Philip Sousa
Where can I download FREE music sheet of “The Stars And Stripes Forever” by John Philip Sousa for PICCOLO?
I ask this question before but i did not put the instrument….well the instrument is piccolo……”The Stars And Stripes Forever” by John Philip Sousa for PICCOLO
Contact any local band and make a copy of the piccolo part. The original but not the edited versions are in the public domain.
You might be able to buy the piccolo part from the corrected band edition published by Barnhouse.
The Stars and Stripes Forever Concert Band (Sousa/arr. Brion & Schissel) WFR137,WFR343
http://www.barnhouse.com/
John Philip Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever! Our National March:
http://www.dws.org/sousa/articles/stars-and-stripes-forever.htm
“Stars and Stripes Forever follows the standard American march form. Its trio is the most famous part of the march. Most bands adopt the Sousa Band practice of having one or three (never two) piccolo players play the famous obbligato in the first repeat of the trio.”
Down load of a modern piano edition [not good engraving]:
http://www2.free-scores.com/PUBLIC/MUTOPIA/TheStarsAndStripesForever-a4.pdf
Piano and voice published edition:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.100010482/pageturner.html
About Stars and Stripes:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/tri005.html
Signed Manuscript band score April 26, 1897 in the Library of Congress:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/tlc0345.jpg
Manuscript piano edition score:
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/at0151_14s.jpg
Picture of a piccolo used in the Sousa band:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.ihas.200000018/default.html
John Philip Sousa – Semper Fidelis
