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The march demonstrates the state of the art in playing technology and the construction of brass instruments, which allowed fast and even chromatic gears in all instruments and positions. Fučík was so impressed by the description of a gladiator appearance in a Roman amphitheater in Henryk Sienkiewicz 's 1895 novel Quo Vadis that he soon ...
The Templars are an Oi! band formed in Long Island, New York in April 1991. The band's musical influences include Oi!, punk rock , glam rock and rock and roll . They have tended to purposely use low-quality recording techniques (their Acre Studios is a garage).
A field in front of the Templars’ Preceptory A pyre has been prepared while the entrance to the lists of the jousting field is to one side of the stage. The Templars fiercely declare that Rebecca must be guilty and may God’s wrath strike her downas no champion has emerged to defend her while women in the crowd pray that a champion will save ...
The Thunderer" is a march composed by John Philip Sousa in 1889. [1] The origin of the name is not officially known, though it is speculated that the name is attributed to Myron M. Parker, a prominent DC politician and Freemason. It is also one of Sousa's most famous compositions.
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It follows normal march style, IAABBCCDCDC, and is played at the normal pace of most marches: 120-128 beats per minute. Although marches such as Semper Fidelis, The Washington Post, Stars and Stripes Forever and Hands Across the Sea have achieved greater popularity, the Gladiator is still regarded as John Philip Sousa's first success.
The precise origins of both the tune and the lyrics are uncertain and debated. [1]The lyrics are regularly attributed to Joseph-François Domergue [2] [1] (1691 – 2 April 1728, died in Avignon), priest-dean of Aramon, [3] in the Gard, from 1724 to 1728, whose name appears on the first manuscript copy of the lyrics, dated 1742 [1] and preserved in the library of Avignon.
Sousa composed this march after being "knighted" by Columbia Commandery No. 2, a local division of the Knights Templar of the Masonic York Rite. It is believed that Sousa used fragments of Masonic music in the march. This march features a rare break strain between the first two strains.