I first played this in our community band when I was in high school...they didn't usually have students play, but they needed a tuba player. This has been one of my favorite marches ever since.
Every September 8 in Galveston, Texas, this hymn is played by a brass band at the sea wall. This day is the anniversary of the Great Storm of 1900 which killed 13000 people living in Galveston
Every September 8 in Galveston, Texas, this hymn is played by a brass band at the sea wall. This day is the anniversary of the Great Storm of 1900 which killed 13000 people living in Galveston
I'm taking a Music Appreciation class, and when I read Charles Ives deliberately included "out-of-tune passages, bad entrances, and wrong notes" I laughed very hard, and knew I had to listen to this piece. He really knows an amateur band well!
I just can't make up my mind as to which recording is the best. The music lends itself to highlighting certain aspects that changes the tone of the piece, so it sounds anew. Best composition of Russian Music composed by a non-Russian!
Brazosport High School played this 50+ years ago!! Loved it then and still love hearing it! I played French horn part and twirled to it, as well!! So many wonderful memories!!
This music often brings tears to my eyes knowing that stuff used to represent a strong and powerful America! Sad, but our own government has deceived and destroyed this once powerful nation - with the help of the NEA over the years to brain wash our young people away from this music by bringing in the pop nonsense!
Add my name to the list below of who all played this in HS! I had the cool trpt descant part. Man, that was so fun... strutting down the street playing this piece. Well written and one of the (many) exciting marches in this country!
I want a less glorious version of this. One singer, no harmony. Jazz. Sung like Leonard Coan. The Republic is threatened, but alive in the souls of individuals. 1862, after man defeats.
This piece originally for concert band, is solidly tonal -- begins in G-minor, with key signature and all -- but when we played it in band, at a certain climatic chord, the director, the late Harry Begian, stopped the band (and as soon as he lowered the baton, you best have ceased to play, or else Begian would scold you mercilessly) and he examined the score, then began poking his baton, counting notes, and finally announced, *_"Every note in the chromatic scale is in that chord !"_* Still, it's a better piece than much of the dreck (al sounds the same) that's being released for band today.
O Beautiful for spacious skies For Amber Waves of Grain for purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain America America God shed his Grace on Thee And Crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea
O Beautiful for spacious skies For Amber Waves of Grain Above the fruited plain America America God shed his grace on thee and crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea
