Washington Post, The (Sousa/Anderson)

Composer/Arranger: John Philip Sousa, arr. Douglas Anderson

Catalog Number: HB425

Edition/Year: 2012

Bells Used Chart Errata
Other Errata
-Tempo marking should be: March tempo dotted quarter note. = 108-120*
-The second footnote on p. 2 should read:
**On repeat, 6-octave choirs may double the bottom note an octave lower from m. 16, beat 2 through m. 22.*
Notes
Notes from the Composer From the composer’s notes here:

Optionally handchimes may be used as follows.

-m. 44, the eighth-note countermelody beginning on the G5 through the E6 quarter note on the downbeat of m. 45
-m. 46, the eighth-note countermelody beginning on the A5 through the E6 quarter note on the downbeat of m. 47
-m. 48, the eighth-note countermelody beginning on the G5 through the E6 quarter note on the downbeat of m. 49
-m. 52, the eighth-note countermelody beginning on the G5 through the E6 quarter note on the downbeat of m. 53
-m. 55, the eighth-note countermelody beginning on the G5 (second eighth of the measure) through the G6 quarter note on the downbeat of m.57

 

 

An asterisk (*) indicates this error has been verified by the composer in correspondence, according to the conductor or ringer who reported it.