Man of the Hour, The
General Info
Year: 1924
Duration: c. 3:05
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Fillmore Music House
Cost: Score and Parts – Out of print.
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Condensed Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
C Melody Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone Solo-I
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Cornets Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Drums, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
Errata
- E-flat Alto III-IV, 5 m. before break strain, beat 4-6: D-flat should read D natural [from Daughters dissertation]
Program Notes
The Man of the Hour, written in 1924, is a tuneful, energetic march in 6/8 time. It is dedicated to Charles Phelps Taft, a Cincinnati lawyer and politician, for whom Taft Theatre in Cincinnati is named. Taft was a half-brother of President William Howard Taft, and for a time in the early 1900s was part owner of both the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies baseball clubs. Charles P. Taft also served in the United State House of Representatives and was the editor of the Cincinnati Times–Star, which later became the Cincinnati Post.
- Program Nite from The Ohio State University Collegiate Winds concert program, 20 February 2024
To the Honorable Charles P. Taft, General Chairman Cincinnati New Masonic Temple Campaign Committee.
- Program Note from score
Media
- Audio CD: U.S. Air Force Reserve Band (N. Alan Clark, conductor) - 2013
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Karl L. King Municipal Band (Fort Dodge, Iowa) (Jerrold P. Jimmerson, conductor) - 18 June 2023
- United States Coast Guard Band (New London, Conn.) (Adam Williamson, conductor) – 14 October 2018
- Virginia Grand Military Band (Alexandria) (Loras John Schissel, conductor) – 10 September 2016
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- Courage (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1919/2003/2012)
- His Honor March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1933/2014)
All Wind Works
- 136th U.S.A. Field Artillery (arr. Foster) (2012)
- Alamo March (as Will Huff) (1916)
- Alamo March (arr. Miller) (1916/2016)
- America Exultant (arr. Glover) (1917/2004)
- Americans We (1929)
- Americans We (ed. Fennell) (1929/1979)
- Americans We (ed. Foster) (1929/2011)
- Black Mask, The (written as Al Hayes) (ed. Foster) (1914/2015)
- Bones Trombone (arr. Oliver) (1922)
- Bull Trombone (1924/1959)
- Chimes of Iron Mountain, The (1955)
- The Circus Bee (1908)
- The Circus Bee (1908/2003) (ed. Foster)
- The Circus Bee (arr. Custer) (1908/1994)
- The Circus Bee (ed. Schissel) (1908/2007)
- The Circus Bee (arr. Stevens) (1908/2013)
- Courage March (2013) (arr. Contorno)
- Courage (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1919/2003/2012)
- Cradle of Liberty (as Al Hayes) (arr Laferty) (2015)
- The Crosley March (arr. Foster) (2001)
- The Crosley March (arr. Schissel) (2023)
- The Footlifter March (arr. Foster) (1935/2003)
- Footlifter March, The (ed. Blatti) (1935)
- Genius (arr. Clark) (1937/2005)
- Gifted Leadership (ed. Foster) (1927/1959)
- Go: Galop (as Will Huff) (1916)
- Go: Galop (arr. Contorno) (1916/2009)
- Golden Friendships (ed. Foster) (1926/2005)
- Headway March (arr. Contorno) (1920/2014)
- His Excellency (ed. Schissel) (1909/2006)
- His Honor March (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1933/2014)
- His Honor (ed. Fennell) (1933/1978)
- His Honor March (arr. Foster) (1933/2000)
- Hot Trombone (1921)
- In Uniform (1905)
- King Karl King (1957)
- King Karl King (ed. Foster) (1957/2007)
- Klaxon, The (1930)
- The Klaxon (arr. Balent) (1930/1995)
- The Klaxon (ed. Fennell) (1930/1984)
- The Klaxon (arr. Foster) (1930/2014)
- Lassus Trombone (1915)
- Lassus Trombone (arr. Clark) (1915/1998)
- Lassus Trombone (ed. Foster) (1915/2011)
- Lassus Trombone (arr. Schissel) (1915/2000)
- Light Cavalry Overture (as arranger; ed. Foster) (1866/2000)
- Lightning Fingers (arr. Foster)
- Lucky Trombone (1926)
- Man of the Hour, The (1924)
- (We're) Men of Florida (ed. Foster) (1949/2005)
- Men of Ohio (1921)
- Men of Ohio (ed. Foster) (1921/2009)
- Men of Ohio (arr. Schissel) (1921/1999)
- Miami (arr. Foster) (1938/2006)
- Military Escort (as Harold Bennett) (arr. Balent) (1923/1990)
- Military Escort (as Harold Bennett) (arr. Clark) (1923/2014)
- Military Escort (as Harold Bennett) (ed. Fennell) (1923/1980)
- Military Escort (as Harold Bennett) (arr. Swearingen) (1923/1998)
- Military Escort in 5 Ways (1930)
- Miss Trombone (arr. Contorno) (1908/2012)
- Miss Trombone (1908)
- Mt. Healthy (arr. Shaffer) (1916/2007)
- Noble Men (arr. Foster) (1922/2001)
- The Orange Bowl (ed. Foster) (1939/2004)
- Our Own Red, White and Blue (arr. Foster) (1917/2015)
- Playfellow (1927)
- Poet, Peasant and Light Cavalryman, The ((1915/1959)
- Precision (as Harold Bennett) (arr. Clark) (1926/2011)
- Project (as Harold Bennett) (arr. Clark) (2002)
- The President's March (ed. Foster) (1956/2008)
- A Review March to the U.S. of A. Armed Forces (ed. Foster) (1942/2013)
- Rolling Thunder (arr. Howell) (1916/2020)
- Rolling Thunder March (1916)
- Rolling Thunder (ed. Fennell) (1916/1983)
- Rolling Thunder March (arr. Foster) (1916/2014)
- Rolling Thunder March (arr. Foster Jr.) (1916/2015)
- Rolling Thunder March (arr. Glover) (1916)
- Sally Trombone (1917)
- Shoutin' Liza Trombone (arr. De Meij) (1920/1991)
- Shoutin' Liza Trombone (arr. Foster) (1920/2002)
- Slim Trombone (arr. Contorno) (2013)
- Star-Spangled Banner (as arranger) (1814/1934/1959/1973)
- Success (as Harold Bennett; arr. Clark) (1912/2001)
- Teddy Trombone (1911)
- Teddy Trombone (arr. de Meij) (1911)
- Teddy Trombone (arr. Foster) (1911/2013)
- A Trombone Family Reunion (arr. Glover) (2019)
- Troopers' Tribunal (1905)
- Troopers' Tribunal (arr. Foster) (1905/2009)
- The U.S. of A. Armed Forces (ed. Foster). See: A Review March to the U.S. of A. Armed Forces
- Waves March (1943)
- We're Men of Florida. See: (We're) Men of Florida
- When the Saints Meet Lassus Trombone (arr. Brandon)
- The Whistling Farmer Boy (1925)
Resources
- Daughters, James Robert. "March Performance Practices of Henry Fillmore with Style Guides and Historical Editions of Several Works." 2017. University of Kentucky, DMA dissertation.
- Fillmore, H. The Man of the Hour: March [score]. Cincinnati, Ohio: Fillmore Music House, 1924.
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Henry Fillmore." Accessed 17 September 2016.