[unkus]

Thank you, nuconvert.

[hinckley buzzard]

Beautiful. The piece's real name btw is "The National March."

[Venturer]

Sousa Wrote some great stuff, but after a while it all sounds alike.

[freedumb2003]

Holy Moley, was he moving it along!

But a fun listen and thanks for posting.

[grey_whiskers]

You might enjoy (Vanity) A Politically Correct Fourth of July, Part II : Patriotic Songs.

Happy 4th of July, sir!

g_w

[Huskrrrr]

I saw the Maestro with the NY Philharmonic in 1976 during their Bicentennial tour. He conducted and played the piano simultaneously on "Rhapsody in Blue." Whoa!

[Jemian]

Thank you! I loved this version. I enjoy playing it (clarinet with a lot of runs, arpeggios and trills) and this was thoroughly wonderful!

Happy Fourth!

[I still care]

My favorite march. I’ve always enjoyed it more since I saw a show, I think it was with Wynton Marsalis? where he went into the various constructive parts and how the piccolo part had a special melody all its own that can stand alone yet melds perfectly with the rest of the march.

Ever since then I listen for that melody and it really seems to actually increase my enjoyment of the march.

And Leonard Bernstein does a great job for an old communist!

[NEWwoman]

Niiiiiiice!

[onedoug]

Very rousing. Thanks very much for posting.

[Lmo56]

Supposedly, Sousa “wrote” it all in his head and [once committed to paper] never changed a note ...

[Jack Hammer]

Great stuff; they didn’t call him “The March King” for nothing.