From the back cover:

"All of the songs and music in this book are transcribed from sources printed or handwritten during the War of , from the earliest cries of "America, Commerce and Freedom" to the long song about the "Beginnings, Events, End and Consequences of the late war with Great Britain."

These songs reflect the history of the war and played a large role in bolstering or changing public opinion and political support. Included are the artful new lyrics in praise of the American flag still flying over Fort McHenry early one September morning in 1814, the song became out national anthem, On another front, the music master at Fort Niagara compose dance tunes and marches for his band to play during special ceremonies or evening rest periods. All twelve are included.

Collected here are the 34 piece of sheet music from our website at www.1812music.org. Within each piece is:

- the entire text of the main song set to music;

- an essay on its place in history; its meaning to singers and audiences;

- teaching and study suggestions;

-background information about the author of the text and the tune;

- lyrics for other songs that help to understand the main song.

There are 33 songs fully set to music, 22 instrumental tunes, 16 additional complete song lyrics that are related to the main song and 18 shorter entries of parts of relevant songs.

Preference was given to editions of the music that had a period accompaniment so that songs could be easily played on a keyboard. We have supplied chords for most of the pieces to enable accompaniment with guitar of autoharp."

• Publisher : Colonial Music Institute; 1st edition (January 1, 2012)
• Language : English
• Spiral-bound : 246 pages
• ISBN-10 : 098187598X
• ISBN-13 : 978-0981875989
• Item Weight : 1.8 pounds