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559839 Itunes Sousa AMERICAN CLASSICS John Philip SOUSA Music for Wind Band • 19 El Capitan – Second Fantasia Selection from The Bride Elect The Band Came Back – Humoresque Royal College of Music Wind Orchestra Keith Brion John Philip Sousa (1854 –1932) Music for Wind Band • 19 7 John Philip Sousa personified turn-of-the-century symphonic poems, suites, operas and operettas. His revived in January 1923 (again in New Haven) with the Sheep and Goat (“Walkin’ to the Pasture”) America, the comparative innocence and brash energy principles of instrumentation and tonal color influenced addition of a ballet, People Who Live In Glass Houses . Sheep and Goat (“Walkin’ to the Pasture”) was scored of a still new nation. His ever-touring band represented many classical composers. His robust, patriotic It continues to be primarily remembered today for the for piano by David Guion in 1922, and later arranged America across the globe, and brought music to operettas of the 1890s helped introduce a truly native Bride Elect March which closes the show. for band in 1925 by John Philip Sousa. Guion subtitled hundreds of American towns. Born 6 November 1854, musical attitude in American theater. 5 the work Cowboys and Old Fiddlers’ Breakdown . Of he reached this exalted position with startling 1 The Fighting Race the music Guion wrote: “The first time I remember quickness. In 1880, at the age of 26, he became Second Fantasia from El Capitan The trombone solo version of the music evolved from having heard it, was while trottin’ on my mother’s conductor of the United States Marine Band. In twelve Some time after his popular musical El Capitan was Sousa’s 1919 song Kelly, Burke and O’Shea . It was knees some twenty years ago, and again, at the years the vastly improved ensemble won high renown performed in 1896, Sousa apparently began preferring a based on a poem by J.I.C. Clarke about “three men with Cowboys’ and Old Fiddler’s dances and reunions in my and Sousa’s compositions earned him the title of “The band arrangement by Vincent Ragone to his own and ‘good honest fighting blood’ who gave their lives for old home in West Texas.” March King.” Sousa went one better with the formation started performing it for his concerts. Due to the great their country.” In the 1920s the song was re-titled The 8 of his own band in 1892, bringing world acclaim. length of the Ragone’s setting, David Stern has divided Fighting Race , and adapted (without words) as a solo Turkey in the Straw In its first seven years the band gave 3,500 the work into first and second Fantasias from El for Sousa’s principal trombonist John Schueler. Turkey in the Straw was also subtitled Cowboys’ and concerts; in an era of train and ship travel it logged over Capitan settings. Each fantasia concludes with a Schueler later became the principal trombone of the Old Fiddlers’ Breakdown (1919), and was arranged for a million miles in nearly four decades. There were stirring excerpt from Sousa’s El Capitan March . Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. For this recording the band in 1921 by John Philip Sousa. Guion’s concert European tours in 1900, 1901, 1903, and 1905, and a The First Fantasia from Sousa’s El Capitan has solo is performed by Jonathan Hollick in a modern arrangement of this folk tune became initially famous in world tour in 1910 –11, the zenith of the band era. also been recorded, and will appear on Volume 20 of the edition created by David Stern. performances by the pianist Percy Grainger. The unprecedented popularity of the Sousa Band Naxos series, in a performance by the Wind Orchestra of 6 came at a time when few American orchestras existed. the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. The Band Came Back – Humoresque Keith Brion From the Civil War to about 1920, band concerts were 2 During the Sousa Band’s tours, Sousa was often invited the most important aspect of US musical life. No finer Non-Committal Declarations to speak at local service club luncheons such as Rotary Booklet notes are freely based on material taken from band than Sousa’s was ever heard. Sousa modified the Non-Committal Declarations is a rare Sousa setting for or Kiwanis. Often these appearances ran overtime The Works of John Philip Sousa , Integrity Press, with brass band by decreasing the brass and percussion women’s voices. It was composed to be performed by causing a late start for the band’s matinee concerts. To the express permission of the author, Paul E. Bierley. instruments, increasing its woodwinds, and adding a either a trio or a women’s chorus. The trio for this solve this problem Sousa devised a solution that harp. His conducting genius attracted the finest recording includes Izzy Atkinson, Laura Hocking and allowed various sections of band to begin without him The introduction is extracted from Roger Ruggeri’s musicians, enabling him to build an ensemble capable Rosanna Cooper , all students at the Royal College of by entering one by one, performing a variety of well- program notes for the Milwaukee Symphony. of executing programs almost as varied as those of a Music during the 2017 Naxos sessions. Sousa’s Band known tunes and remaining to accompany the other symphony orchestra. The Sousa Band became the also performed this work with three solo cornets. sections of the band as they began to arrive, always Special thanks for their assistance in preparing this standard by which American bands were measured, 3 performed without a conductor. As the years went by, recording to: Loras Schissel, Sousa Collection, Library causing a dramatic upgrading in quality nationally. On the 5.15 – Humoresque The Band Came Back became considerably embellished of Congress; John Sousa IV, Pres., John Philip Sousa Sousa’s compositions also spread his fame. Such A 1915 popular song about a commuter missing his by the various sections of the band. This recording uses Inc.; Paul E. Bierley, Sousa’s biographer; John Bierley, marches as The Stars and Stripes Forever , El Capitan , train became the subject of one of Sousa’s a modern edition of Sousa’s initial score and was cover photo assistance, The Library of The United The Washington Post , and Semper Fidelis are humoresques. Included in this recording are the voices prepared by Kevin R. Tam. In 1919 Sousa further States Marine Band; Brian Holt, New Sousa Band, universally acknowledged as the best of the genre. of Keith Brion and Linda Ekstrom Stanley. David Stern revised and re-titled the piece as Showing Off Before percussion consultation; and The Sousa Collection at Sousa said a march “should make a man with a wooden created the modern edition. Company . That version will appear on Volume 21 of the University of Illinois. leg step out,” and his surely did. Although he 4 this series. standardized the march form as it is known today, he Selection from The Bride Elect was no mere maker of marches, but an exceptionally First produced in New Haven, CT in December 1897, inventive composer of over 200 works, including the musical comedy enjoyed mild success. It was Royal College of Music Wind Orchestra Royal College of Music Wind Orchestra Flute Bassoon Trumpet u o l The Royal College of Music (RCM) Wind Orchestra Dan Scott Fran Warren Erika Curbelo u o performs a wide and diverse range of music at its home Sirius Chau Eleanor Mackie (and Contra) Ruby Orlowska d o t s in South Kensington. Conductors in recent years have Lucy Pond Caitlin Stock (Contra) i r h included Tim Reynish, Ben Gernon and Keith Brion. Octavia Lamb Trombone C s i The RCM is known for its long tradition of high-quality Jonathan Ma Saxophone Nicolas Kent r h orchestral training, helping to launch many distinguished C Deronne White (Piccolo) Jonny Vaux (Alto) Matt Smith : o Daniel Scott (Alto) Alec Coles-Aldridge t orchestral playing careers. Close connections with o Oboe Stephanie Frankland (Tenor) Andrew Crampton (Bass) h leading professional orchestras is central to this success. Rich Lines-Davies Ashley Brand (Baritone) P RCM musicians regularly participate in schemes with Miles McLeod-Bruce-Jones Claire Shaw (Bass) Euphonium the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the London Symphony Jonathan Hollick Orchestra, the Orchestra of the English National Opera, Clarinet Horn Greg Huff the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic Lowri Davies Anna Euen Orchestra, and its alumni are found in principal positions Qiran Chen Arianne Rooney Tuba in orchestras around the world. Founded in 1882, the Eve Wieltschnig Sarah Johnson Ollie Brooks RCM moved to its present site on Prince Consort Road Jake Hinson Alexander Oon Alexander Miller in 1894. Illustrious alumni include Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, Dame Joan Freya Spence Ollie De Carteret Barnaby Slade Sutherland, Sir Thomas Allen, Sir Colin Davis, John Wilson, Alina Ibragimova, Gerald Finley, Sir James Galway Matt Glendening Flora Bain and Dame Sarah Connolly. In addition to its 800 full time students from more than 60 countries, the College engages Anna Webster Timpani with the wider community of children and adults through a dedicated range of creative activities delivered by the Jack Horrocks Cornet Joe Barstow RCM Sparks’ education and participation projects, the RCM Junior Department programme, the RCM Museum and Josh Pyman Jack Wilson the Creative Careers Centre. A further development is the growing schedule of live-streamed concerts and Sarah Brienza Tom Griffiths (and Flugel Horn) Percussion masterclasses which can be viewed on www.rcm.ac.uk/live. Georgie Davis Duncan Hughes Tom Hollister Melissa Youngs (E flat) Henry Thomas Max Mills Matt Glendening (E flat) Adam Wood Jess Wood Lewis Graham (Alto) Max Thomson Keith Brion Camellia Johnson (Bass) Harp Keith Brion leads his own New Sousa Band and is a frequent conductor of light Imogen Ridge music orchestral concerts throughout America and internationally.
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