TY - BOOK ID - 78142265 TI - The battle hymn of the republic AU - Stauffer, John AU - Soskis, Benjamin PY - 2013 SN - 0199339589 1299469795 0199837449 9780199837441 9780199837434 0199837430 9780199339587 9781299469792 PB - New York Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - Protest songs KW - Music KW - Social movements KW - Movements, Social KW - Social history KW - Social psychology KW - Art music KW - Art music, Western KW - Classical music KW - Musical compositions KW - Musical works KW - Serious music KW - Western art music KW - Western music (Western countries) KW - Political ballads and songs KW - Songs KW - Topical songs KW - Radicalism KW - History and criticism. KW - Political aspects KW - History. KW - Battle hymn of the republic (Song) KW - Glory! glory! hallelujah (Song) KW - Glory hallelujah (Song) KW - John Brown (Song) KW - John Brown's baby has a cold upon his chest KW - Say, brothers, will you meet us? UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78142265 AB - It was sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral, and adopted with new lyrics by labor radicals. John Updike quoted it in the title of one of his novels, and George W. Bush had it performed at the memorial service in the National Cathedral for victims of September 11, 2001. Perhaps no other song has held such a profoundly significant--and contradictory--place in America's history and cultural memory than the ""The Battle Hymn of the Republic."" In this sweeping study, John Stauffer and Benjamin Soskis show how this Civil War tune has become an anthem for cause after radically different cause. The song o ER -