Quality Plus
Fred Jewell (arr. Robert Longfield)
N.B. The title on the score is written "Quality-plus".
General Info
Year: 1913 / 1994
Duration: c. 2:45
Difficulty: III-1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts - $55.00 | Score Only - $7.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo (optional)
Flute I-II
Oboe
Bassoon
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I
E-flat Alto Saxophone II/E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass (optional)
Timpani (optional)
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Bells
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Quality Plus is an excellent example of the marches which were composed early in the twentieth century by circus musicians who were attempting to meet an ever-growing demand for original music. In addition to countless small units in the United States, there were ninety-eight touring shows which employed hundreds of people and required complete trains on which to travel. Many had bands with twenty to thirty-five musicians plus a side show band of ten to twenty more. During the morning street parades, presented to advertise the afternoon and evening circus performance, as many as sixty or seventy marches were performed in the big cities. Quality Plus became a perennial favorite.
- Program Note from March Music Notes
Media
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Hanford (Calif.) West High School Symphonic Band (Lisa Butts, conductor) - 20 March 2015 (2015 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
- Atwater (Calif.) High School Symphonic Band (Norm Caulkins, conductor) - 21 March 2014 (2014 Sutherland Wind Festival (Fresno, Calif.)
Works for Winds by This Composer
Adaptable Music
- E Pluribus Unum (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1917/2011)
All Wind Works
- Airy Fairy
- American Leader, The
- Banner Bearer, The
- Battle Royal
- Booster Boys
- Boy Scouts, The
- Carnival Queen, The
- Cavaletta
- Coast Defenders, The
- Collegian
- Counterpoint
- Crawley's
- Crimson Petal, The (1901)
- The Denver Post March (1905)
- Director General, The
- E Pluribus Unum (1917)
- E Pluribus Unum (ed. Paynter) (1917/1989)
- E Pluribus Unum (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1917/2011)
- Easy Walker
- El Campo
- Explorer
- Floto's Triumph
- Fritz, The
- Galop - Go! (1915)
- Gentry's Triumphal (1900)
- Guy, The
- Hail to Old Glory
- High and Mighty (arr. Glover) (1917/2005)
- Huston, The
- In the Lead
- Intercolonial
- Jolly Rover, A
- Kick Off, The
- La Linea
- Last Call, The
- Lawsy Massy
- Little Traveler
- Magnet
- March to Mecca
- Murat Temple Band March (1925)
- Myrtle
- New Arrival, The
- Officer of the Guard
- Old Circus Band March, The (1922)
- Old Home Guards
- On the Firing Line
- Our Mascot
- Our Special
- The Outlook (1913)
- Pass It Along
- Path of Honor
- Progressive American, The
- Quality Plus (1913)
- Quality Plus (arr. Longfield) (1913/1994)
- Radio Waves (arr. Rhea) (1922/2003)
- Request, The
- Revelry
- Rosemary
- Roses of Memory
- Scoutmaster
- The Screamer (arr. Kopetz) (1906/2006)
- Shrine of Liberty (1922)
- Skidoo
- Some Band Rag
- Spick and Span
- Supreme Triumph (1920)
- Supreme Triumph (arr. Rhea) (1920/)
- Tecumseh
- They're Off! (arr. Glover) (1918/2009)
- Tramp - March
- Trombone Blues (1918)
- Undertow, The
- Whirlwind (Jewell)
- Young Love
- Yours Truly (1908)
Resources
- Jewell, F.; Longfield, R. (1994). Quality Plus: March [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.
- Smith, Norman E. (1986). March Music Notes. Lake Charles, La.: Program Note Press, pp. 230-231.