What is your favorite Sousa March, and why?

Cameron Gates · Post by **Cameron Gates** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:44 pm

Tom Holtz wrote:GALLANT SEVENTH

Lays well on CC tuba and BBb sousaphone, and brings the thunder every time. Solid.

This man knows what he is talking about. G7th is great. If you have not played it, start praying for an opportunity.

Mark E. Chachich · Post by **Mark E. Chachich** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:23 pm

Manhatten Beach

why:
I especially like the trio.

Mark

Rick F · Post by **Rick F** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:18 pm

I think "Washington Post" is my favorite Sousa march. JPS wrote that in 3 days! "Saber and Spurs" is another good one you don't hear very often.

"Colonel Bogey" by Kenneth J. Alford, is my all-time favorite march since it has more than one euph part.

BTW, "Colossus of Columbia" was by Russel Alexander, not King. Good march too.

Arkietuba · Post by **Arkietuba** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:43 pm

My favorite Sousa march would have to be "The Invincible Eagle"...."Black Horse troop" is good as well...

Dan Schultz · Post by **Dan Schultz** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 1:04 am

EuphoniumDude wrote:has anyone played sousas "library of congress march" that was one of the songs he was writing when he died?( Stephen Bulla was asked to finish it a few years ago, and the full score is on the Library of Congress webpage... cuz the current generation of the sousa family wanted to make sure it was free to the public because of it being one of his last marches.. It was cool playin it at all state when stephen bulla was our guest conductor)

I took a look at the Library of Congress web site but could not locate the 'Library of Congress March'. Can you provide a link?

bort · Post by **bort** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:39 am

New Mexico March is a cool one, because it's kind of different.

GvB · Post by **GvB** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:23 pm

The Rifle Regiment great Bass line

JWRECU · Post by **JWRECU** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:13 pm

dont forget the Pride of the Wolverines!!!

Lew · Post by **Lew** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 1:55 pm

ThomasDodd wrote:all of them.

... National Emblem might be a current favorite, but next month it'll change.
...

National Emblem is a fun march for tubas, if only for the beginning of the trio, but it was written by E. E. Bagley.

My favorite Sousa march is The Liberty Bell. I would be interested in knowing how Monty Python ended up with a Sousa march as their theme song though.

Cameron Gates · Post by **Cameron Gates** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 2:26 pm

JWRECU wrote:dont forget the Pride of the Wolverines!!!

OK - for the first time this thread - a flame:

WHAT? Pride of the Wolverines? I just played it last night and could not help thinking what a snooooozer it was. Just a bunch of quotes from his other marches.

Sorry for the small rant.

I must keep reminding myself of what my mother used to say: "Son, everybody has a right to have their own opinion." That was usually followed by a whipping and cigarette burns.

Rick F · Post by **Rick F** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 2:38 pm

Here's a good link for the "Library of Congress March" by the Marine Band.

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.n ... fault.html

This next link gives some background on that march, finished by Stephan Bulla under the encouragement of Maestro Loras Schissel (known authority on Sousa marches).

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cocoon/ihas/loc.n ... fault.html

Loras Schissel will be our guest conductor at this Tuesday's concert in City Place West Palm Beach, and then at our next concert 2 weeks later. We've heard that he is a Sousa expert. Should be a good experience.

Syphonic Band of the Palm Beaches.

scottw · Post by **scottw** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:16 pm

EuphoniumDude wrote:Does anyone have a recording of Black Horse Troop or Liberty Bell March? I havent heard them , but these are both songs that people like on this post.

http://www.kansasoz.com/band/wavblackhorsetroop.wav

scottw · Post by **scottw** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 8:53 pm

Cameron Gates wrote:
JWRECU wrote:dont forget the Pride of the Wolverines!!!
OK - for the first time this thread - a flame:

WHAT? Pride of the Wolverines? I just played it last night and could not help thinking what a snooooozer it was. Just a bunch of quotes from his other marches.

Sorry for the small rant.

I must keep reminding myself of what my mother used to say: "Son, everybody has a right to have their own opinion." That was usually followed by a whipping and cigarette burns.

Listen for yourself and then decide!
http://www.338tharmyband.com/music/338t ... b1e0a1a0f5
Personally, I'm with Cameron on this one!

Cameron Gates · Post by **Cameron Gates** » Sun Mar 13, 2005 11:08 pm

scottw wrote: Listen for yourself and then decide!
http://www.338tharmyband.com/music/338t ... b1e0a1a0f5
Personally, I'm with Cameron on this one!

Snoooze....... what channel is GALANT SEVENTH on.

TonyTuba · Post by **TonyTuba** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 1:18 am

Hands down favorite is the Freelance march. It joins El Crapitan as a march that was compiled from themes of an operatta that Sousa wrote, and also changes time signatures from triple to duple at the trio, giving it a good kick in the pants. Freelance works best at a quicker tempo, say quarter note = 144.

George Washington Bicentenial is a good one, too.

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