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Title	Semper Fidelis
Category	Concert/wind/brass band
Subcategory	Concert march
Instrumentation	Ha (concert/wind band)
Publisher's article no.	20111013
Price	36.00 EUR (incl. 10 % Austrian VAT)
Composer	Sousa, John Philip
Arranger	Hafner, Gerhard
Difficulty level	2
Duration	4:30
Additional info/contents	John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era of the Victorian era and Edwardian era, known particularly for American military and patriotic marches.
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Programme notes: In a conversation with Sousa, the then head of the U.S. Marine Band, the then President of the United States Chester A. Arthur suggested composing more appropriate music for official occasions. Sousa responded with two pieces, not one. He first composed "Presidential Polonaise" (1886). Then, two years after Arthur's death, he wrote "Semper Fidelis". The march takes its title from the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps: "Semper Fidelis"-"Always faithful". The trio is an extension of an earlier composition by Sousa, "With Steady Step," one of eight short pieces for trumpet and percussion that he wrote for "The Trumpet and Drum" (1886). The march is dedicated to the officers and men of the US Marine Corps. The "Semper Fidelis" was recognized as the official march of the U.S. Marine Corps. Sousa considered it, musically speaking, his best march. Sousa himself once told that it was the favorite march of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - before World War I, of course. The march was played by the Sousa band in many foreign countries and thus became one of his most famous compositions. Only a few knew that the rights had been sold directly to the publisher for the incredibly low sum of 35 dollars. Quelle/Source: Paul E. Bierley, The Works of John Philip Sousa (Westerville, Ohio: Integrity Press, 1984),

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