Klarinet Archive - Posting 000806.txt from 2003/05

From: "James O'Briant" <jobriant@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Mr. Sousa and the Eb Clarinet
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 00:47:55 -0400

melzerb46@-----.net wrote:

> So Mr. J.P. Sousa wrote marches for
> a concert band?

In a word, yes.

But he didn't write them only for his band -- if this had been his
intention, he wouldn't have had them published and thus made available
to other bands. And they were published on quickstep-size (i.e., 1/2
octavo size) paper, the standard size for sheet music used on the march.

Jim O'Briant
Bayside Music Press
Gilroy, CA 95020

http://www.baysidemusicpress.com

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