Bierley, University of Illinois Press, 1973, page 71)). taken from John Philip Sousa, Descriptive Catalog of his Works (Paul E. (Research done by Elizabeth Hartman, head of the music department, Free Library of Philadelphia. As reported in the Philedelphia Public Ledger (May 15, 1897) “… It is stirring enough to rouse the American eagle from his crag, and set him to shriek exultantly while he hurls his arrows at the aurora borealis.” (referring to the concert the Sousa Band gave the previous day at the Academy of Music). Stars and Stripes Forever (march) is considered the finest march ever written, and the same time one of the most patriotic ever conceived. Here are some well-researched program notes on Stars & Stripes from the Band Music PDF Library. Not only was Sousa’s band hugely popular, but it also exposed audiences all over the world to the latest, cutting-edge music, bringing excerpts of Wagner’s Parsifal to New York a decade before the Metropolitan Opera staged it, and introducing ragtime to Europe, helping to spark many a composer’s interest in American music. In 1892 he formed “Sousa and his Band”, which toured the United States and the world under his directorship for the next forty years to great acclaim. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps at an early age and went on to become the conductor of the President’s Own Marine Band at age 26. native and legendary bandmaster John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) wrote a dozen operettas, six full-length operas, and over 100 marches, earning the title “March King”. I had to use an adobe editor to add my analysis because I did not have to time to copy the score into noteflight.Washington, D.C. overall, you will be able to tell where I viewed something as a pedal point because I circled it. I then later deemed the higher C's in the V/vi and vi to be pedal points. I the trio's first theme's accompaniment, I deemed the lowest note (E-flat) to be a pedal point. However, I considered it to be a passing tone, and still ruled the overall harmonic function to be a Cadential 6/4. There is a g-flat (suggesting a minor i). The seeming first example of which is in the 3rd to last measure of the first strain. I will say that there were a lot of occasions where Sousa borrowed chords from the minor key. The chords usually serve their function and fit the melody well. Overall, the harmonic structure of this piece is very well thought out. I just assumed it is a German Augmented 6th because there is an a natural in the melody and it is functioning as a whole as a predominant. In measure two, there is something which has at least a c-flat, g-flat, and e-flat. You will be able to see each of these sections labeled in the analysis video. I can see how the trio might resemble sonata allegro form, but I don't see how the first section fits into that idea. The breakstrain repeats, and we finally here a loud and exciting finale of the third strain one last time. Then, the first (third) strain "recapitulates" with a piccolo solo overtop of it. This strain serves the purpose of spicing things up again. This strain is then followed by, what is referred to as, a breakstrain. This strain introduces a contrast with the other strains. The first strain of this section (which is actually the third strain) is the longest strain in the entire piece at 32 measures. Then comes the famous trio section which modulates up a fourth (or down a fifth depending on if you are a glass half full or half empty kind of person) to A flat major. This first strain ends on the dominant (in this case) so the second strain is also 16 measures long and serves the function (in this case) of introducing new material whilst modulating back to the tonic. This "strain" is 16 measures long and repeats. Then comes what is referred to as the first strain. It consists of an introduction which leads to the dominant and is 4 measures long. This march is in the standard military march form (which was supposedly derived from Sonata form. In honor of both, we have decided to upload an analysis of John Philip Sousa's "Stars and Stripes Forever" (done by Let's get into the analysis: Analysis Form Hello everyone! Summer is always a time of patriotic feelings and parades.
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