,
1755, 1756 or 1758: Dr. Richard Shuckburgh writes the lyrics to ‘Yankee Doodle’ during the French and Indian War
1765: Passage of the Stamp Act
1768: ‘The Liberty Song’ is published in the Boston Gazette
1770: Boston Massacre; a new version of the Liberty Song is published as the ‘Massachusetts Song of Liberty’; ‘Chester’ is published in composer William Billings’ collection, ‘The New England Psalm-Singer’
1773: Boston Tea Party
1774: Passage of Intolerable Acts; convocation of the First Continental Congress
1775: Battles of Lexington and Concord
1776: Adoption of the Declaration of Independence; Jonathan Odell’s ‘The Pausing American Loyalist’ is published in Middlesex Journal; ‘The Congress’ is composed.
1777: Battles of Saratoga; Battle of Brandywine
1781: Surrender of Yorktown
1783: Signature of the Treaty …show more content…
The Robert Shaw Chorale ’s Yankee Doodle track in their 1962 album, ‘Battle Cry of Freedom’, for instance, is a personal favorite. The marching accompaniment exudes a triumphant pomp befitting the victors’ rallying song. The collective strength of a full orchestra presents vivid aural imagery of soldiers singing in unison. And finally, its fast-running flair reminds the listener that the song is meant as much to be fun and celebratory as it is to be patriotic – as much pointing a finger as putting hand over heart.
As a 1909 Library of Congress report remarks, “That Schubert would not have composed such an air is obvious enough, and it is equally obvious that as a national air "Yankee Doodle" does not direct itself to our sense of majesty, solemnity, dignity. It frankly appeals to our sense of humor. Critics, pedantic or flippant, have over- looked the fact that every nation has its humorous, even burlesque, patriotic airs, and that these are just as natural and useful as solemn airs indeed, more so,