"Colombia, the Sea Gem" is a popular American patriotic song in the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Consists of c. 1843, it has long been used as an unofficial anthem of the United States, in competition with other songs. It was featured in the musical 1957 The Music Man . In 1969, "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" was a music played by the US Navy Band that started the USS
vessel as one of the ship's helicopters that restored the Apollo 11 astronauts from the blow in the Pacific Ocean..
The melody of "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" is synonymous with the British patriotic "Britannia, Pride of the Ocean" and there is disagreement about which song is adapted from the others.
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The origins and authorship of "Columbia, the Gem of the Seas" have been a source of uncertainty. It is believed that Thomas A'Becket, Sr., a British musician and an old resident of Philadelphia performing in the city's Chestnut Street Theater, wrote the lyrics - and perhaps the melody - at David Shaw's request for his final appearance in concert benefits, possibly in the autumn of 1843 That year, the copyright for the song was registered by the Philadelphia publisher of George Willig under the name "Columbia, Brave Land". Shaw then published a song with his own name, although A'Becket then claimed a single author and presented the original handwriting composition as evidence.
The song calls the historic "Columbia" informal name for the United States and borrows and modifies the phrase "free land and courage" from Francis Scott Key's "Star-Spangled Banner" earlier as a "brave house" and is free. "
"Britannia, Pride of the Ocean"
There is some controversy over whether "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" is the use of the same British patriotic song, "Britannia, Pride of the Ocean" or whether this last song is, in fact, a plundering of "Columbia, the Gem of the Seas." Both songs are sometimes referred to by the alternative name "The Red, White and Blue".
In the 1919 lyrics analysis of the song, Arthur Johnston states that "Britannia, Pride of the Ocean" has been the first, "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" adapted from it. Johnston claims that "phrase, 'unified service' refers to the United Service Club, where the song is written, whose members are owned by soldiers and navy". Johnston also argues that, referring to the United States as "ocean gems" is "absurdity" and that phrase is more likely to be an original reference to Great Britain.
W. H. Grattan Flood also arrived at Johnston's conclusion about the English origins of the song. He claimed that Irish journalist Stephen Joseph Meany wrote lyrics for Britannia, Pride of the Seas in 1842 which he later showed to a friend in London, Thomas E. Williams, who composed the accompanying melody. In 1915, the Flood recalled talking to an elderly relative who claimed to have heard a song played in Dublin in 1842 as a 12-year-old boy.
However, the earliest printed version of one of the songs is an 1843 copyright version registered by American George Willig. The first printed version of the song in the United Kingdom ("Brittania, Pride of the Ocean") did not appear until 1852, in archiving by the British Museum by T.E. Purday. Furthermore, the version gives credit to the song for David Shaw. In addition, Meany - the Irishman who floods credit with the lyrics for "Britannia, Pride of the Seas" - is a Fenian who will eventually be imprisoned by the British government.
Citing the date of printing, William Studwell concluded that "the song was probably made in the United States".
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Cultural use
According to William Studwell, "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" is "the oldest most famous song of all America that can, with style or content, qualify as a national anthem". In the mid-1800s, "Columbia the Gem of the Ocean" competed with other songs on American "Patriotic Big Five" (also including "Hail, Columbia", "Star-Spangled Banner", "Yankee Doodle", and " My Country Tis of Youre ") to be used as a national anthem, the United States at that time did not have a song that was officially established as such.
"Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" reached a peak of popularity during Abraham Lincoln's presidency and later became a staple in the repertoire of the United States Marine Band. The song was later used repeatedly by composer Charles Ives, featured mainly in the Second Symphony and A Symphony: New England Holidays as well as at Piano Sonata No. 3. 2. In 1957 music The Music Man - Set in 1912 - a complete rendition of "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean" was performed during a scene depicting the Independence Day celebrations of the city and, from the post-World War II era to the year 1960s, some of the first chords "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" were used as signal intervals during the Voice of America broadcast, until eventually replaced by "Yankee Doodle".
During the recovery of Apollo 11 astronauts after the launch of the aviation command capsule in the Pacific Ocean, US President Richard Nixon - then boarded the USSÃ, Hornet - ordered the COMNAVAIRPAC Band (Commander, Pacific Naval Air Force) to conduct " Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean ".
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- a movie from the COMNAVAIRPAC Band featuring "Columbia, Permata Lautan" during restoration of Apollo 11 command module
- The piano version of Edward F. Rimbault is called "Red, White and Blue".
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