Loras John Schissel: Partituras medio

A setting of a folk song collected in 1905, this is his definitive version for chamber winds with piano. There is a set of brief variations on the melody, one for solo piano which will make a wonderfu...

The musical comedy The Yankee Girl (1909) needed a march and Sousa was asked to provide one. The result was one of his most melodic efforts, with wonderful euphonium countermelodies and a great piccol...

Powhatan's Daughter March (pronounced POW-uh-tan), was composed between 1906 and 1907. Although informally written in honor of Pocahontas, the march's inherent character probably informed Sousa's deci...