His Excellency
Henry Fillmore (ed. Loras John Schissel)
General Info
Year: 1909 / 2006
Duration: c. 2:15
Difficulty: III (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Ludwig
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $75.00 | Score Only (print) - $14.00
For further availability information, see Discussion tab, above.
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute
Oboe
Bassoon
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Soprano Saxophone (optional)
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bells
- Crash Cymbals
- Field Drum
- Snare Drum
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Although not as well-known as other Fillmore marches, His Excellency is truly one of his very best. Great melodies, unexpected harmonic twists, and fine writing for all instruments will make this a band favorite. Schissel has added his expertise to this score, clarifying articulations and dynamics to make this the standard edition.
- Program Note from publisher
This arrangement is dedicated to Harry Pfingsten, an extraordinary musician, educator and friend.
- Program Note from score
Although no one know who "his excellency" is, we can be sure that it served as a musical salute to some dignitary during the enormously popular Fillmore Band concerts at the Cincinnati Zoo.
Harry Pfingsten, the retired band director of Avon Lake High School, to whom this arrangement is dedicated, was Tom Batiuk's inspiration for the world-famous cartoon, Funky Winkerbean, starring band director Harry L. Dinkle.
- Program Note from Kennesaw Mountain High School Wind Symphony concert program, 20 December 2006
Media
- Audio: Reference recording. Ensemble and conductor unknown
- Audio CD: Kennesaw Mountain High School Wind Symphony (David Starnes, conductor; Tom Batiuk, artist) - 2006
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
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- Kennesaw Mountain High School (Kennesaw, Ga.) Wind Symphony (David Starnes, conductor; Tom Batiuk, artist) – 20 December 2006 (2006 Midwest Clinic)
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
- Fillmore, H.; Schissel, L. (2006). His Excellency: March [score]. Ludwig Music Publishing: Grafton, Ohio.
- Perusal score