BAGLEY "National Emblem" - "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band

"The President's Own" United States Marine Band presents "National Emblem" by Edwin Eugene Bagley. Conducted by Col. John R. Bourgeois. From the album "Esprit de Corps," released 1984. www.marineband.marines.mil/
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[@CREEDnoke]

Chills at 1:53, Marine Corps graduation at Parris Island SC 12/21/22. Never will forget it.

[@82gjohnson]

Man I love that low brass at 1:56

[@kathio3158]

it's sooo much fun to play too! I played baritone horn in high school and LOVED this march!

[@ericsattic]

That so-called “trio section” that begins at at 1:54 is awesome. It’s actually played on its own when leaders, dignitaries, or even the color guard enters or exits important events.

[@dgamer5075]

It's somewhere between a trio and a break strain and absolutely an amazingly written section.

[@lukegroundwalker9794]

IT MAKES YOU FEEL POWERFUL

[@jamesmoore5630]

My favorite march!!! Now, If I can only remember that it is Bagley, and not Sousa!!!🤔🤭🙄

[@TheDustysix]

Drinking at this time of night, thinking of my past and those that never had a future. Semper Fidelis. You will never be forgotten. Our Freedoms are not Free. Someone paid for them.

[@robinblankenship9234]

Well over a million men and women.

[@TheDustysix]

@@robinblankenship9234 I served with a Blankenship from Washington state.

[@robinblankenship9234]

@@TheDustysix I am from Virginia. USN 1968 - 88.

[@GrinchyToast]

I'm sorry for your loss I'll be praying for you 👍❤

[@afranca1825]

The tune at 1:53 and beyond played through my mind to help push me through OCS because I knew that song is the one they would play at our graduation. When I finally heard Navy Band play it at graduation I had chills down my spine that I'll never forget. It's amazing the impact music has on someone and how it can drive you. The song has an amazing power to it that is truly motivating to me to this day.

[@yareece_7688]

rah sir

[@theashman7836]

RAAF passing out had this played, 1:53 made everyone feel 10 foot tall

[@Mr-Eleven]

They played this for your side too, huh Sir? I remember this from SD

[@thomascollins4325]

I'm a trombonist and love this march! I always think of the Dirty Dozen when I play this.

[@caverdaveazhi]

Sounded great retiring the Colors at 2021 Inauguration ... our high school band (Falls Church, VA) played this in the 1969 inauguration parade!!

[@kathio3158]

How exciting! That must've been some experience! This was one of the marches we played in competition in the high school band. I bet I could still play it today :D

[@caverdaveazhi]

@@kathio3158 It was awesome - even though one of the coldest days of my young life! Muscle memory in my fingers can still recall that sax part!

[@adrianwilson4197]

AN OLD WAR HORSE. Played this hundreds of times. And loved it hundreds of times.

[@fredbeiderbecke7450]

This is my favorite march. The last chorus is magnificently dramatic and stirs the soul.

[@mwduck]

Reminds me of graduation at Navy OCS.

[@johndula662]

this is USMC Band GOD BLESS THE PRESIDENT'S OWN

[@jhcogan]

My Vermont summer community band, 70 years old this year :-), often plays this march. It is always introduced by our Director as "by Edwin Eugene Bagley, from down the road in Craftsbury." :-) -John C., Newport Area Concert Band

[@lance.dollesin.42]

Hi from the Philippines. Flag Ceremony is over.

[@brianmorrison7542]

My all time fave...after "The Stars And Stripes Forever"

[@owmw1934]

Happy memories of Continental Army Band, Ft Monroe, 1971-75. We used this on parade and the herald trumpets out front reinforced the other trumpets in the trio. Chilling effect.

[@bruceinpb]

So proud to be an American!

[@steinvorrikvik8306]

Fuck, yeah!

[@the1aj39]

I'm not

[@kimberlyvito6391]

Me too

[@GOFLuvr]

U-S-A!

[@cowboyn12]

FUCK YEAH

[@joshadriansbalbido6487]

Im a tromboner and a trumpeter,when i play the trombone in this march i loved the 1:55 part it gaves me vibes

[@kayesguineapigs]

Our concert band just played this last night at Riverside park in La Crosse, Wisconsin. It was a hot and humid evening!

[@airforcemax]

*¡enjoyed at 10:29 pm Pacific DayLight Savings Time on Monday, 13 March 2023!*

[@williamellis3961]

Spectacular!

[@JustAnotherPerc]

As a snare player for this song, 1:53 is my favorite part

[@markfox6596]

Sousa said this is the one march he wished he had composed.. classic.

[@fitzspike]

Our High school band played this through a five mile parade. Better to play one song perfectly than five or more poorly. No music required it was automatic by then. We had about 130 band members for the big annual event. Six or seven Sousaphones in the back row.

[@billofwrights7695]

They should play THIS at graduation ceremonies considering Pomp and Circumstance March was written by a BRITISH composer!

[@MarkH]

I was losing my mind trying to figure out why nobody anywhere had talked about the excerpts from Sousa marches featured in this. Come to realize I was actually thinking of the excerpts from _this piece_ featured in Leroy Anderson's arrangement of Seventy-Six Trombones 😭

[@savvyhowe1646]

god I'm probably gonna have to do the low brass part as a tenor sax player and it sounds SO LIT

[@caverdaveazhi]

You'll love playing that - that low B-flat (c-fingering, almost all stops closed) is a *blast*

[@savvyhowe1646]

@@caverdaveazhi The song got taken out of the show, I did not get to play it even though it was so fun

[@caverdaveazhi]

@@savvyhowe1646 BOO! It's a great one for sure. I read up on its history - even though EE Bagley wrote it, it was one of Sousa's top 4 favorites. And Bagley tried to throw out the score after he had written it (didn't like the ending or some such nonsense). His band rescued it from the trash, unbeknownst to the composer, and surprised him by playing it at their next concert!

[@savvyhowe1646]

@@caverdaveazhi that's a cool bit of history

[@Xis-tg6cn]

Indeed. I was navy band trombone player for 12 years...this is my favorite march of all the marches I played... because it has powerful low brass trombone to finally carry a melody lol

[@MisterApol]

Magnificent!

[@mestis0]

happy 244th Marines, ooh rah!

[@joelleson3313]

"National Emblem" is the theme song of the VFW and American Legion national champion Blessed Sacarament Golden Knights Drum and Bugle Corps.

[@cripplehawk]

I will always associate the Emblem March with Admiral "Tug" Benson... when he steps off the plane....and the band keeps playing.

[@oscarmancera1451]

we played this for our high school graduation today

[@phanirallabhandi6432]

WOW!!Anyone here for March Mania only 5 more days

[@guso.2587]

woop woop

[@TheBandMan]

This one could be a contender...

[@maxwaller734]

*¡enjoying at 11:42 am Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, 5 January 2022!*

[@pepsi_proto]

I’m playing from 1:53 to the end in my drill this year and it’s so cool to hear

[@TheUSgoverment]

How it went?

[@percyjackson4374]

This has to go to the finals

[@savvyhowe1646]

Percy Jackson? a band kid? It's an honor to see you in this comment section

[@MMW8444]

There are a bunch of 3rd graders in my music class who are going to be very sad if this one doesn't go all the way! They love it!! #MarchMania2019

[@WreckerRC]

Its back for March Mania 2022!

[@RoundenBrown]

Had to march to the coda in boot camp, good times.

[@matthewrendino4223]

my fav march

[@Matt-NYC]

Stood at attention (or parade rest?) On my graduation from Parris Island on March 5th, 2004. Got out in 2012 as a Sgt after 2 combat deployments as an Infantryman. Semper Fi.

[@jamesmoore5630]

The false end, and break really made this March.

[@karajokoo]

Siempre Fieles

[@Vurbanowicz]

I just compared the US Air Force Band's version with this. Both are excellent. I prefer the Marine Band version by a small margin. It's a little tighter and cleaner. What the Marines handle especially well is the section beginning at 2:00 and repeating at around 2:34 -- the steady drumbeats and strong, dark tones, low rising to high, a touch menacing, as if to announce the arrival of a new imperial power on the world's stage. And then the return to a lighter, more exuberant mode. "We're pleasant, cheerful Americans, but we can be damned tough if we want to." It was composed in 1902, and maybe the nation was preening after the Spanish American War and the composer was joining in.

[@birb8219]

I have a lot of respect for the people playing this, while I never have, Anchors Aweigh is hard enough as a piano solo, and doesn’t seem to be much different in complexity than this

[@marcosalbertodasilvasilva7676]

Eu gosto de ouvir essas e outras marchas.

[@keithdean007]

Yeah!!

[@ICEISWISE1]

It’s breathtaking at 1:53 I sit in front of the trombones and it sounds so badasss and im a trumpet player

[@wesleysmith2934]

1:53

[@53jdtudor21]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@CarlosFernandez-gc8kd]

Love mi granpha

[@kds233]

저는 1971년 생 남성 입니다. 어릴때인 70년대 중반~80년대 말 경기도 평택군 청북면 어연 1리(지금의 경기도 평택시 청북읍 원 어연길) 마을에 살 때, 인근 미군 공군 부대에서 행진곡들이 나온 게 저희 동네 까지 들린 겁니다. 그땐 곡명을 몰랐다가, 커서 알게 됐습니다

[@jamesmoore5630]

If our system is bad, so is our music!!! "The National Emblem March" -by "Bagley," is my favorite by far. I also like hail to the chief. Patriotic songs and marches sound a little queer to me right now. "Mother Mary, please pray for us now, and at the hour of our death..." (Aamainn) Brother James Kendall Moore OSB OFS OSC ✝️

[@jonnorgard5945]

One of the few good American marches

[@fortepiano4491]

Thank God this beat Boyars March! Last year was a disgrace.

[@user-rj5yq1lp5t]

bro my band is playing this 😭😭😭

[@VintageBenBenCoFilms]

SEMPER FI

[@heavenyeahh1196]

Make America Great Again!!!

[@LAFan]

Yeah by voting out all MAGA Fascists. Hahahahahaha

[@jeremiahlevoy3435]

Oh my god, and you are exactly why Americans have a bad rep

[@h.waytemykleesq.4183]

Hola! I seem to recall a southern high school band reporting a 'jazzed-up' version of National Emblem on 45 rpm which got international release. Anyone recall that musical nugget? Mike H. Waite, Ont. Canada

[@h.waytemykleesq.4183]

Note, recording not reporting. MHW

[@fortepiano4491]

"National City" by the Arkansas Junior High School Band

[@jebitiongdelacruz5364]

0:44 - Sugod Bahay ni Jose Manalo.

[@watchmeplayminecraft773]

Any other trumpets?

[@angryomyzs7933]

Over manifest destiny moment

[@baronedipiemonte3990]

This would be perfect, but it needs to be arranged with a couple of cymbals at a few strategic points.

[@mariafe7050]

NNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[@funkyfunk]

Nice reference

[@whatdoyouexactlymeanbyhandle]

Nobody’s talking about sosorry 💀

[@larrybrennan1463]

Sousa himself called this a great march.

[@hotdogpirate]

Military at age 33? or find a "job."

[@smithwez1101]

1:53

[@trist5206]

2:02