TheSpirit of 1917 was the alleged jubilation in theUnited States after enteringWorld War I. It involved nostalgia for the feelings of theSpirit of '76.
Monsignor Joseph Tonello, an ItalianRoman Catholic priest and musician who had settled in the US in the 19th century, published the musical compositionSpirit of 1917 that year. In its introduction, he explained that the piece was inspired by the "terrible condition of humanity in Europe" and the "resolution of the American people to stop misery and carnage and bring honorable peace and prosperity to the world."[1]
The Spirit of 1917 was also evoked byCaliban News, a publication circulated on 9 July 1917 to promote the Boston production ofCaliban by the Yellow Sands, a patriotic "community masque" byPercy MacKaye. The Spirit of 1917 was said to be that of the "Caliban Community," the term used by the promoters to describe the participants in the masque.[2]
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