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Author: ksandst
Posted: Jun 17 2018 - 05:16 AM
Subject: Help identifying marching band pieces

https://media.dlib.indiana.edu/media_objects/6t053m33b

This film of the Marching Hundred from 1960 was recently digitized by my university's archives. I've been trying to put together a list of music that the band played with timestamps, but there are two tunes here that I have not yet been able to identify.

The first such tune can be heard at 7:00 as the band transitions from the "BAND" formation into the "SOUSA" formation.

The second unidentified tune is played twice during the halftime show -- The show's theme is "National Election Year," and the piece is played twice, once while the band marches into the shape of an elephant (12:30) and again as they march into the shape of a donkey (13:43).

Any help is much appreciated!

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Add a bit of sheet music, along with a MIDI file, simply by entering note names in Lilypond syntax between the [L] and [/L] tags.
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