The Gladiator March

The Gladiator March

"The Gladiator" is a work by John Philip Sousa, written in 1886 while Sousa was leader of the US Marine Band.

Sousa had not written many marches before that, and none of them received great popularity. The Gladiator, however, sold over a million copies - a record for the time Fact|date=November 2007 - and was soon performed frequently. It follows normal march style, IAABBCCDCDC, and is played at the normal pace of most marches: 120-128 beats per minute. Although marches such as "Semper Fidelis", "Stars and Stripes Forever" and "Hands Across the Sea" have achieved greater popularity, the "Gladiator" is still regarded as John Philip Sousa's first success.

External links

* [http://www.library.uiuc.edu/sousa Sousa archive]


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