Quality Plus (1913)
N.B. The title on the score is written "Quality-plus".
General Info
Year: 1913
Duration: c. 2:45
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $65.00 | Score Only (print) - $4.00
For availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Solo Bb Cornet Score
D-flat Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet Solo-I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Saxophone
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
E-flat Soprano Cornet
B-flat Cornet Solo-I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II-III
E-flat Horn or Alto I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Tenor Horn
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Crash Cymbals
- Snare Drum
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
- Audio: Reference recording. University of Illinois Symphonic Band (Harry Begian, conductor)
- Audio CD: University of Illinois Symphonic Band (Harry Begian, conductor)
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Karl L. King Municipal Band (Fort Dodge, Iowa) (Dan Cassady, conductor) - 17 July 2022
- Dublin (Ohio) Coffman High School Symphonic Band (Jeremy Bradstreet, conductor) – 13 March 2020
Works for Winds by this Composer
Adaptable Music
- E Pluribus Unum (Flex instrumentation) (arr. Clark) (1917/2011)
All Wind Works
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- 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)
- Pageantry for Progress (1933)
- 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. (1913). Quality Plus [score]. C.L. Barnhouse: Oskaloosa, Iowa.
- Perusal score (condensed)
- Smith, Norman E. (1986). March Music Notes. Lake Charles, La.: Program Note Press, pp. 230-231.