Centennial March - D.W. REEVES

Centennial March

Reeves, D. W.

Centennial March by: D. W. Reeves

Original Copyright: 1883 By: W. H. Cundy

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Ree

ves,

Dav

id W

allis

DO

B:

Febr

uary

14,

183

8 (O

sweg

o, N

ew Y

ork)

DO

D:

Mar

ch 8

, 190

0 (P

rovi

denc

e, R

hode

Is

land

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as p

layi

ng in

the

Osw

ego

Ban

d at

the

age

of fo

urte

en. H

e la

ter h

eard

Dan

Ric

e’s

circ

us b

and

dire

cted

by

the

Eb

corn

etis

t, Th

omas

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ham

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ralle

d w

ith C

anha

m’s

pla

ying

that

he

wen

t with

the

circ

us to

take

less

ons

with

him

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ves

stay

ed w

ith

the

circ

us fo

r thr

ee s

umm

ers.

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firs

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trum

ent w

as th

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b al

to h

orn

and

then

the

corn

et. R

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yed

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ell a

fter

the

inve

ntio

n of

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ves.

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her t

o to

ur w

ith

the

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sey

& N

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stre

ls. W

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ing

with

the

min

stre

ls

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as g

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a n

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t by

the

HE

NR

Y D

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ompa

ny. H

e br

ough

t the

inst

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ent w

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n hi

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turn

to A

mer

ica

in 1

862,

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yed

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cor

net w

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e D

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orth

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d an

d th

e or

ches

tra a

t th

e Lu

cy R

usht

on T

heat

er o

f New

Yor

k.

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r pla

ying

a c

orne

t sol

o in

Pro

vide

nce

with

the

Dod

wor

th B

and,

he

acce

pted

the

offe

r to

cond

uct

the

Am

eric

an B

and

of P

rovi

denc

e, R

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Isla

nd o

n 7

Febr

uary

186

6, re

plac

ing

Jose

ph E

. Gre

ene,

its

band

mas

ter f

or a

lmos

t 25

year

s. T

he b

and

was

org

aniz

ed a

s th

e P

rovi

denc

e B

rass

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d in

182

5,

and

in 1

837,

cha

nged

its

nam

e to

the

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eric

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rass

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d. H

e w

rote

ove

r 100

mar

ches

for t

he

Pro

vide

nce

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d, p

rimar

ily a

mar

chin

g un

it, a

nd s

ucce

eded

to m

ake

this

gro

up o

ne o

f the

mos

t pr

estig

ious

per

form

ing

orga

niza

tions

in th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s.

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n G

ilmor

e di

ed o

n 24

Sep

tem

ber 1

892,

the

likel

y su

cces

sor t

o co

nduc

t the

ban

d w

ould

hav

e be

en th

e as

sist

ant c

ondu

ctor

, Cha

rles

W. F

reud

envo

ll, b

ut a

com

mitt

ee o

f ban

d m

embe

rs e

lect

ed to

as

k R

eeve

s to

take

the

bato

n. H

e le

ft hi

s ow

n P

rovi

denc

e B

and

at th

e tim

e, p

layi

ng in

Tac

oma,

W

ashi

ngto

n, o

n its

ow

n to

ur. R

eeve

s m

et G

ilmor

e’s

Ban

d at

St.

Loui

s U

nion

Sta

tion,

gre

eted

by

a pa

rade

hea

ded

by th

e Je

ffers

on B

arra

cks

Arm

y B

and.

He

cond

ucte

d th

e G

ilmor

e B

and

late

r at t

he

Col

umbi

an E

xpos

ition

in C

hica

go in

189

3, th

e P

ittsb

urgh

Exp

ositi

on in

189

4, a

nd o

n a

shor

t tou

r in

the

sam

e ye

ar. H

e th

en re

sign

ed h

is p

ost w

ith th

e G

ilmor

e B

and

in th

e fa

ll of

189

3 an

d re

turn

ed to

the

Pro

vide

nce

Ban

d.1

Cen

tenn

ial M

arch

was

pub

lishe

d in

188

3 by

the

W.H

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usic

Pub

lishi

ng C

ompa

ny (B

osto

n,

MA

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).

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sitio

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