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American march music is march music written and/or performed in the United States. Its origins are those of European composers borrowing from the military music of the Ottoman Empire in place there from the 16th century. The American genre developed after the British model during the colonial and Revolutionary periods, then later as military ...
"Hail, Columbia" is an American patriotic song and ceremonial entrance march of the vice president of the United States. It was originally considered to be one of the unofficial national anthems of the United States until 1931, when "The Star-Spangled Banner" was named as the official national anthem.
World War I produced many patriotic American songs, such as "Over There", written by popular songwriter George M. Cohan. Cohan composed the song on April 6, 1917, when he saw some headlines announcing America's entry into the war. [6] Cohan is also famous for penning "Yankee Doodle Dandy," an over-the-top parody of patriotic music.
John Philip Sousa was considered America's "March King." "The Stars and Stripes Forever" was declared the National March of the United States in 1987. ... This perfect patriotic song about America ...
Turn on these historic anthems, country hits, and other patriotic songs during your Fourth of July or Memorial Day barbecue! They're true all-American Hits.
Semper Fidelis (march) Semper Paratus (march) Semper Supra (march) Smoke on the Water (Red Foley song) Song of the Women's Army Corps; The Star-Spangled Banner; The Stars and Stripes Forever; Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima; List of U.S. state songs; Sullivan (song) Symphony No. 10 (Schuman)
"American Patrol" is a popular march written by Frank White (F.W.) Meacham in 1885. It incorporates both original musical themes by Meacham and melodies from American patriotic songs of the era such as "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," "Dixie," and "Yankee Doodle."
The "U.S. Field Artillery March" is a patriotic military march of the United States Army written in 1917 by John Philip Sousa after an earlier work by Edmund L. Gruber. The refrain is the "Caissons Go Rolling Along". This song inspired the official song of the U.S. Army, "The Army Goes Rolling Along".