Klarinet Archive - Posting 000764.txt from 2003/05

From: "James O'Briant" <jobriant@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mr. Sousa and the Eb Clarinet
Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 11:04:02 -0400

Josh wrote, in part:

> For those of you how think You can not [use an]
> Eb in marching bands, think again. Even Sousa
> use the Eb.

That would be a valid point if the Sousa Band had been a marching band.
However, Paul Bierley's extensive research shows that from the year it
was founded (1892) until the year Sousa died (1930), the Sousa Band
marched exactly four times. It was a concert band, not a marching band.

Jim O'Briant
Bayside Music Press
Gilroy, CA 95020

http://www.baysidemusicpress.com

---------------------------------------------------------------------
Klarinet is supported by Woodwind.Org, http://www.woodwind.org/