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The United States Marine Band is the premier band of the United States Marine Corps. Established by act of Congress on July 11, 1798, it is the oldest of the United States military bands and the oldest professional musical organization in the United States. Today, the Marine Band includes the Marine Chamber Orchestra and Marine Chamber Ensembles.
The United States Marine Band has played "The Liberty Bell" march at five of the last seven presidential inaugurations: the 1993 inauguration of President Bill Clinton, [3] [4] the 2005 inauguration of President George W. Bush, [5] the 2009 and 2013 inaugurations of President Barack Obama, and the 2017 and 2025 inaugurations of President Donald ...
In 1915 the New York Military Band recorded the march (Edison Records, 50214). Very popular in the 1930s, it was included as a military march in the repertoire of pieces imposed by the SS on prisoners' orchestras to accompany the departures and returns of the work Kommandos in Nazis concentration camps .
George Frideric Handel's Water Music: 16. Sarabande (Suite No. 3 in G, HWV 350: I. Sarabande) performed by the Marine Chamber Orchestra of the United States Marine Band on January 29, 2017 in the Schlesinger Concert Hall, Alexandria, VA. Conducted by Major Michelle Rakers. Composition date: 17 July 1717: Performance date: 29 January 2017: Source
Although many recordings of this march have been made over the years, the original recording of the march played by the United States Marine Band, conducted by Sousa's concertmaster, [6] was made on Graphophone cylinder for the fledgling Columbia Records company in Washington, D.C., in 1890, catalogue Columbia Cylinder Military #8.
English: The United States Marine Band performs Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47, by Edward Elgar (1857–1934), composed and published in 1905. Conducted by Bramwell Tovey. Performed on July 10, 2018, at the Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Maryland. Solo string quartet performers: SSgt Karen Johnson (violin)
Performed by the United States Marine Band. On July 10, 2018, guest conductor, composer, and pianist Bramwell Tovey joined the Marine Band for a special 220th Anniversary Gala Concert. The performance took place at The Music Center at Strathmore in North Bethesda, Md., and featured works by iconic American and British composers.
The cover page of the music sheet features a photograph of a statuette of The Ideal Scout by R. Tait McKenzie, [4]: 5 which Hart had gifted to Sousa. [3]: 43 Booth Tarkington was initially selected to write the lyrics, [4]: 5 but the Marine Band claims that there is no evidence that he wrote any. The Boy Scouts announced that the march would be ...