New York Hippodrome (arr Brion)

From Wind Repertory Project
John Philip Sousa

John Philip Sousa (arr. Keith Brion)


General Info

Year: 1915 / 2014
Duration: c. 3:00
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $72.00   |   Score Only (print) - $10.00


Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Soprano Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
B-flat Contrabass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
B-flat Trumpet I-II
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium
Tuba
Harp (optional)
Timpani
Percussion, including:

  • Bass Drum
  • Bells
  • Snare Drum
  • Crash Cymbals


Errata

None discovered thus far.


Program Notes

The Sousa Band enjoyed its longest single engagement, from September 30, 1915, to June 4, 1916, when it was featured in the Hip Hip Hooray extravaganza presented in the New York Hippodrome. Sousa wrote this march in commemoration of that engagement, and i was dedicated to Charles B. Dillingham, manager of the famous old theater. In a salute to Sousa on his sixty-first birthday, Dillingham arranged to have over two hundred Theater orchestras around the country play the march at precisely the same time.

- Program Note from John Philip Sousa: A Descriptive Catalog of His Works.


A "barn-burner" from the Big Apple, Sousa's hustle-bustle march captures both the brilliant, restless energy and the soaring lyrical themes inspired by mid-town Manhattan in 1915. It's arranged here with all of the style, excitement and vividly colorful details of the Sousa Band's own performances at the Hippodrome Theater, a predecessor of today's Radio City Music Hall.

- Program Note from publisher


Media


State Ratings

None discovered thus far.


Performances

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  • Mid-South Honor Band (Oxford, Miss.) Symphonic Band (Rebecca Phillips, conductor) - 17 February 2024
  • Texas All-State Concert Band (Rebecca Phillips, conductor) – 10 February 2024 (2024 TMEA Conference, San Antonio)
  • University of Missouri, Kansas City, Wind Ensemble (Joseph Parisi, conductor) – 18 October 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

Adaptable Music


All Wind Works


Resources

  • Bierley, P. (1973). John Philip Sousa: A Descriptive Catalog of His Works. University of Illinois Press; Urbana, pp. 62.
  • Perusal score