# George Frederick Root

> George Frederick Root was a romantic American composer, who found particular fame during the American Civil War, with songs such as "Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!", the tune re-used for "Jesus Loves the Little Children", and "The Battle Cry of Freedom". He is regarded as the first American to compose a secular cantata.

*American songwriter (1820-1895)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1820-08-30
- **Died:** 1895-08-06
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 11.9 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/696961)
- [جورج فريدريك روت](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA)
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- [George Frederick Root](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Root)
- [George Frederick Root](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Root)
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- [George F. Root](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_F._Root)
- [George Frederick Root](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Root)
- [George Frederick Root](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Root)
- [George Frederick Root](https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Root)
- [George Frederick Root](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Root)
- [George Frederick Root](https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Root)
- [جارج فریڈرک روٹ](https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%88%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%B9)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Frederick_Root)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/98ce3091-ac68-4dd4-ae54-59fd5ef5e9ab)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q614867)

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