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The Washington Post & Other American Newspaper Marches
Marches by Sousa, Hall, Innes, Liberati, and Others SOLD OUT!

The Advocate Brass Band, George Foreman, Director

Excerpts from the notes by George Foreman:

On Saturday, June 15, 1889, the Washington Post sponsored a ceremony on the grounds of the Smithsonian Institution to honor the student winners of an essay contest organized by the Post's Amateur Authors' Association. Among the highlights of the affair, which attracted a crowd of some 25,000 people, was a concert by the United States Marine Band under the baton of its director John Philip Sousa. Sousa has been asked by Frank Hatton, one of the owners of the Post, to write a new work for the occasion. Sousa responded with the Washington Post March.

The march received an unexpected boost when the national association of dancingmasters selected the piece to introduce a new dance, the two step, at their national convention. The Washington Post became universally associated with the new dance rage.

This recording offerers a survey of the genre, beginning with the Washington Post and continuing through Leonard Smith's Advocate-Messenger March of 1990. In between are works by many of America's greatest march composers as well as several marches by less familiar writers.

Selections:

1. John Philip Sousa-Washington Post (1889)
2. R.B. Hall-The Sentinel (1892)
3. F.N. Innes-Chronicle Telegraph (1894)
4. Arthur Pryor-Post Dispatch (1894)
5. C.P. Burton-Baltimore American (1895)
6. F.R. Seltzer-Hartford Post (1895)
7. F.N. Innes-Atlanta Constitution (1896)
8. Allesandro Liberati-Kansas City Star (1896)
9. W.P. Chambers-Detroit Free Press (1897)
10. Roland Seitz-New York Journal (1897)
11. A.F. Weldon-Chicago Daily News (1899)
12. James M. Fulton-Waterbury American (1901)
13. John N. Klohr-Cincinnati Post (1902)
14. Fred Jewell-Denver Post (1905)
15. J.L. Verweire-News-Sentinel (SESAC) (1926)
16. Edwin Franko Goldman-Toledo Blade (1933)
17. R.B. Griffith-Courier-Journel (1961)
18. Leonard B. Smith-Advocate-Messenger (1990)

Credits:

Recorded on September 25-27 and October 3, 1994, in Newlin Hall of the Norton Center for the Arts at Centre College, Danville, KY. * Recording and digital editing by David Henderson of DBH Sound. * Design by Trapp Communications, Inc.

This recording recognizes both the Advocate Brass Band's special relationship with the Advocate-Messenger and also the ties that bands have enjoyed with American newspapers for the past century.

The Chicago Tribune: More American Newspaper Marches SOLD OUT!

Marches by W. Paris Chambers, R.B. Hall, Francesco Fanciulli, and Others

The Advocate Brass Band, George Foreman, Director, The Centre Singers, Barbara Hall, Conductor

Excerpts from the notes by George Foreman:

In its recording The Washington Post and Other American Newspaper Marches, the Advocate Brass Band began a survey of a little known genre of American music. Fueled by the international popularity of Sousa's Washington Post, a body of marches (as well as a few waltzes and other works) dedicated to American newspapers grew steadily during the 1890s and early decades of the 20th century. Newspaper marches, in much smaller numbers, continue to appear even to the present day. In all, more than 150 American newspaper marches have been documented.

The Advocate Brass Band continues its exploration of newspaper related marches with the present compact disc. The title march, W. Paris Chamber's Chicago Tribune, is, after Sousa's Washington Post, probably the second most famous example of the genre.

Selections:

1. W. Paris Chambers-Chicago Tribune (1892)(4:04)
2. Francesco Fanciulli-Washinton Evening News (1893)(2:06)
Edited by Steve Charpie
3. Monroe H. Rosenfeld-New York Sun (1894) (2:49)
Arr. H.A. Hall
4. R.B. Hall-Richmond Bee (1895)(2:25)
5. R.W. Hall-Pittsburgh Times (1895)(2:13)
6. J. Bodewalt Lampe-Buffalo News (1895)(2:49)
7. F.N. Innes-Washington Times (1896)(1:45)
8. James C.M. Fulton-Associated Press (1897)(2:30)
9. G.M. White-Washington Times (1902)(2:28)
10. M. Azzolina-St. Louis Post Dispatch (1924)(2:56)
11. Frank Simon-Cincinnati Post (1931)(2:34)
12. Henry Fillmore-National Press Club (1932)(2:06)
13. J.J. Richards-Wichita Beacon (1935)(2:02)
14. R.B. Eisenberg-Blue Streak (1936)(1:24)
15. Taylor Branson-Times Picayune Centennial (1937)(2:28)
16. Francis Craig-Nashville Banner (1951)(2:11)
Arr. Bill McElhiney
17. Ron Keller-Naperville Sun (1979)(3:00)

Credits:

Recorded on September 24-25, October 1-2, 1995, and January 9-10, 1996 in Newlin Hall of the Norton Center for the Arts at Centre College, Danville, KY. * Recording and digital editing by David Henderson of DBH Sound. * Design by Trapp Communications, Inc.

The Dallas Morning News: Forgotten American Newspaper Marches

Marches by Rose Myrtle Jones, J.R. Feagans, P.F. Campiglio, John B. Marshall, and Others

The Advocate Brass Band
George Foreman, Director

Excerpts from the notes by George Foreman:

In 1889, when the publishers of the Washington Post newspaper asked John Philip Sousa to write a march for the Marine Band to play at the award ceremonies for the paper's student essay contest, no one could have foreseen the popularity the new march would achieve almost overnight. Even less predictable was the flood of other ``newspaper'' marches that would follow Sousa's Washington Post Dozens of new marches dedicated to America's newspapers appeared each year during the 1890s and into the early years of the twentieth century. To date, some 300 American newspaper marches have been documented.

A small number of these marches, such as The Chicago Tribune by W. Paris Chambers, became standard fare for America's bands and remain in the repertoire today. But most, after a brief moment of local fame, slipped quietly into obscurity. This recording, the third in the Advocate Brass Band's series, pays tribute to those forgotten snapshots of Americana. Eighteen marches are included. The composers of several of the marches are today as unremembered as their music. One march came from the mind of a young woman of twenty. Others were written by composers who achieved a certain level of regional fame as band and orchestra leaders. A few were the works of professional composer/arrangers, whose personal stature in the band field failed to keep these particular pieces from slipping into the forgotten category.

The music recorded here has come front a variety of sources. Several of the marches were unpublished, and the band used copies if original manuscript arrangements for the recording. Most of the published editions were located through searches of the holdings of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

Selections:

1. Rose Myrtle Jones-Dallas Morning News (1898)
Transcribed by David Henderson
2. T.H. Rollinson-Boston Press Club (1891)
3. J.S. Zamecnik-Cleveland News (1906)
4. T.P. Brooke-New York Herald Prize Baby Waltz (1894)
5. J.B. Ettinger-Philadelphia Press Prize McKinley Inaugural March (1897)
6. A.E. Clarke-Chicago Journal Two Step (1896)
7. J.R. Feagans-Chicago American (1903)
8. Raphael Fassett-Chicago Evening Post (1893)
Arranged by J.H. Bell
9. W.H. Overhue-Chebanse Herald (1899)
Arranged by A.F. Weldon
10. P.F. Campiglio-Ohio Press March (1893)
11. Rocco Venuto-Kansas City Journal (1898)
12. H.O. Wheeler-Kansas City Post (1908)
13. J.O. Casey-Hartford Post (1895)
14. Joseph Clauder-Milwaukee Sentinel (1891)
Arranged by Nicholas J. Contorno
15. H.H. Thiele-Press Club (1892)
16. John B. Marshall-Atchison Globe (1896)
17. John B. Marshall-Topeka Daily Capital (1897)
18. John B. Marshall-Topeka State Journal (1896)

Credits:

Recorded on September 29, October 1, November 6, 20 and 21, in Newlin Hall of the Norton Center for the Arts at Centre College, Danville, KY. * Recording and digital editing by David Henderson of DBH Sound. * Design by Trapp Communications, Inc.

The New York Times: American Newspaper Marches for Band, Theater Orchestra, and Piano

Marches by J.B. Kreyer, O.R. Farrar, George L. Tracy, Frederick N. Innes, and Others

The Advocate Brass Band
George Foreman, Director

Excerpts from the notes by George Foreman:

This recording completes a series of four which documents in sound some 75 different marches and other works related to American newspapers.

This recording includes newspaper-related music for a variety of ensembles as well as solo piano. In addition to seven marches played by the Advocate Brass Band, the New Walnut Street All-Star Orchestra provides examples of six marches, the Louisville Mandolin Orchestra lends its magical sound to five pieces, and pianist Hayward Mickens offers his interpretations of six marches. Each piece is a snapshot of a bygone era, a snippet of Americana which can spark the listener's imagination today just as it did a century ago.

Selections:

1. J.B. Kreyer-Joplin Globe (1907)
2. O.R. Farrar-The Telegram (1900)
3. Allesandro Liberati-Kansas City Star (1896)
4. George L. Tracy-Boston Traveler (1896)
5. George L. Tracy-Boston Post (1893)
6. James E. Magruder-New York Ledger (1857)
7. Monroe H. Rosenfeld-New York Herald (1893)
8. Gustave d'Aquin-New York Times (1895)
9. Oscar Affelder and Frank L. Fleishman-Pittsburg Leader (1895)
10. W.L. Rohbock-Pittsburg Press (1897)
11. Carl Bruno-Pittsburg Gazette (1902)
12. Hans Engelmann-Philadelphia Record (1902)
13. G. DeStefano-Philadelphia Record (1908)
14. Egbert Van Alstyne-The Call (1918)
15. William C. Stoess-Cincinnati Post Golden Jubilee (1931)
16. A.F. Weldon-Chicago Record (1910)
17. Frederick N. Innes-Washington Times (1895)
18. W.F. Burnell-Enterprise (1883)
19. John W. Casto-The Herald (1902)
20. James M. Fulton-The Reporter (1898)
21. Thurlow Lieurance-The Register (1904)
22. R.B. Griffith-Lexington Herald (1936)
23. Peter J. Gepson-Waconia Patriot (1997)
24. John Philip Sousa-Washington Post (1889)

Credits:

All selections recorded in Newlin Hall of the Norton Center for the Arts at Centre College, Danville, KY. Advocate Brass Band: September 28, 29 and 30, 1997. New Walnut Street Orchestra: June 12, 1997. Louisville Mandolin Orchestra: September 27, 1997. Hayward Mickens: April 5, 1998. * Recording and digital editing by David Henderson of DBH Sound. * Design by Trapp Communications, Inc.

My Old Kentucky Home

Marches by Edwin Franko Goldman, Stephen C. Foster, Julius C. Meininger, Karl L. King, and Others

The Advocate Brass Band
George Foreman, Conductor

Excerpts from the notes by George Foreman:

The Advocate Brass Band has played dozens of "Kentucky" pieces on its concerts over the years. In this collection, the band has gathered together a few of its favorites. The selections span the decades from the 1840s to the 1990s. Each piece says something about Kentucky and its charm. There are no fewer than five different and unusual settings of My Old Kentucky Home and tuneful looks at the some of the state's most appealing features, including its love affair with horses, its beautiful belles, and even the state bird. Each is, from the Advocate Brass Band to you, a musical postcard from the Bluegrass.

Selections:

1. Kentucky (March, 1950) * Edwin Franko Goldman
2. My Old Kentucky Home (Air Varie for Cornet, ca. 1900) * William Rimmer
3. Louisville (March, ca. 1840) * W.C. Peters
4. My Old Kentucky Home (March, 1854) * Stephen C. Foster
5. Danville Female Academy (grand March, 1868) * Julius C. Meininger
6. My Old Kentucky Home (Fantasie, ca. 1898) * Clarence W. Dalbey
7. Kentucky Derby (March, 1926) * Karl L. King
8. Keeneland (March, 1937) * Robert B. Griffith
9. Kentucky Sunrise (Two-Step, 1919) * Karl L. King
10. My Old Kentucky Home (Fantasia for Euphonium, 1914) * Edwin Franko Goldman
11. Kentucky Belle (Cake Walk, 1901) * George Southwell
12. Kentucky Belles (March and Two-Step, 1898) * H.F. Yaunt
13. The Belle of Kentucky (Song and Dance, 1899) * Alessandro Liberati
14. My Old Kentucky Home (Waltz, 1897) * Andrew Herman
15. Blue Grass Echoes (March and Two-Step, 1905) * A.A. Holthaus
16. Kentucky Cardinal (March, 1922) * George D. Barnard
17. My Old Kentucky Home (Duo for Cornet and Euphonium, 1992) ) Kenneth Whitcomb

Credits:

Selections recorded September 27, 28 and 29, 1998, and October 4 and 5, 1999,  in Newlin Hall of the Norton Center for the Arts at Centre College, Danville, KY. * Recording and digital editing by David Henderson of DBH Sound. * Design by Joe Miller and Angeline Young.

Hands Across the Sea

Marches from Around the World

The Advocate Brass Band
George Foreman, Conductor

Excerpts from the notes by George Foreman:

If music is the universal language, the march must be one of the most universal of musical expressions. Composers, both great and unremembered, from throughout the world have written marches. 

1 Hands Across the Sea (March, 1899) John Philip Sousa 
2 Invercargill (March, 1909) Alex F. Lithgow 
3 Amparito Roca (Spanish March, Ca. 1934) Jaime Texidor Dalmau 
4 Hunyady L�szl� (Hungarian March, 1844) Ferenc Erkel 
5 Valdres (Norwegian March, 1904) Johannes Hanssen 
8 Zacatecas (Mexican March, Ca. 1891) Genaro Codina 
7 Knightsbridge (In Town Tonight) (March, 1933) Eric Coates 
8 Homenaje a Sagunto (March, 1955) Joaquin Rodrigo 
9 Tiroler Adler (March, Ca. 1895)� Rudolf Achleitner 
10 Florentiner March (Grande Marcia Italiana, Ca. 1910) Julius Fuĉik 
11 Le R�giment de Sambre et Meuse (March, Ca. 1870) Robert Planquette 
12 What Glory, What Grace (March) . Traditional. Arranged by Aristotle Kazantzis 
13 Solemn March (1930) Nikolai Yakovlevich Miaskovsky 
14 Marcha 3 de Febrero (Bolivian Concert March, Ca. 1910) Sime�n Roncal 
15 Europasterne (March, 1989) Franz Watz 

Credits
Recorded October 31 and November 1 and 2, 2003, in Newlin Hall of the Norton Center for the Arts at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky
Produced by John M. Laverty
Recording and digital editing by David Henderson of DBH Sound
Design by Dana Bad and Angeline Young
Special thanks to Mary Schurz, Publisher of the Advocate-Messenger of Danville, Kentucky, and to Centre College, John Roush, President, for their continued support of the Advocate Brass Band.

All above recordings are copyrighted by The Advocate-Messenger, Danville, KY.

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