Full Orchestra - Grade 5
SKU: HL.4491221
Score and Parts.
Composed by Robert Jager.
Symphony Pops. Patriotic.
Conductor Score (Full
Score) and Parts.
Published by Edward B.
Marks Music (HL.4491221).
UPC: 884088872649.
10.5x14
inches.
Performa
nce time - ca.
4:30
Originall
y written for concert
band (and commissioned by
the U.S. Marine Band),
Esprit de Corps is
a fantasy-march that
serves as a tribute to
both the Marine Corps and
the Marine Band. Composed
immediately after the
1983 bombing of the
Marine barracks in
Beirut, Lebanon, the
composer chose to forego
an elegiac tribute in
favor of a work that
reflects the positive
spirit of the Corps, full
of energy and dynamism.
Even the tempo marking,
?Tempo di Bourgeois,?
reflects the dramatic and
spirited conducting of
Col. John R. Bourgeois,
conductor of the Marine
Band at the time of
composition.
