A nice tribute to The March King from the Wall Street Journal's Terry Teachout. Here's Sousa's foolproof recipe for a march:
"It must be as free from padding as a marble statue. Every line must be carved with unerring skill." Once the musical fat is trimmed away, he explained, a good march "stimulates every center of vitality, wakens the imagination and spurs patriotic impulses which may have been dormant for years."
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And if you've never seen the Muppets version, talk about stimulating "every center of vitality"!!
Then, of course, there's
's astonishing one man band. No piccolos, but keep your eyes on the feet:
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