Grade 4
SKU:
CL.012-2487-00
Composed by Tatgenhorst.
Concert Band. Heritage of
the March Series. Audio
recording available
separately (items
CL.WFR101 & CL.WFR197).
Score and set of parts.
Composed 1992. Duration 7
minutes, 6 seconds. Opus
III Wind Orchestra
Publications
#012-2487-00. Published
by Opus III Wind
Orchestra Publications
(CL.012-2487-00).
An exceptional
band piece that utilizes
music John wrote
especially for the PBS
production of Within
These Walls, which
showcases the history of
our Presidential
residence during its
200th year. Originally
scored and recorded by
the U.S. Marine Band with
strings, John later
arranged the music for
band only and it will be
performed by the Marine
Band on tour. This
published arrangement is
slightly simplified and
shortened from that
version. Sections of the
piece represent various
important time periods in
the history of The White
House. The very nature of
this time capsule
approach makes this
number a wonderful tool
for teaching musical
style concepts.
Challenging!
About Heritage
of the
March
Full
-sized concert band
editions of the greatest
marches of all time. Each
has been faithfully
re-scored to accommodate
modern instrumentation
and incorporate
performance practices of
classic march style