DESCRIPTION:
Sun Life Stanshawe Band, 1979.
Conductor: Roy Newsome
Composer: Russell Alexander

This march's composer, Russell Alexander, was born in Nevada City, Missouri in 1877. He was an excellent euphonium soloist who toured with Barnum & Bailey on their 5-year tour of Europe. It was during this extended trip, probably on some of those long drawn out journeys, that he wrote many of his best marches. On returning home he teamed up with his two brothers, Newton and Woodruff, plus their partner, James Brady, to form the vaudeville musical act, "Exposition Four". Alexander had been dogged by poor health throughout his life and this finally caught up with him when he died at the early age of 38 years in a sanatorium in New York. This march was recorded by Sun Life Stanshawe Band of Bristol, England, in 1979.
Another good march: https://youtu.be/Ec1pRbl6Bgw

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