Favorite March/Band Piece

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Who is your favorite march composer?

Sousa
18
44%
King
6
15%
Fillmore
2
5%
Other
15
37%
 
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Some more really great band pieces, to me, are:

Pas Redouble-Saint-Saens

Esprit de Corps-Jager

Architect of Victory-I can't remember the composer. I heard this a few years ago performed by the D.C. Army band.
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My two all time favorites are hardly ever played. Maybe it is the fact that both composers are from across the waters.

Alford - H. M. Jollies
Leemans - March of the Belgian Parachutists
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Colonel Bogey - Kenneth Alford

Victory at Sea - Richard Rodgers
(I still remember when Maestro Loras Schissel conducted this one with us a few years ago)
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Amparito Roca for euph players.



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I've always liked Sousa's Manhattan Beach, Colonel Bogey (cool euph part!) and Perichetti's Symphony for Band.
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I love marches from different countries and their contrasting styles such as:
Valdres
Florentiner
Colonel Bogey
Under the double eagle
Invercargil
Grand March from Aida
March and Procession of Bacchus
Great Gate of Kiev
Or marche Slav
Amporito Roca

As for American marches:
March "Grandioso"
National Spirit
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
Americans We
Trombone King (Any Karl King March really)


Non march stuff, anything by Percy Grainger, especially Lincolnshire Posey and Irish Tune from County Derry

Of course don't forget the Holst Suites and the Vaughn William folk Song Suite.
Hanson Chorale and Alleluia
3rd Suite by Jager
Incantation and Dance..
Carter Overture for Winds
Reed Festival Prelude
Erickson Toccata for band

All pretty much old school stuff I will admit, but all classic stuff... and it is classic for a reason.

There is an old arrangemet of Malaguena by John Cacavas that is very nice too (it is an arrangement of the origianl piano piece not the Kenton version, which ain't bad either, but htat is for a different post...) He also arrandged an nice March version of America.


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[quote="windshieldbug"]John Williams:

March from the movie “1941â€
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Marches eh....would have to be
1. Knight Templar / the Wizard / - by George Allan
2. Viva Birkinshaw / Honest Toil - by William Rimmer
3. Barnum and Bailey's / Midwest (JJ Richards)
4.Brilliant - J Orde Hume

depping with a band which is doing Russian Christmas music , it's ok , not the best piece ever though.

playing experience nothing better than the Eric Ball arrangement of Suite Gothique - Boelmann
Dove Decending - Philip Wilby
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There is a great old traditional British military march called BB & CF by James Ord Hume (1864-1932). It doesn't really sound like a military march but it is a lot of fun. The tuba part is one of the most challenging.

"Ord Hume" is a two-name surname. Sometimes people file it under H for Hume. It should be filed under O for Ord Hume.

BB & CF was commissioned by John Henry Iles, who was the editor of both "British Bandsman" and "Contest Field" magazines (same publisher and editor). You might hear other stories about the initials but I got this from an article from the British Bandsman, a 1987 issue.
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Col. Bogey, Stars and Stripes Forever. I've only played one Karl King (Imperial) and loved that.
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richland tuba 01 wrote:Who wrote The Circus Bee? That's my favorite march. ...

Henry Fillmore. Yup, it's a good un.




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Post by lgb&dtuba »

You'll definitely earn your pay if you play euphonium on Alte Kameraden. :)

I'm also partial to National Emblem and Bayrische Defilier.

Actually I like a lot of marches. Too many to list here.
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