Land Of The Free, Vol. 1 / Music From The US Army Band "Perishing's Own"

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Album Summary

Ensemble

• The United States Army Herald Trumpets

Composers

• Paul Murtha
• American Traditional
• Regan Brough
• Graham Breedlove
• Edmund L. Gruber (1879 - 1941)
• Claudio S. Grafulla (1810 - 1880)
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907)
• Mikhail Glinka (1804 - 1857)
• Lucius O'Brien
• Avril Lavigne (1984 - )
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Joseph Henson
• Samuel A. Ward (1847 - 1903)
• Scottish Traditional
• John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932)

Notes & Reviews:

Land of the Free offers a sampling of each of the eight official musical elements and numerous chamber ensembles of the United States Army Band "Pershing's Own." On this recording you will hear the Army Chorus, Herald Trumpets, Army Blues, Concert Band, Army Strings, pop/rock group Downrange, and Dixieland Jazz ensemble Swamp Romp. This is a great collection of the U.S. Army Band's finest. Since 1922, "Pershing's Own" has been the premiere musical organization of the U.S. Army, and continues to play an important role in events of national and international significance, home and abroad.

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Works Details

Murtha, Paul : Heroic Fanfare

• Ensemble: The United States Army Herald Trumpets
• Running Time: 1 min. 1 sec.

Grafulla, Claudio S. : Washington Grays

• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1873

Stravinsky, Igor : Firebird Suite :: [Excerpt]

• Running Time: 12 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1945

Traditional, American : Garryowen, for chorus & band (1st Cavalry) (after a traditional Irish melody)

• Running Time: 2 min. 23 sec.

Grieg, Edvard : Holberg Suite :: Mvt. 1

• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1885

Grieg, Edvard : Holberg Suite :: Mvt. 2

• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1885

Henson, Joseph : Hmm, for band

• Running Time: 6 min. 35 sec.

Brough, Regan : Kelli's Number, for band

• Running Time: 6 min. 5 sec.

Glinka, Mikhail : Russlan & Ludmilla :: [Excerpt]

• Running Time: 4 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1837-1842

Ward, Samuel Augustus : America the Beautiful

• Running Time: 1 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1895

Breedlove, Graham : Voodoo Boogaloo, for band

• Running Time: 5 min. 27 sec.

Traditional, American : Just a Closer Walk with Thee

• Running Time: 4 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 18th Century

O'Brien, Lucius : Benny Havens, Oh!, West Point army song

• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Written: 1838

Traditional, Scottish : Auld Lang Syne

• Running Time: 1 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1797

Gruber, Edmund L. : The Caissons Go Rolling Along, official song of the United States Army

• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1908

Lavigne, Avril : Complicated

• Running Time: 4 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Sousa, John Philip : Stars and Stripes Forever

• Running Time: 3 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1896