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Over the Top: Military March

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"Over the Top: Military March"
Sheet music cover
Song
Released1917
LabelChappell & Co., Ltd.
Composer(s)Geoffrey O'Hara

Over the Top: Military March is a World War I era song released in 1917. Geoffrey O'Hara composed the music.[1] The song was published by Chappell & Co., Ltd. of New York, New York. On the cover, there is a picture of Arthur Guy Empey, charging with a rifle. In the background, there are soldiers and barbed wire.[2] It is written for piano.[3]

The sheet music can be found at Pritzker Military Museum & Library.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Vogel, Frederick G. (1995). World War I Songs: A History and Dictionary of Popular American Patriotic Tunes, with Over 300 Complete Lyrics. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 227. ISBN 0-89950-952-5.
  2. ^ Parker, Bernard S. (2007). World War I Sheet Music. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 519. ISBN 978-0-7864-2799-4.
  3. ^ "Over the top [music]: military march/Geoffrey O'Hara". National Library of Australia: Catalogue. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 14 January 2016.
  4. ^ Over the top: military march. OCLC 225312553. Retrieved 14 January 2016 – via OCLC WorldCat.