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	<title>Military Music &#187; Jack&#8217;s Musings</title>
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		<title>Edwin and Ezra Bagley</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 15:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year  marks the 90th year of the passing of one of America’s greatest march writers Edwin Bagley of National Emblem fame. Without any question, the two best known American marches, throughout the world are Sousa’s Stars and Stripes Forever and Bagley’s National Emblem.]]></description>
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		<title>Music and World War II</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Studies have concluded that WWII affected music. Before the war, swing and vocal groups were the most popular forms of American music. Thousands of dance bands performed in ballrooms and theaters around the country. The biggest names were Artie Shaw, Tommy Dorsey, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Benny Goodman, and the most popular leader of all, Glenn Miller. People paid a small entrance fee - 50 cents or so - and could dance for hours to one of the bands. The music was generally very romantic or upbeat and "swingin'". They also listened to groups such as the Andrews Sisters and the Mills Brothers, and solo vocalists such as Bing Crosby.

When the U.S. entered the war, there was an initial flurry of tunes written to fuel patriotic feelings, such as "Keep 'em Flying" and "Any Bonds Today?" (Urging people to buy War Bonds). But as the war dragged on and more and more people entered the service, songs became more reflective, even sad.]]></description>
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		<title>Jack&#8217;s Musings: Culture of Concert Band Music</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Band music in the form of concert band repertoire and military band journals of band music were evident in the early eighteenth century. The first real breakthrough came in 1909 when Gustav Holst composed the British band classic First Suite in Eb which has become a staple in the band library. He added his Second Suite in F in 1911.

 Original music for band was available in vast quantities from publishers as early as 1851(Groves), but unfortunately most of the material was boring and dull. The only real contribution was in the field of marches where there was an enormous proliferation. Some European band composers were responsible for tuneful overtures and waltzes such as Czech composer Julius Fücik. But by and large the concert band programs were filled with transcriptions for band of piano and symphonic music particularly overtures from opera.]]></description>
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		<title>Early Jazz and Concert/Military Band Instruments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 20:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jack&#8217;s Musings / Contributed by Jack Kopstein Jazz was still in its embryonic stage in the first decade of the 20th century. Some of the first jazz icons, trumpeter Louis Armstrong and cornetist Bix Beiderbecke, were born in 1901 and 1903, respectively. Both began their careers in marching bands . They were most likely exposed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack&#8217;s Musings: Famous Marches</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Dec 2010 19:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Musings: Famous Marches By Jack Kopstein The following is a list of popular marches from around the world that are frequently performed. They are in alphabetical order for easy reading. No doubt there are other marches which are featured in concert or on parade. This list contains some well known and lesser known marches which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack&#8217;s Musings: Henry Fillmore</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Musings Henry Fillmore By Jack Kopstein As an American musical icon, Henry Fillmore’s musical career spanned over fifty years. He continuously flooded the band music market under several names. For easy band music, Mr. Fillmore used the name Harold Bennett. He used the names Will Huff and Al Hayes for band music of medium difficulty. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack&#8217;s Musings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MUSINGS Contributed By Jack Kopstein Marches have a Role in Musical Tastes. New research is shedding light on why not everyone swoons to the sounds of latest pop sensation Justin Bieber. In a study published in Current Biology researchers have found clues as to why some musical combinations sound so sweet, while others are downright [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack&#8217;s Musings: Another March Perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another March Perspective By Jack Kopstein Recently I set to work to research an entire parcel of known marches of every type and style. I want to point out that I approached this subject from a different perspective. Often the measures employed with reference to marches are numerous performances on recordings. This method, although the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jack&#8217;s Musings: Songs of the Soldier</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:21:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The lives of soldiers in the armies of the world have often been expressed in song. Cavalry troops often sang on the march. ‘Singers to the Front” would be the shout and the men would form up in three lines while rare songs of every description were heroically voiced. Troopships, particularly of the British Navy were a hotbed of sing-songs with sailors and soldiers joining in and provided instrumental backgrounds with fiddles and concertinas.]]></description>
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		<title>Jack&#8217;s Musings: TUNES OF GLORY &#8211; Marches of Two World Wars</title>
		<link>http://militarymusic.com/blog/2010/01/jacks-musings-tunes-of-glory-marches-of-two-world-wars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 21:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The twentieth century will be remembered mostly, not for innovations, but the two largest conflicts in world history. The Great War from 1914 to 1918 was to be the “War to End All Wars,” but within 21 years the world again was involved in a terrible clash. The world still is engaged in a horrible conflict. It is, however, music which seems to have the ability to transcend the quarrel. Many marches have been written to memorialize the battles and military units.]]></description>
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