SOUSA The Quilting Party (1889) - "The President's Own" United States Marine Band

[@Stevenschaaf]

Well that's been stuck in my head for over 25 years now.

[@makaylamarano4249]

lmfao

[@jamesburrell8236]

I believe the opening melody comes from the Gilbert and Sullivan song "When a Wooer Goes a Wooing" from "The Yeomen of the Guard," which premiered a year before this march. Souza must have been a big G&S fan!

[@deewesthill1213]

Yes, that is the song from "Yeomen", and Sousa was a big G&S fan!

[@deewesthill1213]

Back in the 50s-early 60s, my mother used to sing the "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party" song. This is the only time I've ever heard it since then!

[@CashoutCollectibles]

Really very well balanced and just an incredibly beautiful march. Wow.

[@ClarinetEnthusiast]

The first clarinet part is so difficult lol. Played it last year as that part.

[@elisecurran9497]

I recognize that tune in the 1st strain: it's from The Yeomen of the Guard by G&S, in a quartet called "When a wooer goes a wooing"....I've sung it! OOOooooppps....I see you included that information in your notes above...thank you! I had never heard this march before, but I know Sousa aspired to be the next Gilbert and Sullivan and wrote operettas, so it's not surprising he'd include them in his work.

[@deewesthill1213]

Sousa -- "So USA"! 👂🇺🇸💖

[@richardcleveland8549]

And there's also the song "Seeing Nellie Home", which might have been influenced by Sousa's inspiration as well (or, I could be completely wrong, either of which is possib;e!).

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Actually, it was quite the opposite. Sousa took the existing song "The Quilting Party" (also known as "Seeing Nellie Home"), and made a march of it. He did this quite often with existing popular tunes, as they pleased his audiences.

[@richardcleveland8549]

@@LyleFrancisDelp Hard to know sometimes which came first!

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Richard Cleveland A popular old folk tune that had been around for some time.

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Good grief, I hate this march. I know why Sousa wrote it. He knew his audience and appealed to it. But really, this wasn't one of his best efforts.

[@overthe50-characterlimit95]

imo the 2nd and 3rd strains are super interesting