The Washington Post March

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-0-19-353330-1
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Sonstiges, Englisch, Format (B × H): 232 mm x 311 mm

Reihe: The Oxford Organ Library

John Philip Sousa's The Washington Post March was written in 1889 for the newspaper's essay-writing competition award ceremony, and very swiftly gained the wide popularity it has retained to this day. Robert Gower's well-crafted and playable arrangement will work well on pretty much any size of instrument, and will make a welcome addition to the organist's repertoire of ceremonial voluntaries for grand occasions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Sousa, John Philip

Gower, Robert

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik Geschichte der Musik: Klassische Musik des 20./21. Jahrhunderts

Über Autor(innen)

Sousa grew up studying singing and a wide range of instruments, became a competent violinist, and played mostly in theatre orchestras as a young man. Appointed director of the US Marine Band in 1880, he resigned that post in 1892 to form a band of his own. Sousa's Band successfully toured the USA and Europe over the next four decades, also making a world tour. Sousa's creed as a conductor was to entertain his audience while educating them. His programme mixed popular
favourites with excerpts from the classics, often featuring virtuoso solos by band members. Through its concert appearances and its many recordings, Sousa's Band introduced polished ensemble music-making to an unusually wide audience. Although he composed many stage works and songs, Sousa is best
known for his marches, which number more than 130 and show his special strengths as a composer: melodic inventiveness, rhythmic vigour, an ear for harmonic surprise, and an understanding of a wind band's sound capabilities.