This edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features patriotic music. You will hear historical patriotic music, such as “Hail Columbia,” once considered the unofficial national anthem of the United States. It was composed in 1789 for George Washington’s first inauguration. And you will hear modern patriotic music, such as Barry Manilow’s “Let Freedom Ring.” Other compositions include an 1854 Fourth of July overture, “America the Beautiful” composed in 1882, “God Bless America” composed in 1918, “This Is My Country Composed” in 1940, and a big-band version of “Semper Fidelis” recorded during WW II.
- Heroic Fanfare
Composer: Paul Murtha (1960- )
Performer: U.S. Army Band
Album: Hero for Today - Star Spangled Banner
Composer: Francis Scott Key (lyrics, 1779-1843) & John Stafford Smith (1750-1836)
Performer: U.S. Navy Band & Sea Chanters
Album: Patriotic Pride - Festival Overture on the Star Spangled Banner
Composer: Dudley Buck (1839-1909)
Performer: U.S. Army Ground Forces Band
Album: Made in America - Semper Fidelis
Composer: John Philip Sousa
Performer: U.S. Marine Band
Album: Military Marches of John Philip Sousa, Vol. 1 - Semper Fidelis
Composer: John Philip Sousa (1852=-1932)
Performer: Frankie Carle & His Orchestra
Album: Frankie Carle and His Orchestra 1944-1946
Also see. - Hail Columbia
Composer: Philip Phile (1734-1793)
Performer: U.S. Marine Band
Album: Hail to the Chief - The Marseillaise
Composer: Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760-1836)
Performer: U.S. Marine Band
Album: Hail to the Chief - Ca Ira
Composer: Bécourt (last name)
Performer: Fifes & Drums of Colonial Williamsburg
Album: Music from the Yorktown Battlefield - Fourth of July Overture
Composer: Unidentified, from books of the Manchester Cornet Band (circa 1854)
Performer: Eastman Wind Ensemble
Album: Homespun America - God Bless America
Composer: Irving Berlin (1888-1889)
Performer: U.S. Army Band & Chorus
Album: Patriotic Pride - This Is My Country (1940)
Composer: Al Jacobs (music, 1903-1985) & Don Raye (lyrics, 1909-1985)
Performer: U.S. Army Band & Chorus
Album: Hero for Today - Chimes of Liberty
Composer: Edwin Franko Goldman (1878-1956)
Performer: U.S. Air Force Concert Band
Album: Home of the Brave - America the Beautiful
Composer: Samuel Augustus Ward (1848-1903), arranged by Carmen Dragon (1914-1984)
Performer: California Wind Orchestra
Album: A Slice of America - Testament of Freedom
Composer: Thomas Jefferson (music, 1899-1984) and Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
Performer: U.S. Army Field Band
Album: Call to Duty - Let Freedom Ring
Composer: Barry Manilow (1943- )
Performer: U.S. Army Field Band
Album: Call to Duty - Stars and Stripes Forever
Composer: John Philip Sousa
Performer: U.S. Marine Band
Album: Patriotic Pride
