State Songs: Anthems and Their Origins

There are considerable differences between this anthology and State Songs of the United States compiled by William E. Studwell and Bruce R. Schueneman (RR 98/402). Both have introductory notes about the poets and composers and some details about how and when the songs were officially adopted by their state legislatures. As it happens many of the songs are the same in both publications, but there are some notable differences. In this review I shall merely summarise some of those differences, and call the earlier book “A” and the present book “B”.

For Alaska, Nevada, North Dakota and Oklahoma A...