Klarinet Archive - Posting 000819.txt from 2003/05

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Mr. Sousa and the Eb Clarinet
Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 09:15:20 -0400

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> In a concert a couple of weeks ago, an all-Sousa program, the Bay
> Concert Band (Bay City, MI) played a Sousa march called "March:
> Untitled." It was published in the 1990's I believe, after the long
> missing first page of the score was discovered among a pile of Sousa's
> papers. Actually, it was LITERALLY a pile, as the were stored in a
> trunk, and burglars broke in and dumped the papers out because they
> wanted to steal the TRUNK!!! It won't replace "Stars and Stripes
> Forever" but it has its moments, and the trio does have some high
> clarinet and piccolo noodling, and there are juicy parts for the
> trombones in the dogfight section. Perhaps this is the march to which
> you refer?
>

The untitled march was edited by Keith Brion and published by him under
that name. There are approximately 120-130 published Sousa marches.
When I played with Brion's new Sousa band we did about 60 or 70 of them.
Best gig I ever played.
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