Genre Categories | Folksongs; Songs; For voices; |
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Related Works | Battle Hymn of the Republic (Steffe, William) |
Work Title | Glory, Look away |
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Alternative. Title | Canaan's Happy Shore ; Say Brothers, Will You Meet Us? ; John Brown's Body ; Glory Hallelujah |
Composer | Anonymous |
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. | IA 2140 |
Key | G major |
Language | English |
Piece Style | Traditional (folk) |
Instrumentation | voices |
Related Works | Battle Hymn of the Republic (Steffe, William) |
This song is one of the precursors to the Battle Hymn of the Republic. The tune was originally a folk tune, but also was known as "John Brown's Body" and "Glory Glory Hallelujah". In 1856, William Steffe adapted the tune for the Battle Hymn of the Republic.