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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Composer
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gptkbp:associatedAct
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The 100th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:Union_Army
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gptkbp:awards
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Honorary_Doctorate_from_the_New_England_Conservatory
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gptkbp:birthDate
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1820-08-30
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gptkbp:children
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George_F._Root_Jr.
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gptkbp:contribution
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Influenced future generations of composers
Popularized military music
Composed_songs_for_the_Union_cause
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gptkbp:deathDate
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1895-08-06
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:New_England_Conservatory_of_Music
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gptkbp:genre
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Patriotic_music
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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George F. Root
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:John_Philip_Sousa
gptkb:Leonard_Bernstein
gptkb:Irving_Berlin
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:Stephen_Foster
gptkb:American_folk_music
Minstrel shows
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gptkbp:instrument
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Piano
Voice
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Civil War songs
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gptkbp:legacy
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Songs_remain_popular_in_American_culture.
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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gptkb:Civil_War
American_music_history
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gptkbp:notableWorks
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Just Before the Battle, Mother
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
The_Battle_Cry_of_Freedom
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gptkbp:occupation
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Songwriter
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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Sheffield,_Massachusetts
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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New_York_City,_New_York
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gptkbp:recordLabel
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gptkb:M._Witmark_&_Sons
Root_&_Cady
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gptkbp:spouse
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Mary_E._Root
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gptkbp:website
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nan
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gptkbp:yearsActive
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1840-1895
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