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American march music is march music written and/or performed in the United States. Its origins are those of European composers borrowing from the military music of the Ottoman Empire in place there from the 16th century. The American genre developed after the British model during the colonial and Revolutionary periods, then later as ...
American march music cannot be discussed without mentioning "The March King", John Philip Sousa, who revolutionized the march during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Some of his most famous marches are " Semper Fidelis ", " The Washington Post ", " The Liberty Bell ", and " The Stars and Stripes Forever ".
" American Patrol " is a popular march written by Frank White (F.W.) Meacham in 1885. It incorporates both original musical themes by Meacham and melodies from American patriotic songs of the era such as " Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean ," " Dixie ," and " Yankee Doodle ."
- 1891
- F. W. Meacham
- 1885
- March
march, originally, musical form having an even metre (in 2/4 or 4/4) with strongly accented first beats to facilitate military marching; many later examples, while retaining the military connotation, were not intended for actual marching.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Marsch. aus: Österreichisches Musiklexikon. Musik zum Marschieren („marcher“ wurde als militärisches Fachwort im Dreißigjährigen Krieg gebräuchlich). Zweck des M.es (engl. march, frz. marche, ital. marcia) ist es, die Bewegung, das Tempo und den Gleichschritt einer Truppe zu regeln, zugleich aber auch – im psychologischen Sinn ...
American march music cannot be discussed without mentioning the "March King," John Philip Sousa. Some of his most famous marches include "Semper Fidelis", "The Washington Post March", "The Liberty Bell", and "Stars and Stripes Forever". Two other major American composers of marches are R. B. Hall and Karl King. A specialized form of "typical ...
Excerpt: American march music is march music written and/or performed in the United States. The true "march music era" existed from 1850 to 1940s as it slowly became shadowed by the...