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If I were to compile a book of entire tuba parts of standard military marches what would you put it it?

Here are some of my rules for each part:
1. The part must be 100% original (no arrangements in any way).
2. It must be intended to be played by a military band on tiny, hard-to-read pages.
3. It must have some musical merit as a tuba part.
4. It must be accessible (out of print is OK, so long as it can be obtained).
5. It must be played by a large number of bands in the United States and the United Kingdom, but it doesn't have to be only American and British music.

And try to one have one march per composer!

OK (I think I have done this before, but I am doing it again), here is my list of ten marches for this book:

Colossus of Columbia (Russell Alexander)--US
Law and Order (Harry L. Alford)--US
Overseas (Malcolm Arnold)--UK
British Eighth (Alonzo "Zo" Elliott)--US
King Karl King (Henry Fillmore)--US
Purple Pageant (Karl L. King)--US
Golden Bear (J.J. Richards)--US
Eagle Squadron (Frederick J. Ricketts, alias Kenneth J. Alford)--UK
Anchor and Star (John Philip Sousa)--US
Alte Kameraden (Carl Teike)--Germany

Try to list the parts the same way I did. Thanks.

The Great Little Army - Alford(UK)
Army of the Nile - Alford ( UK)
Washington Greys - Grafulla ( Spain /US)
Old Comrades - Carl Teike ( Germany)
The Thunderer - Sousa ( USA)
Under the Double Eagle - Wagner ( not Richard) Germany
Marche Lorraine -Louis Ganne ( France)
Royal Air Force March Past -Walford Davies ( Wales UK)
Ballarina - Jamie Texador ( Spain)
Stars and Stripes - Sousa ( USA)

Well, I actually have been compiling a book of tuba parts for the marches I have played over the last two years. I have managed to copy parts for about 75% of the marches I have performed with one of the community bands I joined a couple years ago. They really like to play marches and have a very large and old library. This thread gave me excuse to get out my folder an orginize and write them down.

John Phillip Sousa Marches
Ancient and Hororable Artillery Company
The Beau Ideal
The Black Horse Troop
Bullets and Bayonets
Comrades of the Legion
The Corcoran Cadets
The Gallant Seventh
The Gladiator
The Glory of the Yankee navy
Golden Jubillee
Hands Across the Sea
King Cotton
Manhattan Beach
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Riders of the Flag
Solid Men to the Front
The Stars and Stripes Forever
Transit of Venus

Kenneth J. Alford Marches
Army of the Nile
Dunedin
Eagle Squadron
The Great Little Army
The Standard of St. George
The Voice of the Guns

Random Composers
Amparito Roca (Jaime Texodor)
Barnum and Bailey's Favorite (K.L. King)
Bravura (C.E. Duble)
The Chimes of Liberty (Edwin Franko Goldwin)
Father of Victory (Louis Ganne)
Goddess of Fruit (De Caprio)
His Honor (Henry Fillmore)
Invercargill (Alex. F. Lithgow)
The Little English Girl - Inglesina (D. Delle Cese)
March Minor (Collette Hausey)
On the Mall (Edwin Franko Goldwin)
Pentland Hills (arr. Capt. Jimmy Howe)
March Salutation (Roland F. Seitz)
Zacatecas (Genero Codina)

No specific marches, but a bunch of the King marches should have merit.

Karl King:
Melody Shop
Barnum and Baileys Favorite
Cyrus The Great
Invictus

German Marches (My personal favorite kind of marches to play)
Die Konieggeratzer
Under the Doube Eagle
Die Grosse Kurfursten Reitermarsch
and a myriad of others...

Other marches...
The Skyliner (Harry Alford)
Rolling Thunder (Fillmore
Circus Bee (Fillmore)
and sooooo many others

Them Basses (Huffine)
National Emblem (Bagley)
Semper Fidelis (Sousa)
Bombasto (Farrar)

A good song might be Washington Post March, which if I remember right, is by Sousa...
*****EDIT********
And you can't forget National Emblem, by E.E. Bagley.
Along with Amparito Roca...That's even more fun...
For a stereotypical march, there's His Honor.

tubaguy9 wrote:A good song might be Washington Street March, which if I remember right, is by Sousa...
*****EDIT********
And you can't forget National Emblem, by E.E. Bagley.
Along with Amparito Roca...That's even more fun...
For a stereotypical march, there's His Honor.

I assume you mean Washington Post March by Sousa. Or is there such a march as Washington Street? I've not heard of it or played it.

TubaRay wrote:

tubaguy9 wrote:A good song might be Washington Street March, which if I remember right, is by Sousa...
*****EDIT********
And you can't forget National Emblem, by E.E. Bagley.
Along with Amparito Roca...That's even more fun...
For a stereotypical march, there's His Honor.

I assume you mean Washington Post March by Sousa. Or is there such a march as Washington Street? I've not heard of it or played it.

Sorry, My Bad!

Paul Lavelle's "Band of America March" MUST be in that book/list.

eupher61 wrote:Paul Lavelle's "Band of America March" MUST be in that book/list.

If you are talk Paul Lavelle then FOR SURE you better have his march Big Joe the Tuba in the book!

you are missing a great branch of the literature - namely Salvation Army marches from composers such as Eric Ball, Bram Coles, George Marshall, Arthur Gullidge and Dean Goffin to name a few.
pieces include
The Red Shield
Rousseau
Emblem of the Army
The Liberator
Torchbearers
The Wellingtonian
Montreal Citadel

great pieces of music and many with great tuba lines.

A few I enjoy playing from time to time. Circus Bee and El Caney should be played one to a bar. These are not in any order of preference, but alphabetical, because my folder is sorted that way.

Army of the Nile (Kenneth J. Alford) UK
Barnum and Bailey's Favorite (K.L.King) USA
The Black Horse Troop (J.P.Sousa) USA
The Button Boy (William McConnell) UK
The Circus Bee (Henry Fillmore) USA
Fairest of the Fair (J.P.Sousa) USA
Honey Boys On Parade (E. V. Cupero) USA
In Storm and Sunshine (J. C. Heed) USA
Melody Shop (K.L. King) USA
Pride of the Wolverines (J.P.Sousa) USA
Semper Fidelis (J.P.Sousa) USA
Sir Galahad (K.L. King) USA
Standard of St. George (Kenneth J. Alford) UK
Storming of El Caney (Russell Alexander) USA

His Honor is certainly one of the best. Mark me down for agreeing with Bloke. Is that a first? No. Not really.

When I was in the Marines we had a pouch list w/ many many marches. The list varied from band to band, but they usually had about a hundred different marches we could play on the spur of the moment if necessary. You might want to contact a Marine band and ask them for their "Pouch List"

After a long list of marches...

Found another one in the folder worth considering,

The Boys of the Old Brigade (W. Paris Chambers) USA