Cumberland and the Merrimac, The
Listen Analysis
Song Analysis
Grade Level
5 - HS
Tonal Center
do
Scale
Hexachord
Range
P11
Tone Set
s,l, Drmfsl d'
Melodic Motive(s)
Melodic Elements
do' Practice
Melodic Context
l-d'
Rhythmic Element(s)
ta-ti Tuning
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
A
Partwork
Form Analysis
ABB'A'
Form Type
Strophic
Rhythm Set
ta
ti
ti-ta
ti-ta
ta-ti
eighth rest

Source

Library of Congress AFS 02236 A2. Collected by Sidney Robertson.



Informant/Performer
Warde H. Forde, Crandon, WI, 1937.

State
Wisconsin

Region
Great Lakes

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Ballad


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Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Historical


Sub Subject
Civil War

Alternate Titles
Sinking of the Cumberland

General Comments