English Titled Marches
Franklin
D. Roosevelt - Woodin US Marine Band (30s clip - scroll down 1/8th to "Sound Samples" and click on the 4th note pair)
French National Defile-(The Sambre-Meuse Regiment) -
Planquette,
VIDEO -
Ohio State University Marching Band in Script Ohio Video
Front Section - E. Bagley, US Air Force Band (Scholl down 1/4)
What defines a "March" from other
forms of musically composition?
See Wikipedia for best defition!
The standard march as defined
for this website is music that conforms to the march as it was developed in the Golden Age Of The March, from
about 1870 to 1930! Such a march is composed of 16 or 32 bar strains, sometimes with counter themes, mostly repeated,
with 4 and 8 bar introductions or breaks throughout the piece. It can also include a 16 or 32 bar unrestricted strain
where there are short themes or a free for all, so to speak, of different sections of the band. The music will
usually include at least three different themes throughout the march.
The time signature is 2/4 , cut time 2/2. or 6/8 and
played at speeds of 100 to 140 beats per second. The faster marches are usually played by the old time circus bands
and are sometimes called gallops! For more complete information about the American march see Wikipedia.
These TRIVIA
pages are an ongoing project at the bottom of each page. If you care to help out, send me
your TRIVIA question of a general interest about march music and it could be added here! jB
