Concert Band
SKU:
AP.36-50105073
Arranged by Henry
Fillmore and ed./arr. by
Col. Arnald Gabriel.
Concert Band. Col. Arnald
Gabriel Series. Score.
LudwigMasters
Publications
#36-50105073. Published
by LudwigMasters
Publications
(AP.36-50105073).
ISBN
9781621561194. UPC:
659359520808.
English.
There's
never been another
screamer quite like it!
Fillmore's venerable
warhorse has been given a
thorough looking over by
one of the foremost band
conductors of our time.
Drawing on his years of
experience with the
United States Air Force
Band, Colonel Gabriel has
meticulously edited this
formidable march for the
modern band. Rolling
Thunder has long been an
admired and often
performed work in the
symphonic band
repertoire. Composed by
(James) Henry Fillmore in
1916, this march was a
favorite of conductor
Merle Evans and the
Ringling Brothers and
Barnum and Bailey Circus.
The work is dedicated to
Ed Hicker, who as far as
the little documentation
shows, was an actor and
musician in the
Cincinnati, Ohio area and
who may have performed
with Fillmore in the many
pit orchestra engagements
of his youth. Rolling
Thunder is unique within
the march oeuvre, in that
its softest dynamic
marking is forte! In
later printings, Fillmore
added the subtitle A
Trombone Ace, perhaps a
tip of the hat to his own
instrument and that the
trombones and other bass
instruments are playing
to the fore from
beginning to end.
Fillmore also indicates
that the march should be
played Furioso. So sit
back, close your eyes and
enjoy the exciting, death
defying sounds of the
circus as only Henry
Fillmore (our Uncle
Henry) can do.
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