Brass Quintet Euphonium,Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1345881 Composed by John Philip Sousa. Arranged by Matthew Nunes. Chamber,Classical,Historic,March,Patriotic. 24 pages. Matthew Nunes Music #930764. Published by Matthew Nunes Music (A0.1345881). Woodrow Wilson’s speech at the 25th anniversary of the Daughters of the American Revolution provided the inspiration and title. The march contains original material as well as fragments of Dixie, Maryland, My Maryland, We’re Off to Philadelphia in the Morning, and Yankee Doodle.Sousa wrote two uncharacteristic moments here: giving the Horns the melody in the Trio’s second half, as well as the tuba feature in the interlude.This Brass Quintet arrangement was made using “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band’s The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa score as found at https://www.marineband.marines.mil/Audio-Resources/The-Complete-Marches-of-John-Philip-Sousa/. America First was composed in 1916, and the referenced edition was made Public Domain in 2018. The piece is catalogued as Volume 4, No. 74.
