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Black Horse Troop
John Philip Sousa (edited by Frederick Fennell)
Contents
General Info
Year: 1924 / 1974
Duration: c. 3:10
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Alfred Publishing
Cost: Score and Parts - $70.00 | Score Only - $9.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
Eb Soprano Clarinet
Bb Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
Eb Alto Clarinet
Bb Bass Clarinet
Eb Contra-Alto Clarinet
Bb Contrabass Clarinet
Alto Saxophone I-II
Tenor Saxophone
Baritone Saxophone
Cornet (in Bb) I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion I-II, including:
- Bass Drum
- Cymbal (crash)
- Field Drum
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
The Black Horse Troop march was completed December 30, 1924, at Sousa’s Sands Point, Long Island, estate. It was played for the first time about ten months later on October 17, 1925, at a concert of the Sousa Band in the Public Auditorium, Cleveland, Ohio – and I was there. I had not been to such an event as this one. I remember that as Sousa’s march was being played, Troop A rode [their horses] onto the stage and stood behind the band to the tumultuous cheering of all. The March King enjoyed a long relationship with the men and horses of Cleveland’s Ohio National Guard Cavalry, known as Troop A.
It is recommended that both the characteristically loose-slung field drum be used together with the conventional snare drum. The bass drum heads’ tension should be loose, and the instrument should be played with a hard beater.
- Program Note by Fredrick Fennell
March King John Philip Sousa wrote this march in honour of Troop A, or The Black Horse Troop. This was an independent military organisation which was established in Ohio after The Great Railroad Strike of 1877 amongst fears about the military’s ability to maintain law and order. The Black Horse Troop then became part of the Ohio National Guard Cavalry. The remarkable first performance of The Black Horse Troop in 1925 has been documented by legendary band conductor Frederick Fennell, who attended it at the age of 11. At the conclusion of the concert, just before the march was to be played, the whole of Troop A of the Ohio National Cavalry Guard rode their horses onto the stage and stood to attention behind The Sousa Band as Sousa conducted his musicians in the premiere of this elegant, triumphant march.
- Program Note by Suzanne Sherrington and Brendan Champion for the New South Wales Public Schools Symphonic Wind Ensemble concert program, 17 December 2014
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Strictly Sousa - Dallas Wind Symphony (Jerry F. Junkin, conductor) Recorded at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, TX - 16 July 1998.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- University of Iowa (Iowa City) University Band (Joshua Neuenschwander, conductor) - 1 April 2019
- Appalachian State University (Boone, N.C.) Concert Band (John Stanley Ross, conductor) – 18 February 2019
- Carrollton (Tex.) Wind Symphony (John Whitwell, conductor) - 21 December 2018 (2018 Midwest Clinic)
- Cleveland Winds (Cleveland, Ohio) (Birch Browning, conductor) – 22 April 2018
- Augustana University (Sioux Falls, S.D.) Band (Christopher Unger, conductor) – 11 November 2017
- Eastman Wind Orchestra (Rochester, N.Y.) (Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor) – 16 October 2017
- Skidmore College (Saratoga Springs, N.Y.) Concert Band (Milton Lee, conductor) – 8 December 2016
- Douglas Anderson School of the Arts (Jacksonville, Fla.) Wind Symphony (Ted Shistle, conductor) – 19 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 Southern Division Conference, Charleston, S.C.)
- Riverwatch Middle School (Suwanee, Ga.) Symphonic Band (Matt Koperniak, conductor) – 18 February 2016 (CBDNA 2016 Southern Division Conference, Charleston, S.C.)
- Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Symphonic Band (Kirt Saville, conductor) - 11 February 2016
- Truman State University Wind Symphony (Curran Prendergast, conductor) – 4 October 2015
- The Tallahassee (Fla.) Winds (Patrick Dunnigan, conductor) - 28 April 2015
- Southern Colorado (Canon City) Community Band (Mike Nolan, conductor) - 29 March 2015
- Cypress (Texas) Symphonic Band (Clancy Weeks, conductor) - 28 March 2015
- New South Wales (Australia) Public Schools Symphonic Wind Ensemble (Stephen Williams, conductor) - 17 December 2014 (2014 Midwest Clinic)
- Cazadero Concert Band (Tony Mazzaferro, conductor) - 3 August 2013
- San Luis Obispo (Calif.) Wind Orchestra (William V. Johnson, conductor) - 18 October 2009
- Indiana Wind Symphony (Charles Conrad, conductor) - November 2004
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- The Liberty Bell (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Bocook) (1893/2011)
- The Thunderer (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Bocook) (1889/2010)
- The Thunderer (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1889/2010)
All Wind Works
- Across the Danube (1877/2015)
- America (ed. Schissel) (2013)
- America First (1916)
- America First (arr. Gore) (1916/1989)
- America First (arr. Teague) (1916/1940)
- Among My Souvenirs
- Anchor and Star (1918)
- Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (1924)
- Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (ed. Schissel) (1924/2019)
- At the Movies (arr. Rogers) (1922)
- The Atlantic City Pageant (1927)
- The Aviators (arr. Gore) (1931)
- Ballet of the States. See: March of the States
- The Band Came Back
- The Beau Ideal (1893)
- The Beau Ideal (arr. Bourgeois) (1893/2005)
- The Beau Ideal (arr. Worman)
- The Belle of Chicago (1892)
- The Bell of Chicago (arr. Byrne) (1892)
- Ben Bolt (1888)
- The Black Horse Troop (1924)
- The Black Horse Troop (ed. Fennell) (1924/1974)
- Blue Ridge! I'm Coming Back to You (1917)
- Bonnie Annie Laurie (1883)
- Bonnie Annie Laurie (ed. Foster) (1883/2014)
- Boots (1916)
- Boy Scouts of America (arr. Schissel) (1916/2008)
- The Bride Elect (1897)
- Bullets and Bayonets (1919)
- Bullets and Bayonets (arr. Fennell) (1919/1989/2005)
- A Century of Progress (1931)
- The Chantyman's March (1918)
- The Chariot Race (1890)
- The Charlatan (ed. Brion) (1898/2017)
- The Charlatan: Waltzes (ed. Rogers)
- Christmas and Sousa Forever (arr. Giroux)
- The Circumnavigators Club (1931)
- Circus Galop from "The Irish Dragoon" (ed. Schissel) (1915/2004)
- Columbia's Pride (arr. Corrie) (1914/2018)
- Comrades of the Legion (1920)
- Comrades of the Legion (ed. Byrne) (1920/1996)
- Congress Hall (1882)
- The Corcoran Cadets March (arr. Fennel) (1890)
- The Corcoran Cadets March (1890)
- The Crusader March (1888)
- Cubaland (1925)
- Daughters of Texas (1930)
- Daughters of Texas (arr. Fennell) (1929/1987)
- The Dauntless Battalion (arr. Glover) (1922/1996)
- The Diplomat March (1904)
- The Directorate (1894)
- Easter Monday on the White House Lawn (arr. Gore) (1911/1928/)
- Easter Monday on the White House Lawn (arr. Rogers) (1911/1928/2000)
- El Capitan (1896)
- El Capitan (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1896/1999)
- El Capitan (ed. Fennell) (1896/1989)
- El Capitan (arr. Hindsley) (1896/197-?)
- El Capitan (tr. Morris) (1896/1974/2000)
- Esprit de Corps (ed. Foster) (1878/2011)
- Fairest of the Fair (1908/1951)
- The Fairest of the Fair (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1908/2000)
- The Fairest of the Fair (ed. Fennell) (1908/1978)
- The Federal (1910)
- Flags of Freedom (1918)
- Flags of Freedom (arr. Gore) (1918)
- The Flashing Eyes of Andalusia (arr. Brion) (1920/2014)
- Foshay Tower Washington Memorial (arr. Dorff) (1929/1977)
- The Free Lance March (1906)
- The Free Lance March (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1906/2019)
- The Free Lance March (arr. Goldman) (1906/1959)
- The Free Lance March (ed. Revelli) (1906/1981)
- From Maine to Oregon (1913)
- From Maine to Oregon (arr. Bourgeois) (1913/2004)
- Fugue on Yankee Doodle (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1996)
- The Gallant Seventh (1922/1950)
- The Gallant Seventh (arr. Bourgeois) (1922/2003)
- The Gallant Seventh (arr. Fennell) (1922/1971)
- George Washington Bicentennial March
- George Washington Bicentennial (1932/1966)
- George Washington Bicentennial March (ed. Fennell) (1932/2006)
- The Gladiator March
- The Gladiator March (1886)
- The Gladiator March (arr. Byrne and Boyd) (1886/1994)
- The Gladiator March (arr. Brion) (1886/2015)
- The Gliding Girl (arr. Schissel) (1912/2008
- Globe and Eagle (1879)
- Globe and Eagle (arr. Gore) (1879)
- The Glory of the Yankee Navy (1909)
- The Glory of the Yankee Navy (arr. Schissel) (1909/2004)
- The Glory of the Yankee Navy (arr. Fennell) (1909/1984)
- The Glory of the Yankee Navy (arr. Gore) (1909)
- Golden Jubilee March (1928)
- Golden Jubilee March (arr. Fennell) (1928/1971/2005)
- The Golden Star (1919/2019)
- Good-Bye
- The Gridiron Club (1926)
- The Gridiron Club (arr. Gore) (1926/2004)
- Guide Right (1881)
- Hail to the Spirit of Liberty (1900)
- Hail to the Spirit of Liberty (arr. Schissel) (1900/2010)
- Hail to the Spirit of Liberty (ed. Hunsberger) (1900/1983)
- Hands Across the Sea (1899/1927)
- Hands Across the Sea (arr. Brion and Schissel)(1899/1997)
- Hands Across the Sea (arr. Balent) (1899/2012)
- Hands Across the Sea (arr. Fennell) (1899/1982)
- Harmonica Wizard (1930)
- Her Ladyship, the Countess
- The High School Cadets (1890)
- The High School Cadets (arr. Foster) (1890/2005)
- The High School Cadets (ed. Byrne) (1890/1998)
- Hip Hip Hooray. See: March of the States
- Homeward Bound (1891-1892)
- Homeward Bound (arr. Schissel) (1891?/1992/2014)
- The Honored Dead (1876)
- Humoresque on Swanee by George Gershwin (arr. Brion) (1920/1928/2003)
- Humoresque on the Theme "Look for the Silver Lining" (arr. Dvorak) (1922/1979)
- Imperial Edward March (1902)
- In Flanders Fields the Poppies Grow (1918)
- In Memoriam (1881)
- In Parlor and Street (1880)
- The International Congress (1876)
- The Invincible Eagle (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1901/1995)
- The Invincible Eagle March (arr. Helmecke) (1901/1951)
- The Invincible Eagle March (1901)
- I've Made My Plans for the Summer (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1907/1997)
- Jack Tar (arr. Hunsberger) (1903/1973)
- Jack Tar March (arr. Schissel) (1903/2016)
- Kansas Wildcats March (arr. Gore) (1931/2005)
- Keeping Step with the Union (1921)
- King Cotton (1895)
- King Cotton (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1895/2000)
- King Cotton (ed. Fennell) (1895/1983)
- La Flor de Sevilla (1929)
- La Flor de Sevilla (arr. Schissel) (1929/1951)
- La Reine de la Mer Valses (1886)
- The Lambs' March (1914)
- The Lambs' March (arr. Schissel) (1914/2011)
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1893/1912)
- The Last Days of Pompeii (ed. Rogers) (1893/1912/2010)
- The Legionaires (1930)
- The Liberty Bell (1893/1921)
- The Liberty Bell (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Bocook) (1893/2011)
- The Liberty Bell (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1893/2001)
- The Liberty Bell (ed. Revelli) (1893/1982)
- The Liberty Bell (arr. Helmecke) (1893/1951)
- The Liberty Bell (arr. Tamura) (1893)
- Liberty Loan (1917)
- Liberty Loan (arr. Brion) (1917/2015)
- The Library of Congress March (arr. Bulla) (1932/2003)
- The Lion Tamer. See: On Parade
- Look for the Silver Lining (1922)
- Looking Upward Suite (ed. Bourgeois) (1902/1904/1999)
- The Loyal Legion March (1890)
- Magna Charta March (1927/1928)
- The Man Behind the Gun (1899)
- Manhattan Beach March (adapt. Brion and Schissel) (1893/1996)
- Manhattan Beach March (arr. Balent) (1893/2015)
- Manhattan Beach March (ed. Contorno) (1893/1984 )
- Manhattan Beach March (arr. Helmecke) (1893/1951)
- Manhattan Beach March (ed. Fennell) (1893/1980)
- March of the Mitten Men (Power and Glory) (1923)
- March of the Pan Americans (1916)
- March of the Royal Trumpets (1892)
- March of the States (1915)
- A March of the States (arr. Schissel) (1915/2018)
- March of the Sun. See: Prince Charming
- Marching through Georgia
- Marquette University March (1924)
- Mikado March (1885)
- A Mingling of the Wets and the Drys
- The Minnesota March (arr. Bencriscutto) (1927)
- The Minnesota March (arr. Fennell) (1927/1990)
- Mother Goose (1883)
- Mother Hubbard March (1885)
- Mountain and City
- National Fencibles (1888)
- National Fencibles (arr. Schissel) (1888/2013)
- The National Game (1925)
- The National Game (arr. Brion) (1925/2005)
- The Naval Reserve (1917)
- New Mexico (arr. Fennell) (1928/1970)
- New York Hippodrome (1915)
- New York Hippodrome (ed. Bryne) (1915/2000)
- New York Hippodrome (arr. Knoener) (1915)
- New York Hippodrome (arr. Brion) (1915/2014)
- Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (1923)
- Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (arr. Fennell) (1923/1972)
- Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (arr. Bullock) (1923/2001)
- The Northern Pines (1931/1998)
- The Occidental (1887/1891/2016)
- Old Ironsides (arr. Lovrien and Gann) (1926/1999/2007)
- On Parade (1892)
- On the Campus (ed. Schissel) (1920/2005)
- On the Tramp (1879)
- On the Wings of Lightning (arr. Sanford) (1876/1941)
- Our Flirtation (1880)
- Overture to "Vautour" (1886)
- The Pathfinder of Panama (1915)
- The Pathfinder of Panama (arr. Brion) (1915/2016)
- The Pathfinder of Panama (arr. Byrne) (1915/1993)
- The Pathfinder of Panama (arr. Dvorak) (1915/1978)
- The Pathfinder of Panama (arr. Schissel) (1915/2018)
- Peaches and Cream (1924)
- People Who Live in Glass Houses (arr. Bourgeois) (1909/2004)
- Pet of the Petticoats (1883)
- The Phoenix March (1875) [lost]
- The Picador (1889)
- Power and Glory. See: March of the Mitten Men (Power and Glory)
- Powhattan's Daughter (ed. Schissel) (1907/2013)
- Powhatan's Daughter (arr. Kaisershot) (1907/1991)
- President Garfield's Funeral March. See: In Memoriam
- President Garfield's Inauguration March (ed. Carrie) (1881)
- President Garfield's Inauguration March (arr. Gore) (1881)
- Presidential Polonaise (1886)
- Presidential Polonaise (arr. Simpson) (1886)
- The Pride of Pittsburgh (arr. Brion) (1901/2014)
- The Pride of the Wolverines (1926)
- The Pride of the Wolverines (ed. Fennell) (1926/2006)
- Prince Charming (1928)
- Processional (ed. Bourgeois) (1918/2006)
- The Quilting Party (1889)
- Recognition March (ca. 1880)
- Resumption (1879/2015)
- Review (arr. Corrie) (1873 / 2015)
- Revival March (tr. Oliver) (1876)
- Revival March (1876)
- Riders for the Flag
- Riders for the Flag (ed. Fennell) (1927/1968)
- The Rifle Regiment (ed. Fennell) (1886/1985)
- The Rifle Regiment March (1886)
- Right Forward (1881)
- Right-Left (1883)
- The Rose, Thistle and Shamrock (arr. Brion) (1901/2004)
- The Royal Welch Fusiliers (No. 1) (1929)
- The Royal Welch Fusiliers (No. 2) (1930)
- Sabre and Spurs (1918)
- Sabre and Spurs (arr and adapt. Brion and Schissel) (1918/1999)
- Sabre and Spurs (ed. Fennell) (1918/1951)
- Salutation (1873) [lost - poss. revised as "Recognition March"]
- Salute to Kansas (arr. Corrie and Foster) (c. 1930/1990)
- The Salvation Army (1930)
- Semper Fidelis (1888)
- Semper Fidelis (arr. Balent) (1888/2009)
- Semper Fidelis (arr. Bourgeois) (1888/1996)
- Semper Fidelis (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1888/1995)
- Semper Fidelis (arr. Hindsley) (1888/1954/197-?)
- Semper Fidelis (arr. Patterson) (1888/)
- Sesqui-Centennial Exposition March (arr. Gore) (1926/2003)
- Sheep and Goat Walking to Pasture
- Sheridan's Ride (1908)
- Showing Off Before Company (1919)
- Sisterhood of the States. See: March of the States
- Smick, Smack, Smuck (1878)
- Solid Men to the Front! (1918)
- Solid Men to the Front! (arr. Byrne) (1918/1994)
- Songs of Grace and Songs of Glory (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1995)
- Sound Off (1885)
- Sound Off (arr. Balent) (1885/2018)
- Sound Off (arr. Brion) (1885/2014)
- Sousa! (arr. Barker) (1981)
- Sousa March Carnival (arr. Iwai) (2004)
- A Sousa Portrait (arr. Foster) (2004)
- The Sousa Scramble (arr. Murtha) (2000)
- Sousa's Cadets (arr. Loest) (2012)
- A Stag Party (c. 1885)
- The Star-Spangled Banner (as orchestrator; ed. Murtha) (1814/1918/)
- Stars and Stripes for Christmas (arr. Foster) (1896/2003)
- The Stars and Stripes Forever (1896)
- The Stars and Stripes Forever (ed. Bourgeois) (1896/2004)
- The Stars and Stripes Forever (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1896/1996)
- The Stars and Stripes Forever (arr. Helmecke) (1896/1951)
- The Stars and Stripes Forever (ed. Revelli) (1896/1988)
- Tales of a Traveler (arr. Rogers) (1912/1999)
- Tally-Ho! (1886/1894)
- Tannhäuser Overture (as arranger) (1845/)
- Three Quotations (arr. Rogers) (1895/1997)
- The Thunderer (1889)
- The Thunderer (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Bocook) (1889/2010)
- The Thunderer (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1889/1998)
- The Thunderer (ed. Fennell) (1889/1997)
- The Thunderer (arr. Hatch) (1889/2001)
- The Thunderer (ed. Jurrens) (1889/1984)
- The Thunderer (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Stanton) (1889/2010)
- Transit of Venus (1883)
- Transit of Venus (arr. Bourgeois) (1883/2013)
- Transit of Venus (arr. Schissel) (1883/2003)
- The Triton (1879/1892)
- The Triton (arr. Foster) (1879/1892/2009)
- Triumph of Time (1885)
- Turkey in the Straw (as arranger; tr. Guion) (1919/1931)
- Universal Peace (probably 1925 or 1926)
- University of Illinois March (1929)
- University of Nebraska (1928)
- Untitled march (1930)
- USAAC March (1918)
- U.S. Field Artillery March (arr. Brion) (1917/2003)
- U.S. Field Artillery March (arr. Lake) (1917/1918)
- U.S. Field Artillery March (arr. Wagner) (1917/2016)
- The Voice of a Departing Soul (as transcriber)
- The Volunteers (1918)
- The Volunteers (ed. Foster) (1918/2008)
- The Washington Post (1889/1917)
- The Washington Post (arr. Bocook) (1889/2010)
- The Washington Post (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1889/1997)
- The Washington Post (ed. Byrne) (1889/1992)
- The Washington Post (arr. Carnahan) (1889/)
- The Washington Post (arr. Fennell) (1889/1983)
- The Washington Post (arr. Story) (1889/1998)
- We Are Coming March (ed. Schissel) (1918)
- Wedding March (Sousa) (1918)
- When My Dreams Come True (1929)
- When the Boys Come Sailing Home! (1918)
- When the Boys Come Sailing Home! (arr. Brion) (1918/2014)
- The White Plume (1884)
- The White Rose (arr. Brion) (1917/2003)
- The White Rose (arr. Gore) (1917/1983)
- The White Rose (arr. Holsinger) (1917/)
- Who's Who in Navy Blue (1920)
- Who's Who in Navy Blue (ed. Byrne) (1920/1995)
- The Wildcats (arr. Gore) (1930 or 1931)
- William Tell Overture (as transcriber)
- Willow Blossoms (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1916/1995)
- Wisconsin Forward Forever March (arr. Glover) (1917/1987)
- Wisconsin Forward Forever March (arr. Schissel) (1917/2017)
- With Pleasure (ed. Foster) (1912/2006)
- With Pleasure (arr. Schissel) (1912/2006)
- The Wolverine March (ed. Foster) (1881/2012)
- Yorktown Centennial (1881)
Resources
None discovered thus far.