an incredible march, featuring a better-than-"Them-Basses" bass line, some incredible trumpet fanfares, and even some woodwind chorales with no percussion nor anything else:
(If you play it, you had better like a bunch of flats.)
Alford - The Purple Carnival March
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Alford - The Purple Carnival March
written as a tip of the hat to Northwestern University's band director at the time in 1933.
an incredible march, featuring a better-than-"Them-Basses" bass line, some incredible trumpet fanfares, and even some woodwind chorales with no percussion nor anything else:
(If you play it, you had better like a bunch of flats.)
an incredible march, featuring a better-than-"Them-Basses" bass line, some incredible trumpet fanfares, and even some woodwind chorales with no percussion nor anything else:
(If you play it, you had better like a bunch of flats.)
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Re: Alford - The Purple Carnival March
This was our competition march for parade my junior year of high school in San Diego in the early 1980s. The euphonium part with the counter melody is great fun.
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