battle hymn
Soldiers' fighting song
A battle hymn is a song meant to inspire soldiers or supporters of a cause, combining martial spirit with religious or patriotic fervor.
The term evokes solemn, rousing music—less a marching tune than a sacred anthem for warfare: The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Any stirring anthem for a movement may be called its battle hymn.
- warArmed struggle between groups
- civil warDomestic armed conflict
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- gloryExalted honor and praise
- marchRhythmic group walk
military parade · marching band · soldiers · drums · trumpet · patriotic · republic · freedom · cavalry · victory · chorus · stirring · righteous · flag · stars and stripes · union · sacred · crusade
- Anthemsnational anthem, Star-Spangled Banner, La Marseillaise, O Canada, God Save the King
- folk versefolk ballad, folk song, nursery rhyme, lullaby, ballad
- military traditionssalute, 21-gun salute, saluting, salutes, honor guard
- War Poetrywar poem, war song, In Flanders Fields, Owen, Sassoon
- patriotic musicnational anthem, patriotic songs, The Star-Spangled Banner, patriotic music, God Save the Queen
- epic poetryIliad, Odyssey, Aeneid, Paradise Lost, Beowulf
battle hymnlullaby
Soothing song for babies
cradle song · berceuse · requiem · funeral dirge · vespers
battle hymnantiwar song
Music opposing armed conflict
elegy · protest song · lament · mourning song · prayer for peace
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