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This commemorative march was composed by the prolific Harry Alford for the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.  Alford was a pioneering arranger whose business cataloged some 34,000 custom arrangements until his death in 1939. At the time it was said that "This man Alford can slip unobserved into almost any theater in America, and be sure that somewhere in the musical part of the program he is going to hear several of his arrangements." Some of his most famous band marches include "Glory of the Gridiron" and "Purple Carnival."

Panama Pacific March

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The San Fran Pan American March was written in 1913 to celebrate and promote San Francisco's winning bid to host the 1915 World's Fair. The City was selected in 1911 over chief rival New Orleans by proclamation of President William Howard Taft. On December 12, 1913 the Victor Band recorded the march for the recording company of the same name. Corin was 26 years old when he penned this march and had already established himself as a concert pianist and composer with several musicals and orchestra recordings to his credit.

San Fran Pan American March

John Philip Sousa shall forever be regarded as the "March King". However, his body and scope of work extend well beyond the marches which made him so famous. In a rough accounting of Sousa's body of work, marches make up only the second most numerous of his efforts, some 135 march compositions versus over 320 arrangements and transcriptions for Band. Outside of his marches, most of the Sousa catalog, including his humoresques, remains unpublished and largely unheard today.By way of an old Sousa concert program, we learn the narrative of his humoresque "Among My Souvenirs." In it, the Nichols song "Among My Souvenirs" is lengthened into a sketch. This is likely the first performance of this Sousa work by a band other than Sousa's own.

Among My Souvenirs

The nostalgic opening number of Victor Herbert's classic 1905 operetta "Wonderland" scored for small orchestra and voices.

Until We Meet Again

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The import and magnitude of the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition was of a scale not seen before, and rarely since. In creating his musical fantasia on a day of the Panama Pacific Exposition, Mayhew Lake drew upon the sights, sounds, and music that he experienced. As we celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Panama Pacific Exposition and the music that was written for and about the event, it is helpful to be mindful of the vast energy and excitement generated by the fair and the impact of the event on all who experienced it.A synopsis of the events M.L. Lake portrays in this musical fantasia is: "Sunrise at the Golden Gate," "Crowds arriving at the fairgrounds," "The Midway" (introducing the Afro-American band, Oriental Ballyhoo, and Little German Band), "Congress of Nations in Passing Review" (introducing the air of several principal nations as the Bands would sound passing a reviewing stand), "The Welsh Elsteddfod," "Turkish Band," "The Panama Exposition Orchestra," "Sunset at the Golden Gate" (during which the Sun Gun from the Presidio is heard, accompanied by the distant bugle call), and "Chimes in the distance."

A Day at the Panama Pacific Exhibition

Taking its name from the official title of the Fair, this march was composed by renowned trombone soloist Al Pinard in 1914 for the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco. Pinard became famous during his tenure with the Arthur Pryor band and also composed several other best-selling band works including Thatsum Rag.

Panama Pacific Expo March

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