Marshall Municipal Band returns home to the square for July 10 concert

The concert will open with an exciting K.L. King galop titled "The Big Cage."

King, who was a master of writing circus music, dedicated this work to the famous lion trainer Clyde Beatty.The band will turn to the music of Clare Grundman for their first overture of the evening.

"American Folk Rhapsody No. 4" is a worthy addition to his series of folk rhapsodies. It is an imaginative and colorful arrangement which readily demonstrates his skill and insight as a composer of band music.

"Dixieland Jamboree" by John Warrington will feature several of the band members in this Dixieland medley. The work includes "Copenhagen," "Basin Street Blues" and "When The Saints Go Marching In."

The featured musicians will include; Ray Prichard, clarinet; Taylor Scarff, tenor saxophone; Alan Criswell, trumpet; Dave Meyer, trombone; Dean Somerville, tuba; and Will Doolin, percussion.

Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote his poem "Ye Banks And Braes O'Bonnie Doon" in 1783. The poem was quickly set to music and two versions of the song first appeared in print in 1792.

Percy Aldridge Grainger set this lovely Scottish Folk-song for the modern concert band in 1936.

"No concert is complete without a (John Philip) Sousa march," MMB announcer Randy Shannon often quips and the band's more than happy to oblige with "The Diplomat."

According to Sousa Band solo cornetist Frank Simon, "'The Diplomat' is one of Mr. Sousa's most stylish and brilliant marches."Stephen Foster is considered to be the greatest composers of popular music in the 19th century. Arranger James D. Ployhar sets several of Foster's timeless melodies in "Stephen Foster Revisited."

Songs included are "Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)," "My Old Kentucky Home," "Oh! Susanna," "Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair," and "Camptown Races."

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein combined for many of the finest Broadway musicals ever produced. However, none was more memorable than "The Sound Of Music." From this Broadway classic the band will perform: "The Sound of Music," "How Can Love Survive," "The Lonely Goatherd," "My Favorite Things," "Sixteen, Going On Seventeen," "So Long, Farewell," "Do, Re, Mi," "Edelweiss," "An Ordinary Couple," "No Way To Stop It," "Maria," and "Climb Ev'ry Mountain."

Edwin Franko Goldman was a march composer of the early 20th century and had over 150 compositions to his credit. The band will perform his best-known composition "The Chimes of Liberty."

To begin the closing trilogy, the band will perform "Nearer My God To Thee" from John Philip Sousa's "Songs of Grace and Songs of Glory."

"Sousa wrote this work shortly after he left the Marine Band," said director Kevin Lines. "He had formed his own band and was preparing to take them on tour. Both he and his business manager, David Blakely, well understood the financial necessity of Sunday performances for the band. With the possibility of criticism by members of the clergy, Sousa prepared special arrangements of well-known hymns to be used at his Sunday performances."

For the patriotic work the band has selected James D. Ployhar's "Panorama U. S. A." Some of the best-known melodies representing many eras in our nation's history have been combined in this work. Included are: "America," "Chester," "When Johnnie Comes Marching Home Again," "Tenting Tonight," "My Old Kentucky Home," "The Entertainer," "Battle Hymn of the Republic," and "You're A Grand Old Flag."

The concert will conclude with Abe Holzman's march "Uncle Sammy."