When Johnny Comes Marching Home (Digital Download)
Series: Music for Band
Composer: Traditional
Arranger: Paul Murtha
Level: 4
MMS Number: CB -0001
Originally written for The United States Military Academy Band "The West Point Band" and featured on the Ken Burns' documentary "Music of the Civil War," this setting starts with a solo snare drummer, a solo piccolo then enters with the melody, joined gradually, as if the listener were hearing a band approaching from a distance, by the other sections of the band. It reaches a thunderous climax, with the low brass carrying the melody evoking the terror and heroics of battle. The mood changes quickly to a feeling of joyous celebration for the returning veterans and then begins to fade, the solo piccolo and snare drummer being the last thing the listener hears as the band disappears in the distance.
Series: Music for Band
Composer: Traditional
Arranger: Paul Murtha
Level: 4
MMS Number: CB -0001
Originally written for The United States Military Academy Band "The West Point Band" and featured on the Ken Burns' documentary "Music of the Civil War," this setting starts with a solo snare drummer, a solo piccolo then enters with the melody, joined gradually, as if the listener were hearing a band approaching from a distance, by the other sections of the band. It reaches a thunderous climax, with the low brass carrying the melody evoking the terror and heroics of battle. The mood changes quickly to a feeling of joyous celebration for the returning veterans and then begins to fade, the solo piccolo and snare drummer being the last thing the listener hears as the band disappears in the distance.
Series: Music for Band
Composer: Traditional
Arranger: Paul Murtha
Level: 4
MMS Number: CB -0001
Originally written for The United States Military Academy Band "The West Point Band" and featured on the Ken Burns' documentary "Music of the Civil War," this setting starts with a solo snare drummer, a solo piccolo then enters with the melody, joined gradually, as if the listener were hearing a band approaching from a distance, by the other sections of the band. It reaches a thunderous climax, with the low brass carrying the melody evoking the terror and heroics of battle. The mood changes quickly to a feeling of joyous celebration for the returning veterans and then begins to fade, the solo piccolo and snare drummer being the last thing the listener hears as the band disappears in the distance.