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from KNUCKLES O'TOOLE PLAYS THE GREATEST ALL-TIME RAGTIME HITS, Grand Award GA 4T 209 paino plus banjo, bass and drums.

• [1] Stars and Stripes Forever played with ragged-time. 2:35

from BIZET/GOUNOD Kapp KT 49001, a New York City Orchestra/Robert Irving. Works were placed in public domain by attribution.

• Bizet Symphony, Ever wonder where Sousa got the inspiration and melodies for his many marches? Here is a clue.
  • [2] Liberty Bell 4:35
  • [3] Washington Post 3:50
  • [4] Sempre Fidelis 3:35
  • [5] Invincible Eagle 4:05
  • [6] Black Horse Troop :55
  • [7] El Capitan 1:10
  • [8] National Fencibles 2:10
  • [9] finale Star and Stripe 4:25

from TWENTY-FOUR OF THE WORLD'S FAVORITE MARCHES, Columbia H2C6, Andre Kostelanetz and his jazzy snazzy band

• [10] The Thunderer, this version kind of wanders around 3:05
• [11] Liberty Bell, chimes and glocks 3:15
• [12] King Cotton, remember when Cotton was King? 2:55
• [13] Fairest of the Fair, [1908] 2:25
• [14] Crusader March [1888] 3:35
• [15] Our Flirtations [1880] 2:45 one of Sousa's first marches
• [16] High School Cadets 2:35
• [17] Washington Post 2:35

from ODESSA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, Century Records 24995Concert Band/Bill J. Dean. 1966. Sousa music was perfect for youth brass bands that were so popular in the 1960's.

• [18] Free Lance March [1906] 3:45

from LEONARD BERNSTEIN CONDUCTS GREAT MARCHES, Columbia MR 30943New York Philharmonic

• [19] Stars and Stripes Forever [1896] performed much faster than march tempo by muscians that most likely never had to march, good for comic effects. 3:10

TRT 58:53

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