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Comments by Lieut-Colonel Richard Slater
The march begins with a bold echoing effect on trumpet-like figures for four bars. At the sixth bar there is a plunge into the key of Eb, but through C minor we get a close of the introduction in C major.
The first subject at A is duple; an animated melody in short notes is given to the cornets, while a broad theme is given to baritones and euphonium as a counter-subject. At B the music becomes fuller and better on the second half of the main theme, and here we have one of the best sections of the march.
At C, the bass solo, one above usually square-cut fashion, appears with bright trumpeting work for the upper instruments. A bold entrance is made into the trio at D. The volume subsides, and at the anacrusis to the fifth bar the trio begins. It is interesting for the clear melody, the echoing figures for the 1st baritone and euphonium and for the linking runs given to basses and trombones.
At E a surprise comes from the solo cornet alone giving a trumpet phrase. Two bars later all cornets are then similarly employed, and then the whole band enters in a forceful way on reiterations of the dominant 7th with scale figures in the basses. Thus we are carried onward to a fortissimo rendering of the main theme of the trio, and so an effective climax is reached before the da capo takes us back to the start of the march once more.
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Produced by The Salvation Army, SP&S, UK
