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Ottorino Respighi, "Huntingtower: Ballad for Band" Program Notes
Huntingtower: Ballad for Band Ottorino Respighi Born: July 9, 1879, Bologna, Italy Died: April 18, 1936 Rome, Italy Composed: 1932...
Wagner in Baltimore
While out running this weekend, I happened upon a bust of Richard Wagner in Baltimore's Druid Hill Park. While the park is scattered with...


John Philip Sousa, Ace
John Philip Sousa, the American "March King," was also a baseball fanatic, often taking the mound to pitch against local ballplayers,...


Fanatics, Drums, and Hired Horns
Baseball at the turn of the twentieth century featured a wide variety of characters, both on and off the field, that shaped the game for...

"Cubs on Parade March and Two-Step"
As part of a Masters Thesis dissertation project at the University of Illinois, I undertook a historical investigation, and eventual...


Julius Fučík, "Florentiner Marsch, 'Grande marcia Italiana,' Op. 214" Program Note
Florentiner Marsch, “Grande marcia Italiana,” Op. 214 Julius Fučík Born: July 18, 1872, Prague, Bohemia Died: September 25, 1916, Berlin,...
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