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Database: Notations / Scores
Category: Wind Band / Fanfare / Brass / Big Band
Sub category: Suite
Art.-No.: 1145085
Title of composition: TALES OF A TRAVELER
Composer: SOUSA, JOHN PHILIP
Arrangeur: ROGERS, MARK R.
Country: United States (US)
Grade of difficulty: 3 (Moderately Difficult)
Kind of orchestra: INCL. EUROPEAN PARTS
Publisher: SOUTHERN MUSIC PUBLISHING CO.
Duration: 14:30
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Price in EUR: (exkl.Mwst) 180.00 (price without obligation)
Additional information: E:
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA'S SUITE FOR CONCERT BAND "TALES OF A TRAVELER" IS A MUSICAL SOUVENIR OF THE WORLD TOUR TAKEN BY THE SOUSA BAND IN THE YEARS 1910-1911. THE FIRST MOVEMENT IS A PORTRAIT OF A BANTU CHIEFTAIN FROM THE HIGH PLATEAUS OF SOUTH AFRICA. THE SECOND MOVEMENT WAS DEDICATED "TO THE MATRONS AND MAIDS OF AUSTRALIA" (REFERING TO AUSTRALIA'S WOOL AND SHEEP HERDING INDUSTRY). THE FINAL MOVEMENT WAS WRITTEN (THOUGH NOT USED) FOR THE CORONATION OF KING GEORGE V OF GREAT BRITAIN. SECOND ONLY TO THE SUITE "THE LAST DAYS OF POMPEII", SOUSA PROGRAMMED THIS MORE OFTEN THAT ANY OF HIS OTHER SUITES.
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