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The New York Times

by Louisville Mandolin Orchestra

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Joplin Globe (for brass band) 02:29
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The Telegram (for brass band) 02:36
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Kansas City Star (for mandolin orchestra)* 02:10
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Boston Traveler (for theater orchestra) 02:45
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Boston Post (for theater orchestra) 02:18
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The New York Ledger (for piano) 02:39
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New York Herald (for brass band) 02:37
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New York Times (for piano) 04:21
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Pittsburg Leader (for mandolin orchestra)* 02:52
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Pittsburg Press (for mandolin orchestra)* 03:49
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Pittsburg Gazette (for brass band) 02:49
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Philadelphia Record (for piano) 03:28
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Philadelphia Record (for mandolin orchestra)* 05:13
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The Call (for piano) 03:30
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Cincinnati Post Golden Jubilee March (for theater orchestra) 03:17
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Chicago Record (for theater orchestra) 02:12
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Washington Times (for mandolin orchestra)* 02:32
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Enterprise March (for brass band) 02:27
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The Herald (for piano) 03:41
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The Reporter (for theater orchestra) 02:13
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The Register (for piano) 03:46
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Lexington Herald (for brass band) 02:15
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Waconia Patriot (for brass band) 02:23
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Washington Post (for theater orchestra) 02:34
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American Newspaper Marches for Band, Theater Orchestra, Mandolin Orchestra, and Piano.

* Note: Only tracks recorded by the Louisville Mandolin Orchestra are available for individual downloads.

Album Notes:

Today's listener tends to associate marches almost exclusively with bands. Such was not the case at the turn of the century. As popular music, marches were played by all sorts of instruments and instrumental ensembles. Sousa's Washington Post, for example, was available in editions for band, theater orchestra, piano solo, piano four hands, piano six hands, mandolin and piano, mandolin and guitar, guitar solo, zither solo, zither duet, zither trio, banjo solo or duet, and banjo and piano.

Mandolin orchestras were also common in the 1890's and played newspaper marches. Brought to America by Italian immigrants as early as the late 18th century, the mandolin gained widespread popularity beginning in the 1880's. Individuals learned to play the mandolin for their own personal enjoyment, and frequently gained enough proficiency to join the mandolin clubs which flourished on college campuses and in cities throughout the northeast and midwest. Mandolin orchestras roughly duplicated the string section of a symphony orchestra by adding the lower pitched members of the family (mandolas, mandocellos, and mandobases) to the soprano voice of the standard mandolin. Guitars provided additional body to the ensemble. Often numbering twenty or more instrumentalists, mandolin orchestras played all sorts of music, including marches, rags, dance pieces, and orchestral transcriptions.

This recording includes newspaper-related music for a variety of ensembles as well as solo piano. In addition to seven marches played by the Advocate Brass Band, the New Walnut Street All-Star Orchestra provides examples of six marches, the Louisville Mandolin Orchestra lends its magical sound to five pieces, and pianist Hayward Mickens offers his interpretations of six marches. Each piece is a snapshot of a bygone era, a snippet of Americana which can spark the listeners imagination today just as it did a century ago.

- Notes by George Forman

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released June 1, 1998

A unique collaboration of The Advocate Brass Band, The New Walnut Street All-Star Orchestra, The Louisville Mandolin Orchestra, and solo piano.

The Advocate Brass Band - George Forman, Director
The New Walnut Street All-Star Orchestra - George Forman, Conductor
The Louisville Mandolin Orchestra - Jim Bates, Conductor
Hayward Mickens - Solo Piano

Production Notes:

Recorded at the Norton Center for the Arts, Danville, Kentucky
Produced by George Forman
Recording and digital editing by David Henderson, DBG Sound
Design by Trapp Communications, Inc.
© 1998 The Advocate-Messenger

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