7 Marches YOU should Listen to this Week

Hello everyone! This is @cmp2020 posting. I have decided to write a weekly7 post of 7 Marches to Listen to for this week's weekly7. For anyone from my account who is confused about where the Weekly7 was today, this week's weekly7 is being posted here. I will be posting a (declined payout post) with an explanatory paragraph and a link to here along with the updated list and playlist. So, anyway, let's get into this week's RGKMB fundraiser post weekly7. Here are 7 Marches YOU should Listen to this Week:

7. The Liberty Bell March - John Philip Sousa

Of course this list is going to include marches which the band has performed. We performed this march at the fourth of July parade as well as the Veteran's parade in the 2016 and 2017 seasons. So, this is definitely a march that the band has grown accustomed to. It was written by John Philip Sousa in 1893. Here is The Liberty Bell March performed by The U.S. Marine Band:

6. Marche Militaire (Op. 51, No. 1) - Franz Schubert

This is one of Schubert's most famous pieces. In my last piano recital, I remember seeing a girl and her brother perform a piano duet of this piece. I am also excited to include Schubert in a marching band related list because Schubert is probably one of the most frequently talked about composers in my school (thanks to me for dressing as him for Halloween [and in the yearbook] and discussing him during the syphilis unit in health). We also discussed him a lot in marching band (also thanks to me). Anyway, here is Schubert's military march written in around 1818 (performer not clearly listed):

5. Fairest of the Fair March - John Philip Sousa

This was this year's march for the fourth of July Parade (Link here). I will say that the French horn part (as in most marches) is rather dull and boring to play. But as a whole, the march is rather interesting. It was composed by Sousa in 1908. I would have guessed that this was written after The Liberty Bell March. It sounds a little bit more mature. Anyway, here is Sousa's Fairest of the Fair March (performer again not clearly listed):

4. Funeral March - Frédéric Chopin

This is the third movement of Chopin's 2nd Piano Sonata in b-flat minor. It is almost certainly one of the composer's most famous pieces. Though this is not a traditional march that a marching band would play, I included it in order to demonstrate the diversity of marches. Something interesting to note is that the music from around 3:00 to about 6:41 is actually a nocturne. This form reminds me very much of a minuet followed by a trio followed by a recap of the minuet. Mainly because the nocturne (trio) section is very much different in character than the march (minuet) section. Plus, it comes around the same place in the sonata that a minuet and trio movement would come. Anyway, here is Chopin's Funeral March performed by Alberto Cobo:

3. Grand March (from Aida) - Giuseppe Verdi

This is a march which the band is also quite familiar due to the fact that we play (part of it) at graduation every year. It is interesting how much marches are used for ceremonial music. I think of this, Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, and Mendelssohn's Wedding March.just off of the top of my head. Anyway, here is Verdi's Grand March from Aida performed by the U.S. Marine Band:

2. Colonel Bogey March - Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts

This is probably one of the most famous British marches. Something interesting about this march is that it was used in the TV show The Bridge on the River Kwai at one point. Some of the band members played this march in middle school. Anyway, here is the Colonel Bogey March (performer not clearly listed):

1. The Stars and Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa

This is almost certainly Sousa's most famous march. I recently did a detailed analysis of this march. This march is also our national march. The band performed this march in the citrus bowl parade in 2015 (link here). Anyway, here is Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever performed by the U.S. Army Field Band:

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Playlists

• 7 Pieces of Chamber Music (7/5/18)
• 7 Religious Works (7/13/18)
• 7 Fugues (7/19/18)
• 7 Marches (7/26/18)

Closing

Thank you for reading this! Support for this post and other future posts are much appreciated.We are hoping to fund-raise (through posting, trading, and curating) enough money to send one of the band members to Disney world this year. Any help is much appreciated along with feedback! Have a nice night!

The @rgkmb-unofficial account is an experimental account that is operated by Steve Palmer (@remlaps). The account's purpose is to demonstrate the viability of a fund-raising model that is based on use of the Steem block chain in the community. The account's goal for 2018 is to raise enough money to send one student on the Rustin Golden Knight Marching Band's trip from Pennsylvania to Florida in December for performances in the Citrus Parade and in Disney. For more information, see our introductory post: Introducing Steem to the Rustin Golden Knights Marching Band

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Posted by Christopher Palmer (@cmp2020)

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