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George Frederick Root

1820 – 1895 75 years · born in United States
83 works
93 versions & arrangements
Romantic period

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Bye and Bye

Voice, Mixed Chorus, Piano Songs Romantic
4 min

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83 works of Root on Octoopus, by form.

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Ballads 5 works
A Hundred Years Ago 1 version 7 min
Away on the Prairie Alone 1 version
Little Daisy 1 version
Rock Me to Sleep, Mother 1 version
The Time of the Heart 1 version 3 min
Cantatas 3 works
Phyllis 1 version
The Fall of Babylon 1 version
The Pilgrim Fathers 1 version
Cavatinas
The Voice of Love 1 version 3 min
Duets
Mother, Sweet Mother, Why Linger Away? 1 version 3 min
Lullabies
The Road to Slumber Land 1 version
Polkas
Topsy Polka 1 version
Quartets 2 works
Home Again Returning 1 version
Home's Harmony 1 version
Sacred choruses
The Lord Is My Light 2 versions
Sacred songs 3 works
Only Waiting 1 version
Passing Through the Fire 1 version 2 min
The Star of Bethlehem 1 version 2 min
Serenades 2 works
Departed Days 1 version
Gently, Gently Wake the Song 1 version 2 min
Songs 62 works
Aleen 1 version
Brother, Tell Me of the Battle 1 version 4 min
Bye and Bye 1 version 4 min
Can the Soldier Forget? 1 version
Comrade, All Around is Brightness! 1 version
De Day ob Liberty's Comin' 1 version
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Dearest Brother We Miss Thee 1 version 2 min
Down the Line 1 version 5 min
Dreaming Ever Dreaming 1 version 4 min
Early Lost, Early Saved 1 version 9 min
Farewell Beloved Friends, Farewell 1 version 4 min
Farewell Father, Friend and Guardian 1 version 7 min
Foes and Friends 1 version
From the Ruins Our City shall Rise 1 version
Glory! Glory! 1 version
Hear the Cry That Comes Across the Sea 1 version 4 min
Hear! Hear! The Shout! 1 version 7 min
I Ask No More 1 version
If Maggie Were My Own 1 version 3 min
Just After the Battle 1 version
Just Before the Battle, Mother 2 versions
Kiss Me Mother, Kiss Your Darling 2 versions 3 min
Lay Me Down and Save the Flag! 1 version
Look on the Bright Side 1 version 5 min
Lost and Saved 1 version 3 min
Low in the Dust of the Valley He Sleeps 1 version
Mary of the glen 2 versions
May Moore 1 version
My Prairie Home 1 version 4 min
Never Forget the Dear Ones 1 version 3 min
Oh Are Ye Sleeping Maggie 1 version
On Old Potomac's Shore 1 version
On, on, on, the Boys Came Marching! 1 version
One Step More 1 version
Pictures of Memory 1 version 2 min
Poor Carlotta 1 version 3 min
Poverty Flat 1 version 3 min
Price of a Drink 1 version 3 min
Rosalie the Prairie Flower 3 versions
See the Sky Is Darkling 1 version 5 min
Sing Me to Sleep Father 1 version 8 min
Sleeping for the Flag 1 version
Somewhere! 1 version 3 min
Starved in Prison 1 version 3 min
That Little German Home across the Sea 1 version
The Battle Cry of Freedom 2 versions 3 min
The Beautiful Maiden Just Over the Way 1 version 2 min
The Father's Coming 1 version 4 min
The First Gun is Fired! 1 version
The Greenwood Bell 1 version
The Hazel Dell 2 versions
The Old Folks Are Gone 1 version
The Reaper on the Plain 1 version 2 min
The Vacant Chair 1861 · 1 version
There's Music in the Air 1 version 4 min
They Sleep in the Dust 1 version 4 min
They've Sold Me Down the River 1 version
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! 3 versions
Who'll Save the Left? 1 version 3 min
Will you Come to Meet Me Darling? 1 version
Within the Sound of the Enemy's Guns 1 version 3 min
Yes, We Will Be True to Each Other 1 version
Waltzes
Oak Leaves 1 version

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