To end a holiday concert at Montréal’s symphony hall earlier this month, superstar conductor and five-time 2023 Grammy nominee Yannick Nézet-Séguin led his hometown orchestra, two soloists, a massive ...

It was sung at Ronald Reagan's funeral, and adopted with new lyrics by labor radicals. John Updike quoted it in the title of one of his novels, and George W. Bush had it performed at the memorial ...

On Nov. 18, 1861, Julia Ward Howe, a prominent Boston poet, attended a review of Union troops outside Washington, D.C. As her carriage made its way back to the city, inching along roads clogged with ...

Next year marks the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. There is no song that more vividly evokes that conflict than "The Battle Hymn of the Republic." Julia Ward Howe wrote the famous ...

This week, NPR inaugurates a new series called American Anthem, exploring songs that tap into the collective emotions of listeners and performers around an issue or ...

With William Lee Golden, Jimmy Fortune, Tim Duncan, Chris Golden and Jimmy Fulbright. Battle Hymn of the Republic. Performed by William Lee Golden, Jimmy Fortune, Tim Duncan, Chris Golden and Jimmy ...

Editor’s Note: This article previously appeared in a different format as part of The Atlantic’s Notes section, retired in 2021. During the Civil War, the “Battle Hymn” became a rallying cry of the ...

Amy Chua's parenting memoir, "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother," is sure to be a topic of debate at the cocktail parties of the upwardly mobile. In the book, Chua, a Yale law professor, defends the ...

It is my belief that a single melody can carry an undeniable purpose even before being paired with a lyric. I suppose that is why “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” the patriotic standard whose lyrics ...

"Battle Hymn of the Republic" performed by The U.S. Army Field Band and Angel Blue. Opera superstar Angel Blue sings The Battle Hymn of the Republic with the U.S. Army Field Band as part of Salute to ...