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Seek Piano Roll "Gridiron Club March" by Sousa
By Karl Petersen

Does a roll of "Gridiron Club March" exist?  Sousa wrote a very large
number of marches, most of which were done for a particular occasion
or organization, and somewhat quickly dove into obscurity.  This march
has been recorded many times on all sound media, but I have not seen
it on a roll.  Come to think of it, I have not seen it on an Edison
cylinder catalog.  Hmm.

My grandfather was a member of the club, and I attended the annual
dinner in 1966, hence my interest.  Sousa directed the Marine Corps
Band at every dinner while he was director of the band.

Karl Petersen
Rushville, Illinois

 [ The Lester S. Levy sheet music collection shows another song by
 [ John Philip Sousa, dedicated to the Gridiron Club: "Do We? We Do?"
 [ The first line is "The poet he sings of the sparkling wine. Do we?"
 [ Visit http://levysheetmusic.mse.jhu.edu/advancedsearch.html
 [ -- Robbie


(Message sent Sat 5 May 2001, 02:39:31 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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