The Alamo, Song of the Texas Ranger
Hewitt, John H.
Sold by Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Katy, TX, U.S.A.
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Add to basketSold by Wallace & Clark, Booksellers, Katy, TX, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 25 July 2006
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basket(Texas History / Sheet Music / Mexican-American War) The Alamo, Song of the Texas Ranger; written & composed for the piano forte by John H. Hewitt. Baltimore: Frederick D. Benteen, (1846). Folio - 12-1/2" x 9-1/4". [2], 3?5, [1] pp.; unbound, three individual leaves as issued. A remarkable, historically significant survival from the opening months of the Mexican-American War, constituting the FIRST EDITION of John Hill Hewitt's aggressive martial ballad. Composed as a fierce, bloodthirsty call to action, the piece weaponizes the memory of the 1836 fall of the Alamo to incite American troops and Texas Rangers heading to the southern front. The score prints the complete notation for piano forte alongside three full verses of incendiary poetry, including the visceral refrain: "Let the knife do its duty it has slept long enough, Its point will get blunt, its steely cheek rough; It thirsts for the blood of the Mexican herd Th' Alamo! th' Alamo! th' Alamo! remember the word!" The physical condition of the item is graded VERY GOOD (utilizing the standard antiquarian book grading scale for works on paper). The sheets present honestly and beautifully, showing only minor signs of handling appropriate for 19th-century sheet music. Features light original storage folds, very faint offsetting from adjacent pages during storage, and minimal light spotting confined primarily to the final leaf. The paper matrix is bright, structurally crisp, and entirely free of the severe fraying, edge chipping, or heavy thumb-soiling that typically compromises fragile sheet music from this conflict. Issued immediately following the formal U.S. declaration of war against Mexico in May 1846, this composition stands as a stark example of how popular music was rapidly deployed as wartime propaganda. The composer, John Hill Hewitt (1801?1890), was one of the most prominent and prolific American songwriters of the 19th century, later becoming known as the "Bard of the Confederacy" during the Civil War. In The Alamo, Song of the Texas Ranger, Hewitt channels the raw geopolitical tension of Texas annexation and border skirmishes into a highly rhythmic, aggressive march. By explicitly invoking the Texas Rangers and the rallying cry of "Remember the Alamo," the piece bridges the legendary status of early Texas border fighters with the federal military campaign, capturing the exact nationalistic fervor that swept across the United States during the expansionist era of Manifest Destiny. 19th-century sheet music was inherently ephemeral, purchased for home piano performance and subject to high rates of discard, tearing, and heavy binding modifications. Because these sheets were issued completely unbound as individual leaves, complete sets with zero structural loss are extraordinarily difficult to find. Outside of our current inventory, surviving examples of this Benteen printing are virtually non-existent in commerce. A current global sweep of the OCLC/WorldCat database locates only 2 specimens preserved in institutional special collections worldwide: one held at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (James P. Boyce Centennial Library) and a second copy housed at the Texas State Library & Archives Commission. This represents an exceptionally rare opportunity for collectors to acquire an unrecorded commercial offering of an essential piece of Texas militaria. THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE 1846 MEXICAN WAR BATTLE ANTHEM, WEAPONIZING THE MEMORY OF THE ALAMO FOR THE TEXAS RANGERS, REPRESENTS A CRITICAL ACQUISITION FOR INSTITUTIONAL SPECIAL COLLECTIONS OR EXTRAORDINARY PRIVATE COLLECTIONS DEVOTED TO THE HISTORY OF TEXAS, 19TH-CENTURY AMERICAN SHEET MUSIC, OR THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR.
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