Interview Question #3

Q: During the Civil War, who were some famous artists, musicians and writers?

A: There was so much music during the Civil War. The soldiers loved it. It was one of the things the loved to do to pass time. It always boosted the spirits of the troops. I loved it too. There were bands in the army a lot of the time. That’s how we heard a lot of music. But there were also musicians and famous songs too. George F. Root wrote ‘The Battle Cry of Freedom.’ Other famous musicians were Franz von Suppé, Stephen Foster, Anton Rubinstein, Jenny Lind Frank Norton, Patrick Gilmore and Jesse Hutchinson. A very famous tune that was always sung was Yankee Doodle. I loved that one! There was also a man named Mathew Brady who was a Civil War photographer. He took a lot of pictures and some of them got published. Before I was born, the book Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley. Gustave Flaubert wrote a remarkable novel called Madame Bovery. I became an instant bestseller. Charles Dickens wrote Great Expectations in 1860 and 1861. The Portrait of a Lady was also written by Henry James in the late 1800’s. These are very few examples of the music, art and novels we had.