SOLDIERS’ 
 
 LIFE 
 
 FIVE CHARACTERISTIC PIECES 
 FOR THE PIANOFORTE 
 
 BY 
 
 J. LAWRENCE ERB 
 
 THE CALL TO BATTLE 30 
 
 LEAVING THE OLD HOME 25 
 
 OFF TO THE W AR 30 
 
 OVER FIELD AND MEADOW 25 
 
 WHEN WAR IS OVER 30 
 
 jP^iladelfabia 
 
Digitized by the Internet Archive 
 
 in 2016 
 
 https://archive.org/details/soldierslifefive03erbj 
 
No 12983 
 
 Off to the War 
 
 Tempo di Marcia, con spirito M, M. J = 112 to 126 
 
 J. LAWRENCE ERB 
 
 5 
 
 
 
 
 a 
 
 
 :t 2 — ' ^ 
 
 ~i— ffl r itr'F 
 
 
 < mf 
 
 /^=== 
 
 -tf — 
 
 i 
 
 ~a 
 
 A- «| ■ ■ , «N 
 
 N- ^ -4* 
 
 ^ i 
 
 » — 
 
 r .. 
 
 r i-i: 
 
 i >• - jH- 
 
 2 
 
 EJ — 
 
 =H — ]■' 
 
 1 7 1 
 
 *1 p t 
 
 'TT X 
 
 j \j- 1 
 
 Copyright 1915 by Theo.Presser Co. 3 
 
 British Copyright Secured 
 
o D 4 
 
 2 1 I 
 
 £ 
 
 1 
 
 m 
 
 
 
 m 
 
 *1*1 1 *T * 
 
 / 
 
 fP 
 
 PW 
 
 PfPff 
 
 l ( 
 
 
 £ 
 
 t* 
 
 4= 
 
 % — % 
 
 p=pf 
 
 - 
 
 1— 
 
 r 
 
 
 » — * 
 
 T. 
 
 » — 
 
 
 { — 
 
 % f 
 
 
 •-j 
 
 ^ | ^ 
 
 --J — ^ — H — fi — — I# — ** 
 
 
 f cJ U 
 
 — — 
 
 tJ 
 
 
 
 — uJ 
 
 
 4J 
 
 hJ 
 
 ■CJ 
 
 4s 
 
 — 
 
 = /.. .j.. •■-■/■_ 7. _p _ / p / 
 
 j J J 
 
 * 
 
 iV-ga— ■ ,. | A_ 
 
 ■ " m " a - ^ " -■ 
 
 fr==Ff^ = 
 
 sj:~ 8 C — 
 
 • • • 4 
 
 1 % " - 
 
 jQ***'- — * — 
 
 -l=S=i=8= : 
 
 •=a * « =1 
 
 a * # » » a * 
 
 — g 1 l=F= 1 
 
 y P -p-yp— pj 
 
 
 
 Wi 
 
 ^ :j £- cJ C 
 
 V&iP 
 
 5 4 Q 5 
 
 A 1 1 1 1 4 
 
 [>P- • »— ,r-g-j 
 
 5 
 
 ^=R 
 
 ^ n jqlft i j 
 
 5 4 
 112 
 
 3 5 4 
 
 1 2 1 
 
 3" 
 
 ||» 
 
 P ■■■■ j» » 
 
 '»)■• , ? *. * ftf 
 
 "fr 
 
 r4- 
 
 3 3-. 3-3 
 
 
 
 =3- 
 
 1 \ 
 
 i=^$ 
 
 
 — l 
 
 rj Ci % J- \-t 
 
 ^ w - 
 
 — # • 
 
 
 > gr 4 - 
 
 f\ » . — ^ 1 ^ i . .. 
 
 H ^ "T s 
 
 I ^"" a 
 
 ssspT # — , 
 
 
 fti • ^ w • 
 
 
 _ = ^ 
 
 
 
 
 
 a < La 
 
 ^ r ■ 
 
 
 
 
 
 <■ w «— a : *?— 
 
 
 
 
 
 - 4 • r 11 
 
 
 (As 
 
 
 
 « g a 
 
 1 7 
 
 n 
 
 
 rm J 
 
 i * 
 
 
 \M7 ■ 
 
 a — 
 
 > 5 — m — e; 
 
 
 
 ji 
 
 
 » 7 
 
 
 J = 
 
 
 f V 1 * \ 
 
 ^ ^ — »>■ 
 
 "i n i 
 
 7 7 
 
 /T' 
 
 is- 
 
 > ^ 
 
 % i 
 
 l 
 
 vf 
 
 * i 
 
 j j 
 
 F 
 
 
 
 ^TT^f—-TZ=3 
 
 
 9 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 
 ^ ■ 
 
 a 
 
 4 
 
 
 ’!• fZZS 
 
 
 ^ w 5 5 
 
 “1 C 
 
 
 
 94 
 
 
 
 \ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7 7 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 
 
 
 z 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 L M- 
 
 -J 4 
 
 « — 
 
 1 
 
 
 Notes on lower staff, ad lib. 
 
 12983-3 
 
,*M=£ 
 
 =f=i i i r 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 i* ~ . 
 
 / JFL 1 «_ 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 c-3^ 
 
 
 
 m w — 
 
 i " W 
 
 1 I ^ ■ 
 
 
 P 1 J 
 
 • 1 
 
 
 _ 1 
 
 
 • 
 
 
 
 • • 
 
 a 
 
 
 LL J fl 
 
 1 • 
 
 — m w — — 
 
 
 
 
 P 
 
 • . » 
 
 ff”* 1 • 
 
 
 f 
 
 t 
 
 
 f fr V .'!! p M a g F ■ P 
 
 A * * 
 
 V ^ v 
 
 - a 
 
 — ■ ■ 
 
 
 — =n — 
 
 \ .. I» ■ i : L w U. L r W 
 
 ~W — i — v 
 
 — c > 
 
 
 
 
 — *r — 
 
 
 
 l J 
 
 _ __ * 
 
 
 
 7 
 
 — 
 
 L— r mi r __ m * r~3 2 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 / tt a 
 
 ~~h~^~lrT=h=z 
 
 ^ ^T t ■ 
 
 
 r-r- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 / -n- ' u a- m m ’ 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 — rrm 
 
 
 
 
 : a 
 
 _a • j t 
 
 
 a ii r a — a — • 
 
 r "T 
 
 m m = 
 
 • 
 
 \ i!P-2 ~ 
 
 M ' -1 -1 
 
 
 m~. £ 
 
 
 \ V 1 J 
 
 / .... . IL 1 
 
 ♦ • -j 
 
 • 
 
 
 
 1 K - — J 
 
 « 
 
 • 
 
 1 U ...... i _T 
 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 
 vi rr' m- 
 
 • 
 
 
 • 
 
 
 
 
 >4 %i A ' 
 
 
 \ - x 1 2 
 
 
 
 ! _ 7 
 
 
 
 
 I? 
 
 »- -P 
 
 ff> 
 
 / ! 
 
 1 • 
 
 f : 
 
 • 
 
 4'~~ 
 
 12983-3 
 
NEW EASY PIANO PUBLICATIONS 
 
 "o«.o. THE SAILOR’S STORY 
 
 Grate 0 
 
 Allegretto ••ter* to «JlJ 
 
 A NAUTICAL VA«I» P ^=' v *» C"*. 
 
 CnXUSTAULOING 
 
 4 .4^~ 
 
 FROM THE ORIENT 
 
 .« ItMO 
 Onh 0 , 
 
 Alb tinu « 
 
 NV11.8* 
 Ontt D 
 
 RING DOVES 
 
 MV E RIB Pnn,40Cm 
 
 GEO L SPAULDING 
 
 fapfPil 
 
 m 
 
 
 
 mm 
 
 
 £ 
 
 iii 
 
 
 m 
 
 
 
 =ii 
 
 iiii 
 
 
 ">_T1 DODLIE’S FIRST STEPS Prte*> 40 Coot* 
 
 WALTZ REGINALD BARRETT. Op. 64. Ka* 
 
 pi* 
 
 
 
 
 
 =H±*= 
 
 THE HAY RIDE p^«>c*« 
 
 °™ fe *L. REGINALD BABBITT. OsHftt 
 
 Brightly b-« J.»S 
 
 mm 
 
 
 m 
 
 ipm 
 
 m 
 
 mm 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 PARADE OF THE SCOUTS 
 
 MARCH Price, 40 Cm, 
 
 aienuLD barre^o, a*. m>a 
 
 n«u*f HAPPY ADVENTURE Price, 40 Coats 
 
 Moderate rn.mj.rn 0f- “ STANLEY F WIDENS* 
 
 I 
 
 >0.1146* SILVER GLEAM 
 
 M>a waltz 
 
 Allegro Mo ssLm 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 p* 
 
 m 
 
 MaUCm 
 
 L.IBTTMl 
 
 I > t 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 m 
 
 
 
 No 11460 MORNING DEW 
 
 G-eMT MAZURKA C« PhoAli c««. 
 
 . IKV1NO 
 
 T««ro41 Masark* ililJ-im . . . 
 
 SHADES OF EVENING 
 
 
 NOCTURNE 
 
 THEO.PRESSER CO., PUBLISHER., PHILADELPHIA, PENNA