Battle on Shiloh's Hill, The
Song Analysis
Grade Level
5 - 8
Tonal Center
la
Scale
Pentatonic
Range
M9
Tone Set
s,L, drm sl
Melodic Motive(s)
m/r.d.l,
Melodic Elements
Melodic Context
Rhythmic Element(s)
 
 
Original Starting Pitch
B
Partwork
Form Analysis
ABB'A
Form Type
Strophic
Rhythm Set
ta
ti-ti
ti-tai
tam-ti
ti-tam
ta-a-a
anacrusis

Source
Randolph, Vance. Ozark Folksongs. 4 vols. Columbia, Mo.: State Historical Society of Missouri, 1946-48. II: 272.

Informant/Performer
Judy Jane Whittaker, Anderson, MO, 1928

State
Missouri

Region
Ozarks

Origin
Anglo-American

Song Type(s)
Ballad


Game Types


Sub-Game Types


Sub-Game Types

Figures


Subject(s)
Historical


Sub Subject
Civil War

Alternate Titles

General Comments
Original contains dialect. Also in Lomax, Alan, Folk Songs of North America.