The most memorable fact about today of course is
Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 10:38 am
that John Philip Sousa was born on this day 158 years ago. A FaceBook friend accompanied his reminder thereof by this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=awBHvLH9a2Y
In the small FB video window I noted the illustrated band being at least partially civilian and having a helicon at its left front position. I clicked to watch the video in YouTube, which in Safari has a larger-than-standard window without going to the often blurred full screen view. The screen shot is from there, and it reveals two alto helicons between the slide- and the valve-trombonists in the front row. I don’t think bell front instruments had been introduced back then (1880-ies, maybe even earlier), so I have a strong suspicion that the two nearest players in the 2nd row play tenor helicons.
Klaus
(Had to shrink the photo, so a full size cut is added)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=awBHvLH9a2Y
In the small FB video window I noted the illustrated band being at least partially civilian and having a helicon at its left front position. I clicked to watch the video in YouTube, which in Safari has a larger-than-standard window without going to the often blurred full screen view. The screen shot is from there, and it reveals two alto helicons between the slide- and the valve-trombonists in the front row. I don’t think bell front instruments had been introduced back then (1880-ies, maybe even earlier), so I have a strong suspicion that the two nearest players in the 2nd row play tenor helicons.
Klaus
(Had to shrink the photo, so a full size cut is added)
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