SOUSA George Washington Bicentennial - "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band

[@brucekuehn4031]

Washington was born in 1732 so that must have been the occasion to write this. It's always great to think you've heard a lot of Sousa and then to hear a new one. This is really first rate - wow! What a national treasure along with this band that he loved!

[@brucekuehn4031]

Looking further, Washington was born Feb 22, 1732 and Sousa died March 6, 1932 after a long career of writing and performing.

[@DanielIrwinProductions]

one can never really appreciate the difficulty of this music... until they've read it

[@itsinthenet]

or played it.

[@gaiusmarius4112]

EPICTHOMASFAN713 ITS FKN DIFFICULT I TELL YOU

[@spencernold8899]

@@gaiusmarius4112 Bruh, dat first trombone part is like bruh moment.

[@vaq33ens]

With the possible exception of "Rolling Thunder" , this has the most difficult trombone part I have ever played.

[@nathansherman5684]

It’s definitely a hard piece for sure, our high school wind ensemble played this piece, and i tell you i had a hell of a time trying to keep tempo lol

[@vaq33ens]

Flawless, outstanding performance! I've always felt this to be Sousa's most technically demanding march, especially for the trombone section. You guys came through again at the most demanding part of the piece. Awesome clarinet performance, too.

[@12milestyle]

Trio lyrics: George, you know we cannot tell a lie You know we cannot tell a lie, We love you so! Your birthday was two hundred years ago And so we want to celebrate with you Georgie! George, you know we cannot tell a lie You know we cannot tell a lie, We think you are so cool! You are the father of our country, so We sing this birthday song for you!

[@Liqwidbutterfly0925]

By far my favorite Sousa March I've ever played

[@Ryan-ru8rk]

let me put this in perspective 9th grade first piece gets passed around you glance see 1st part and the tempo and you see all the rhythms and you just sit there confused and in awe at the same time

[@adarveperezrodriguez7713]

Fantastica interpretacion magnifica marcha la afinacion excelente las maderas muy nbles y dulces todo magnifico saludos de españa de un musico Militar

[@nathanvaldez6799]

I love this song!I fell in love with it when we played it at band camp!

[@rmbandy835]

What a band, must be the finest of America's Military Musicians, absolutely the definitive versions of Sousa's marches. I've not been able to spot any badges of rank on the musicians, is there a tradition of not displaying rank in this unit?

[@usmarineband]

Yes, it is a tradition. Will try to provide more info for you early next week.

[@Treetop64]

Sprinter Bandy Well, one can easily see that the conductor is a Colonel, lol!

[@billykelly7979]

United States Marine Band ij

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

The US Marine Band has not displayed rank insignia on their concert dress uniform since the mid-1950s. Everyone onstage ranks from Staff Sergeant (E-6) to Master Gunnery Sergeant (E-9). Perhaps apocryphal, but I was told it was a budgetary issue. As the dress blouses are issued, the rank insignia, once removed, leave stitch holes which cannot be covered up. A blouse turned in with E-9 insignia will leave stitch holes which cannot be covered by the smaller E-6 insignia.

[@ThunderboxMusic]

In my community band, we all start laughing after making it through a particularly hard piece during rehearsal. This was one of them.

[@howardmerken758]

Thanks! We played this in seventh grade when I was in the high school concert band, but these people certainly do a better job.

[@tristania4548]

I'd hate to march at this pace, but IMO this is one that should be played at 130bpm. USMB does a great job of keeping it lively that is lacking in slower recordings.

[@tristanwhite2012]

@@LouisE-mp8lx Look at JPS himself conducting: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4LNh4imosyGn6s. Don't think that's 120bpm! (Of course it could have always be sped up). But JPS did stress that his marches were mainly for concert, rather than marching, use. In that case he was determined to "get the blood moving" and liven the show with brisk performances.

[@tracymiller1149]

As a trombone player, I can tell you that part at 1:33 is TOUGH to play cleanly, and these guys nail it!

[@themagus5906]

The trombone was never designed to play these different notes this quickly; nor was an elephant made to run from a lion.... ..From another former player.

[@NJMerlin]

Heck, I’ve never played trombone in my life, but I’ve read orchestration textbooks, so I know how it’s done, and the very first time I heard this (in a concert by the New Sousa Band), my eyes bugged out, and I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. It reminded me of the scene in the old movie where Sousa demonstrates to a hapless auditioning cornet player how “Carnival of Venice” SHOULD be played.

[@regaman101]

The dogfight in this piece is the reason this is my favorite march to play (Fellow trombone player)

[@GéVeeHaa]

dont forget the euphs and tubas not my friend! ♫♪

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Just think of those Arthur Pryor trombone solos. Compared to those, this is child's play.

[@tracymiller1149]

Played this march many years ago at USC. Still one of my favorite marches.

[@jackyringot1082]

sousa incontournable !

[@FranklinPUroda]

Sounds like the University of Michigan's Recording, years ago, but the lack of the piccolo riff (in the UM recording) is telling.

[@tristania4548]

Similar pace, though in UMB repeats the trio before the first breakstrain with a piccolo countermelody.

[@marcosalbertodasilvasilva60]

Fui músico militar e essas coisas me fazem voltar lá atrás no início da carreira que bom ter esse canal

[@johannlouisl.zarate6225]

What a beautiful march.

[@blainegarver2181]

It's never been played better.....

[@Corgidad15]

Excellent!

[@garylynch9809]

This march did not get its' proper due and credit for several reasons. Sousa died within weeks of premiering this March. He did not have a band to record it before he died. He had broken up his last band in 1931, so it was not promoted by touring or by recording. I do not have any idea if RCA Victor, his longtime record company, would have had any interest in recording it. Even if it had been recorded, record sales were way down in the depression year of 1932, so it is doubtful it would have sold well. I first heard this march as background music in the movie "Jim Thorpe, All American", when Thorpe witnessed the opening ceremonies of the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. I will give the producers and writers of that movie credit for including it.

[@susanbarryfurrer6905]

Sousa's GWB march was not premiered in February 1932 and was played on both Sousa Band tours of 1930 and 1931.

[@b.augustusgbain8143]

great piece

[@davidking4488]

This is my favorite

[@edwardlechmere6214]

Sousa's last march. To the very end, Sousa's technical skills at composition were undiminished.

[@rickhahn5381]

This was composed in 1931 one year before his last completed March "Northern Pines".

[@tristanwhite2012]

@@rickhahn5381 No his last march was Library of Congress, which was incomplete at the time of his death. However, GWB was first performed in 1932, a mere 2 weeks before his death, despite being written in 1930.

[@thegrillmaster2259]

He died of heart faolure in pennsylvania, not of any mental illness.

[@susanbarryfurrer6905]

@@tristanwhite2012 The GWB march was performed way ahead of the February 1932 celebration on both 1930 and 1931 tours of Sousa's Band.

[@artigasgarcia6306]

Arriba Mis Marines colegas

[@pionero77]

Excelente!

[@sousafan100]

keep those sousa marches coming! - 5 down and 131 to go...lol - thanks usmb

[@TheYalalteco]

GREAT!!! MY respect to our troops and nation.

[@MrJuniorbatistabr]

since children already enjoyed these spots

[@Corgidad15]

At this tempo, I would crash if this march was on a clarinet audition! LOL

[@williamschlenger1518]

Allentown pennsylvania band also excellent.

[@hanj31]

how do you tongue this fast?

[@DenversMac]

Double tonguing is a beautiful thing my friend

[@somebody4061]

Denver Satterwhite it's not fast enough to be double tonguing

[@DenversMac]

not this version but some are

[@spencernold8899]

@@somebody4061 I'm pretty sure when we played this, the trombone section just used a wa sound.

[@matthewlunceford406]

Tktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktktk

[@sousafan100]

sousa's last march was the circumnavigator's club

[@tristanwhite2012]

No, it was Library of Congress, which remained incomplete upon his death.

[@jlinderton6775]

It's sad that we have a president now that despises what this music stands for.. very very sad

[@themagus5906]

Not any more, HA HA HA! How the tables turn!

[@leonardonocaprio4370]

Thereʻs no piccolo soloist at the middle of the dogfight forst time?

[@tristanwhite2012]

That was the Revelli arrangement.

[@gamerawesom3]

My high school band performed this at contest last year and got Superior Rating. At my high school their are 3 bands. 1st, 2nd, 3rd. 1st being the best people instrumentalist on campus.

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[@vincenzosilvestri5260]

bueno

[@nathanparnell5702]

*Putin has left the group chat.

[@johnhippisley9106]

Clarinet right hand 😒

[@jam4541]

This conductor is sick though. Hes so easy to read

[@55dbau]

As of now seven commies gave a thumb down.