Composers

John Hill Hewitt

Piano
Voice
Mixed chorus
Wind band
Female chorus
Soprano
Alto
Tenor
Bass
Song
Ballad
Dance
Waltz
Polka
Quadrille
Duet
Serenade
Quickstep
Oratorio
by popularity

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'Tis Home Where'er the Heart Is

A

A Light in the Window for TheeAh! Fondly I RememberAll Quiet Along the Potomac TonightAnna MaryèAunt Harriet Becha StoweAway Then to the Mountains

C

Can You Not Read in My EyesClaribelCome Sweet AngelsCome Take the Gentle Harp of SorrowCremona Waltz

D

Dear Land of the SouthDo I Not Love TheeDown BelowDreaming Forever of TheeDreaming of Thee

E

El Dorado PolkaEleanora WaltzElodieEt Cetera

F

Fair Lady, Wake!Far O'er the Deep Blue SeaFatherland! Dear Fatherland!Few Day'sFlag of the Sunny SouthFlora's FestivalFreedom's Muster Drum

G

Gardé VousGirls BewareGo and Ask My MotherGrand Military WaltzGrand Promenade March

H

Happy Land WaltzHark, Brothers Hark!Her Heart's Not ThereHo! For a Rover's Life

I

I Am Far from My Native HomeI Cannot Love AnotherI Knew Thou Would'st ReturnI Love My Native Land the BestI Will Meet TheeI Will Often Think of TheeI Would Not Die at AllI'll Love Thee ThenI'm Only SixteenI'm Still Thine OwnI'm Thine AloneI'm Thinking of You Now MaryIt Wont Bear Mentioning

J

JephthaJulia

L

Lady AwakenLeap O'er the WavesLet Me Sleep My Last Sleep in the Land of My BirthLet Us Hope for the BestLet Washington RestLet's Sit Down and Talk TogetherLinger Not LongLizzie GreenLoely AnnaLook from Thy Lattice, Gentle LadyLook Up On That BannerLove Strong in DeathLowland Fanny

M

Magnolia PolkaMary BlaneMaster and PupilMemories of LoveMr. & Mrs. SnibbsMy Heart's with TheeMy Mountain Kate

N

None Remember Me

O

O K GallopadeO, Have You Seen My Spanish LadyOh! Give Me the MountainsOh! Have I Not Been True to TheeOh! Mount Thy Bright and Gallant SteedOh! Soon ReturnOh! While Adown Life's Stream We GlideOh, Come to Me, Love, in a Beautiful DreamOn to the Charge!Our Fireside at HomeOur Flag Is ThereOur Hearts Are With Our Native LandOur Home's on the Dancing WaveOur Native Land

P

Piney Point Waltz

R

Rock Me to Sleep, MotherRosalie Clare

S

Shaker's Quick StepSleeping I Dreamed LoveSomebody's DarlingSong of the Hungarian ExileSouthern Song of FreedomSweet Kitty Neal

T

The Alpine HornThe American BoyThe Arlington WaltzesThe AttachéThe BetrothedThe Boarding SchoolThe BridesmaidThe Bugle HornThe Cavalier Rode on His Coal Black SteedThe Cot in the ValleyThe Crow QuadrillesThe Dying GirlThe Dying TrumpeterThe Fairmount QuadrillesThe Fairy BridalThe Fall of MexicoThe Fine Old Southern LadyThe Flag of CubaThe Fountain PolkaThe Indian PolkaThe JackdawsThe Jenny Lind SongThe Kentucky GentlemanThe Knight from PalestineThe Ladie's ManThe Lake Spirit's SongThe Light CanoeThe Loved OneThe Minstrel's Returned from the WarThe Moon Is Dancing on the SeaThe Mountain BugleThe Mournful Good NightThe Nahant QuadrillesThe New Brighton QuadrillesThe Oddfellow's MarchThe Old ChurchThe Old Elm TreeThe Old Family ClockThe Parting SongThe Prisoner and the SwallowThe Saint of Erins IsleThe Sea BirdThe Single ManThe Soldier's FarewellThe SouthThe Stonewall QuickstepThe Union Forever!The Unknown DeadThe Very Little MaidThe VivandiereThe Voice of the WavesThe Whig RallyThe Young VolunteerThere's Love for You & MeThey Said Thou Wer't Another'sTwine a Laurel Wreath

U

Union Quick Step

V

Veni, Vidi, ViciVillage Belle

W

We're AfloatWe're out upon the moonlit waveWhen Thou Wer't TrueWhere Art Thou!Where the Sweet Magnolia GrowsWhile the Evening Star Was ShiningWhy Comes He Not?Will You Love Me, Jennie Dear

Y

You Are Going to the Wars, Willie Boy!You Cannot Doubt My LoveYou Remember When We Parted
Wikipedia
John Hill Hewitt (July 11, 1801, New York City—October 7, 1890, Baltimore) was an American songwriter, playwright, and poet. He is best known for his songs about the American South, including "A Minstrel's Return from the War", "The Soldier's Farewell", "The Stonewall Quickstep", and "Somebody's Darling". His output during the American Civil War earned him the epithets "Bard of the Stars and Bars" and "Bard of the Confederacy".
Over his career, Hewitt wrote over 300 songs, a number of cantatas and operettas, and one oratorio, as well as plays, poems, and articles for magazines and newspapers. He also worked as a theatre manager, magazine and newspaper editor, concert performer, and music teacher at seminaries for women.
Hewitt was born in New York City, into a musical family. His father, James Hewitt, was an influential music publisher, composer, and musician; his sister, Sophia Hewitt Ostinelli, would eventually become a renowned pianist. His brother, James Lang Hewitt, eventually took over his father's publishing operations; James was married to the poet, Mary E. Hewitt. His niece was soprano Eliza Biscaccianti.
Nevertheless, Hewitt's father tried to steer his son away from the music business, apprenticing him in a number of other fields. In 1818, Hewitt entered West Point. His grades were bad overall, but the school provided his first formal musical training. By 1822, Hewitt did not have the grades to graduate, and his military career ended when he challenged a school officer to a duel.
Hewitt moved to Augusta, Georgia, in 1823 to join his father's theatrical troupe. Their theatre burned down soon after his arrival, but Hewitt decided to stay in Augusta and open a music store where he could give private lessons for flute and piano. He became enamored of the South and its genteel traditions, and he enjoyed the attention paid to him by the wealthy parents of his pupils. However, Hewitt grew disillusioned as he realized that his dinner invitations came because his hosts wanted live music, not his company.
Still, Hewitt took a permanent teaching position at the Baptist Female Academy in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1824, tutoring on the side. When a rival intimated that Hewitt was in fact a mulatto, Hewitt's private students quit him. He eventually had John C. Calhoun write a letter attesting to the allegation's falsity.
In 1825, Hewitt wrote "The Minstrel's Return from the War" and published it through his brother in Boston. The song eventually became a success internationally, making him the first American-born composer whose fame reached both sides of the Atlantic. He married Estelle Mangin in 1827. In 1833 Hewitt was editor of the Baltimore Saturday Visiter. Not until 1840 would Hewitt pursue writing as a profession. That year he moved to Washington, D.C., to start and edit a newspaper. Over the next few years, he moved again and again, eventually ending up in Hampton, Virginia. There he took a position at the Chesapeake Female College and remained for nine years. His wife died during this tenure.
By the start of the American Civil War, Hewitt had moved to Richmond, Virginia. He attempted to join the Confederate States Army, giving his background at West Point for credentials. He was already 60 years old, however, and the army would only offer him a drillmaster position. Hewitt turned it down. Instead, he took a job in November 1861 as the manager of the Richmond Theatre. During his stint there, he staged many of his own works, but in less than two years, the theatre owners grew tired of his authoritarian management practices. Hewitt was replaced by R. D'Orsey Ogden.
He moved back to Augusta, where he joined Alfred Waldron to write pieces for the theatre and for the Queen Sisters, including the ballad operas King Linkum the First and The Vivandiere. He also began tutoring in private again, and he married an 18-year-old pupil named Mary Smith in 1863. With her he would father four more children, for a total of 11.
In 1863 and 1864, Hewitt traveled with the Queen Sisters as a songwriter. They popularized his song "All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight", which became such a hit that his publisher went through five printings of the sheet music. His poetry, music, and drama grew increasingly pro-Southern and pro-Confederate. He published through John Schreiner beginning in 1864, but sent pieces secretly to the Blackmars under the pen name "Eugene Raymond". His Jephtha in 1846 may have been the first oratorio written by an American. Hewitt's output earned him the epithets "Bard of the Stars and Bars" and "Father of the American Ballad".
Hewitt eventually bought the Augusta-based Blackmar publishers, but the business failed after the war. Hewitt returned to Virginia to teach at the Wesleyan Female Institute in Staunton and at the Dunbar Female Institute in Winchester. He bounced back and forth between Maryland and Georgia for the next few years, eventually ending up in Baltimore. He remained there until his death on 7 October 1890.