On Aug 24, 2007, at 11:00 AM, Daniel Wolf wrote:
There is a great deal of continuity between Sousa's instrumentation and that of contemporary bands,
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The band membership also included a female vocalist, a violinist, and a harpist as soloists,
Heh, heh! My association of Sousa with marching bands made me spit my tea when the image of a marching harpist popped up in your discourse! I was already musing on marching bassoons, and how much I hate marching with a tuba, or the infinitely worse sousaphone, which is at least twice as heavy.
Great discussion, guys! Christopher _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
