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Washington Post, The (arr Brion and Schissel)
John Philip Sousa (arr. Brion and Schissel)
Contents
General Info
Year: 1889 / 1997
Duration: c. 2:35
Difficulty: III 1/2 (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: C.L. Barnhouse
Cost: Score and Parts - $60.00 | Score Only - $6.00
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo/Flute
Oboe
Bassoon I-II
E-flat Clarinet
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
E-flat Alto Clarinet
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
Cornets I-II-III-IV
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Euphonium (Bass Clef & Treble Clef)
Tuba
String Bass
Harp
Percussion, including:
- Bass Drum
- Snare Drum
- Crash Cymbals
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
This march was written in 1889 to help promote an essay contest sponsored by the newspaper of the same name. With Sousa conducting, it was premiered by the U.S. Marine Band during the distribution of the essay prizes on the Smithsonian Museum grounds in Washington, D.C. The 6/8 march happened to be appropriate for a new dance called the two-step and soon became the most popular tune in both America and Europe. Although he received only $25 for its publication, Sousa was quickly inundated with requests for more marches. Of his 136 marches, The Washington Post and The Stars and Stripes Forever have been the most widely known. With a (2012) circulation of 719,000 (on Sunday), The Washington Post newspaper is also still well known.
-Program Note from Program Notes for Band
During the 1880s, several Washington, D.C., newspapers competed vigorously for public favor. One of these, the Washington Post, organized what was known as the Washington Post Amateur Authors’ Association and sponsored an essay contest for school children. Frank Hatton and Beriah Wilkins, owners of the newspaper, asked Sousa, then leader of the Marine Band, to compose a march for the award ceremony. The ceremony was held on the Smithsonian grounds on June 15, 1889. President Harrison and other dignitaries were among the huge crowd. When the new march was played by Sousa and the Marine Band, it was enthusiastically received, and within days it became exceptionally popular in Washington.
The march happened to be admirably suited to the two-step dance, which was just being introduced. A dancemasters’ organization adopted it at their yearly convention, and soon the march was vaulted into international fame. The two-step gradually replaced the waltz as a popular dance, and variations of the basic two-step ensured the march’s popularity all through the 1890s and into the twentieth century. Sousa’s march became identified with the two-step, and it was as famous abroad as it was in the United States. In some European countries, all two-steps were “Washington Posts.” Pirated editions of the music appeared in many foreign countries. In Britain, for example, it was such names as No Surrender and 'Washington Greys.
Next to The Stars and Stripes, The Washington Post has been Sousa's most widely known march. He delighted in telling how he had heard it in so many different countries, played in so many ways -- and often accredited to native composers. It was a standard at Sousa Band performances and was often openly demanded when not scheduled for a program. It was painful for Sousa to relate that, like Semper Fidelis and other marches of that period, he received only $35 for it, while the publisher made a fortune. Of that sum, $25 was for a piano arrangement, $5 a band arrangement, and $5 for an orchestra arrangement.
Today, at a community room in Washington, a spotlight illuminates a life-size color portrait of the black-bearded Sousa, resplendent in his scarlet Marine Band uniform. This is the John Philip Sousa Community Room in the Washington Post Building. It is the newspaper’s tribute the man who first gave it worldwide fame.
-Program Note from John Philip Sousa: A Descriptive Catalog of His Works
Commercial Discography
- Audio CD: Strictly Sousa - Dallas Wind Symphony (Jerry F. Junkin, conductor) Recorded at the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, TX - 16 July 1998.
Audio Links
State Ratings
- Kansas: III
Performances
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- Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea, Ohio) Symphonic Band (Brendan Caldwell, conductor) – 21 February 2016
- United States Army Field Band (Paul Bamonte, conductor) – 20 June 2015 (Wheeling, WV)
- Parkland College (Champaign, Ill.) Concert Band (Larry Stoner, conductor) - 5 May 2015
- John A. Logan Community Band (Carterville, Ill.) (Michael Hanes, conductor) – 27 October 2013
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Across the Danube (1877/2015)
- America (ed. Schissel) (2013)
- America First (1916)
- America First (arr. Gore) (1916/1989)
- America First (arr. Teague) (1916/1940)
- Among My Souvenirs
- Anchor and Star (1918)
- Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company (1924)
- At the Movies (arr. Rogers) (1922)
- Atlantic City Pageant, The (1927)
- Aviators, The (arr. Gore) (1931)
- Ballet of the States. See: March of the States
- Band Came Back, The
- Beau Ideal, The (1893)
- Beau Ideal, The (arr. Bourgeois) (1893/2005)
- Beau Ideal, The (arr. Worman)
- Belle of Chicago, The (Sousa) (1892)
- Belle of Chicago, The (arr. Byrne) (1892)
- Ben Bolt (1888)
- The Black Horse Troop (1924)
- Black Horse Troop, The (ed. Fennell) (1924/1974)
- Blue Ridge! I'm Coming Back to You (1917)
- Bonnie Annie Laurie (1883)
- Bonnie Annie Laurie (ed. Foster) (1883/2014)
- Boots (1916)
- Boy Scouts of America (arr. Schissel) (1916/2008)
- The Bride Elect (1897)
- Bullets and Bayonets (1919)
- Bullets and Bayonets (arr. Fennell) (1919/1989/2005)
- Century of Progress, A (1931)
- Chantyman's March, The (1918)
- Chariot Race, The (1890)
- The Charlatan (ed. Brion) (1898/2017)
- Charlatan, The: Waltzes (ed. Rogers)
- Christmas and Sousa Forever (arr. Giroux)
- Circumnavigators Club, The (1931)
- Circus Galop from "The Irish Dragoon" (ed. Schissel) (1915/2004)
- Columbia's Pride (arr. Corrie) (1914/2018)
- Comrades of the Legion (1920)
- Comrades of the Legion (ed. Byrne) (1920/1996)
- Congress Hall (1882)
- Corcoran Cadets March, The (arr. Fennel) (1890)
- Corcoran Cadets March, The (1890) (1890)
- Crusader March, The (1888)
- Cubaland (1925)
- Daughters of Texas (1930) (1930)
- Daughters of Texas (arr. Fennell) (1929/1987)
- Dauntless Battalion, The (arr. Glover) (1922/1996)
- Diplomat March, The (1904)
- Directorate, The (1894)
- Easter Monday on the White House Lawn (arr. Gore) (1911/1928/)
- Easter Monday on the White House Lawn (arr. Rogers) (1911/1928/2000)
- El Capitan (1896)
- El Capitan (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1896/1999)
- El Capitan (ed. Fennell) (1896/1989)
- Esprit de Corps (ed. Foster) (1878/2011)
- Fairest of the Fair (1908/1951)
- The Fairest of the Fair (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1908/2000)
- Fairest of the Fair, The (ed Fennell) (ed. Fennell) (1908/1978)
- Federal, The (1910)
- Flags of Freedom (arr. Gore) (1918)
- Flashing Eyes of Andalusia, The (arr. Brion) (1920/2014)
- Foshay Tower Washington Memorial (arr. Dorff) (1929/1977)
- Free Lance March, The (1906)
- The Free Lance March (ed. Revelli) (1906/1981)
- From Maine to Oregon (1913)
- From Maine to Oregon (arr Bourgeois) (1913/2004)
- Fugue on Yankee Doodle (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1996)
- The Gallant Seventh (1922/1950)
- Gallant Seventh, The (arr. Bourgeois) (1922/2003)
- The Gallant Seventh (arr. Fennell) (1922/1971)
- George Washington Bicentennial March (1930)
- George Washington Bicentennial (1932/1966)
- George Washington Bicentennial March (ed. Fennell) (1932/2006)
- Gladiator March, The (1886/1914)
- The Gladiator March (1886)
- The Gladiator (arr. Byrne and Boyd) (1886/1994)
- Gladiator March, The (arr. Brion) (1886/2015)
- Gliding Girl, The (arr. Schissel) (1912/2008
- Globe and Eagle (1879)
- Globe and Eagle (arr. Gore) (1879)
- The Glory of the Yankee Navy (1909)
- Glory of the Yankee Navy, The (arr. Schissel) (1909/2004)
- Glory of the Yankee Navy, The (arr Fennell) (arr. Frederick Fennell) (1909/1984)
- Glory of the Yankee Navy, The (arr Gore) (arr. Gore) (1909)
- Golden Jubilee March (1928)
- Golden Jubilee March (arr. Fennell)(1928/1971/2005)
- Golden Star, The (1919)
- Good-Bye
- The Gridiron Club (1926)
- Gridiron Club, The (arr. Gore) (1926/2004)
- Guide Right (1881)
- Hail to the Spirit of Liberty (Sousa) (1900)
- Hail to the Spirit of Liberty (arr. Schissel) (1900/2010)
- Hail to the Spirit of Liberty (ed. Hunsberger) (1900/1983)
- Hands Across the Sea (1899) (1899/1927)
- Hands Across the Sea (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1899/1997)
- Hands Across the Sea (arr. Balent) (1899/2012)
- Hands Across the Sea (arr. Fennell) (1899/1982)
- Harmonica Wizard (1930)
- Her Ladyship, the Countess
- High School Cadets, The (1890)
- High School Cadets, The (arr. Foster) (1890/2005)
- High School Cadets, The (ed. Byrne) (1890/1998)
- Hip Hip Hooray. See: March of the States
- Homeward Bound (1891-1892)
- Homeward Bound (arr. Schissel) (1891?/1992/2014)
- The Honored Dead (1876)
- Humoresque on Swanee by George Gershwin (arr. Brion) (1920/1928/2003)
- Humoresque on the Theme "Look for the Silver Lining" (arr. Dvorak) (1922/1979)
- Imperial Edward March (1902)
- In Flanders Fields the Poppies Grow (1918)
- In Memoriam (Garfield's Funeral March) (1881)
- In Parlor and Street (1880)
- The International Congress (1876)
- The Invincible Eagle (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1901/1995)
- Invincible Eagle March, The (arr. Helmecke) (1901/1951)
- The Invincible Eagle (1901)
- I've Made My Plans for the Summer (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1907/1997)
- Jack Tar (arr. Hunsberger) (1903/1973)
- Jack Tar March (arr. Schissel) (1903/2016)
- Kansas Wildcats March (arr. Gore) (1931/2005)
- Keeping Step with the Union (1921)
- King Cotton (1895)
- King Cotton (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1895/2000)
- King Cotton (ed. Fennell) (1895/1983)
- La Flor de Sevilla (1929)
- La Flor de Sevilla (arr. Schissel) (1929/1951)
- La Reine de la Mer Valses (1886)
- The Lambs' March (1914)
- Last Days of Pompeii, The (arr. Rogers) (1893/1912/2010)
- Legionaires, The (1930)
- Liberty Bell, The (1893) (1893/1921)
- The Liberty Bell (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1893/2001)
- Liberty Bell, The (ed Revelli) (ed. Revelli) (1893/1982)
- Liberty Bell, The (arr. Helmecke) (1893/1951)
- Liberty Bell, The (arr. Tamura) (1893)
- Liberty Loan (1917)
- Liberty Loan (arr. Brion) (1917/2015)
- Library of Congress March, The (arr. Bulla) (1932/2003)
- The Lion Tamer. See: On Parade
- Look for the Silver Lining (1922)
- Looking Upward Suite (ed. Bourgeois) (1902/1904/1999)
- Loyal Legion March, The (1890)
- Man Behind the Gun, The (1899)
- Manhattan Beach March (adapt. Brion and Schissel) (1893/1996)
- Manhattan Beach March (arr. Balent) (1893/2015)
- Manhattan Beach March (arr. Helmecke) (1893/1951)
- Manhattan Beach March (ed. Fennell) (1893/1980)
- March of the Mitten Men (Power and Glory) (1923)
- March of the Pan Americans (1916)
- March of the Royal Trumpets (1892)
- March of the States (1915)
- A March of the States (arr. Schissel) (1915/2018)
- Marching through Georgia
- Marquette University March (1924)
- Mikado March (1885)
- Mingling of the Wets and the Drys, A
- The Minnesota March (arr. Bencriscutto) (1927)
- Minnesota March, The (arr. Fennell) (1927/1990)
- Mother Goose (1883)
- Mother Hubbard March (1885)
- Mountain and City
- National Fencibles (1888)
- National Fencibles (arr. Schissel) (1888/2013)
- National Game, The (1925)
- National Game, The (arr Brion) (arr. Brion) (1925/2005)
- Naval Reserve, The (1917)
- New Mexico (arr. Fennell) (1928/1970)
- New York Hippodrome (1915) (1915)
- New York Hippodrome (ed. Bryne) (1915/2000)
- New York Hippodrome (arr. Knoener) (1915)
- New York Hippodrome (arr. Brion) (1915/2014)
- Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (1923)
- Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (arr. Fennell) (1923/1972)
- Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (arr. Bullock) (1923/2001)
- Northern Pines, The (1931/1998)
- The Occidental (1887/1891/2016)
- Old Ironsides (arr. Lovrien and Gann) (1926/1999/2007)
- On Parade (1892)
- On the Campus (ed. Schissel) (1920/2005)
- On the Tramp (1879)
- On the Wings of Lightning (arr. Sanford) (1876/1941)
- Our Flirtation (1880)
- Overture to "Vautour" (1886)
- The Pathfinder of Panama (1915)
- The Pathfinder of Panama (arr. Brion) (1915/2016)
- The Pathfinder of Panama (arr. Schissel) (1915/2018)
- Peaches and Cream (1924)
- People Who Live in Glass Houses (arr. Bourgeois) (1909/2004)
- Pet of the Petticoats (1883)
- Phoenix March, The (1875) [lost]
- Picador, The (1889)
- Power and Glory. See: March of the Mitten Men (Power and Glory)
- Powhattan's Daughter (ed. Schissel) (1907/2013)
- President Garfield's Inauguration March (ed. Carrie) (1881)
- President Garfield's Inauguration March (arr. Gore) (1881)
- Presidential Polonaise (1886)
- Presidential Polonaise (arr. Simpson) (1886)
- The Pride of Pittsburgh (arr. Brion) (1901/2014)
- Pride of the Wolverines, The (1926)
- The Pride of the Wolverines (ed. Fennell) (1926/2006)
- Prince Charming (1928)
- Processional (ed. Bourgeois) (1918/2006)
- Quilting Party March, The (1889)
- Recognition March (ca. 1880)
- Resumption (1879/2015)
- Review (arr. Corrie) (1873 / 2015)
- Revival March (tr. Oliver) (1876)
- Revival March (1876)
- Riders for the Flag (1927)
- Riders for the Flag (ed. Fennell) (1927/1968)
- Rifle Regiment, The (1886)
- Rifle Regiment, The (ed. Fennell) (1886/1985))
- Right Forward (1881)
- Right-Left (1883)
- The Rose, Thistle and Shamrock (arr. Brion) (1901/2004)
- The Royal Welch Fusiliers (No. 1) (1929)
- The Royal Welch Fusiliers (No. 2) (1930)
- Sabre and Spurs (Sousa) (1918)
- Sabre and Spurs (arr and adapt. Brion and Schissel) (1918/1999)
- Sabre and Spurs (ed. Fennell) (1918/1951)
- Salutation (1873) [lost - poss. revised as "Recognition March"]
- Salvation Army, The (1930)
- Semper Fidelis (1888)
- Semper Fidelis (arr. Balent) (1888/2009)
- Semper Fidelis (arr. Bourgeois) (1888/1996)
- Semper Fidelis (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1888/1995)
- Semper Fidelis (arr. Hindsley) (1888/1954/197-?)
- Sesqui-Centennial Exposition March (arr. Gore) (1926/2003)
- Sheep and Goat Walking to Pasture
- Sheridan's Ride (1908)
- Showing Off Before Company (1919)
- Sisterhood of the States. See: March of the States
- Smick, Smack, Smuck (1878)
- Solid Men to the Front! (1918)
- Solid Men to the Front! (arr. Byrne) (1918/1994)
- Songs of Grace and Songs of Glory (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1995)
- Sound Off (1885)
- Sound Off (arr. Balent) (1885/2018)
- Sound Off (arr. Brion) (1885/2014)
- Sousa! (arr. Barker) (1981)
- Sousa March Carnival (arr. Iwai) (2004)
- Sousa Portrait, A (arr. Foster) (2004)
- Sousa Scramble, The (arr. Murtha) (2000)
- Sousa's Cadets (arr. Loest) (2012)
- A Stag Party (c. 1885)
- Star-Spangled Banner, The (orch Sousa) (arr Murtha) (as orchestrator) (1814/1918)
- Stars and Stripes for Christmas (arr. Foster) (1896/2003)
- The Stars and Stripes Forever (1896)
- The Stars and Stripes Forever (ed. Bourgeois) (1896/2004)
- Stars and Stripes Forever, The (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1896/1996)
- The Stars and Stripes Forever (arr. Helmecke) (1896/1951)
- The Stars and Stripes Forever (ed. Revelli) (1896/1988)
- Tales of a Traveler (arr. Rogers) (1912/1999)
- Tally-Ho! (1886/1894)
- Three Quotations
- The Thunderer (1889)
- The Thunderer (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1889/1998)
- The Thunderer (ed. Fennell) (1889/1997)
- The Thunderer (ed. Jurrens) (1889/1984)
- Transit of Venus (1883)
- Transit of Venus (arr. Bourgeois) (1883/2013)
- The Triton (1879/1892)
- The Triton (arr. Foster) (1879/1892/2009)
- Triumph of Time (1885)
- Turkey in the Straw (as arranger; trans. Guion) (1919/1931)
- Universal Peace (probably 1925 or 1926)
- University of Illinois March (1929)
- University of Nebraska (1928)
- Untitled march (1930)
- USAAC March (1918)
- US Field Artillery March (1918)
- U.S. Field Artillery March (arr. Brion) (1917/2003)
- U.S. Field Artillery March (arr. Wagner) (1917/2016)
- Voice of a Departing Soul, The (as transcriber)
- The Volunteers (1918)
- The Volunteers (ed. Foster) (1918/2008)
- Washington Post March (1889/1917)
- The Washington Post (arr. Bocook) (1889/2010)
- Washington Post, The (arr. Fennell) (1889/1983)
- Washington Post, The (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1889/1997)
- Washington Post, The (arr. Carnahan) (1889/)
- The Washington Post (arr. Story) (1889/1998)
- We Are Coming March (ed. Schissel) (1918)
- Wedding March (Sousa) (1918)
- When the Boys Come Sailing Home! (1918)
- When the Boys Come Sailing Home! (arr. Brion) (1918/2014)
- White Plume, The (1884)
- The White Rose (arr. Brion) (1917/2003)
- The White Rose (arr. Holsinger) (1917/)
- Who's Who in Navy Blue (1920)
- Who's Who in Navy Blue (ed. Byrne) (1920/1995)
- The Wildcats (arr. Gore) (1930 or 1931)
- William Tell Overture (as transcriber)
- Willow Blossoms (arr. Brion and Schissel) (1916/1995)
- Wisconsin Forward Forever March (arr. Glover) (1917/1987)
- Wisconsin Forward Forever March (arr. Schissel) (1917/2017)
- With Pleasure (ed. Foster) (1912/2006)
- With Pleasure (arr. Schissel) (1912/2006)
- Wolverine March, The (ed. Foster) (1881/2012)
- Yorktown Centennial (1881)
References
None discovered thus far.
- Bierley, P. (1973). John Philip Sousa: A Descriptive Catalog of His Works. University of Illinois Press; Urbana, pp. 78.
- Smith, Norman E. (2002). Program Notes for Band. Chicago: GIA Publications. pp. 556.
- Sousa, J; Brion, K.; Schissel, L. (1997). The Washington Post March [score]. Willow Blossom Music: Oskaloosa, Iowa.