The March Wolverton Pride was commissioned by the Wolverton 150 Festival Committee, and was performed by the Wolverton Band at Euston Railway Station on September 17th. 1988.
Categories: LIGHT CONCERT MUSIC, NEW & RECENT Publications, MARCHES Composer: Abe Holzmann Arranger: John Dutton
Abraham "Abe" Holzmann was born in New York in 1874 to a Hungarian-immigrant father and American mother, and studied music in Germany. Holzmann became the manager of the Orchestra Department at Jerome Remick & Company, the New York music publisher, and was an early member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). He earner his livlihood as a composer/arranger for Tin Pan Alley publishers, including Leo Feist. He was later an advertising manager for the American Federation of Musicians publication, International Musician. Holzmann died in East Orange, New Jersey at the age of 64 in 1939. His music was especially revered by ragtime enthusiasts, although he composed marches, waltzes, and other light music. He is most famous today for his march Blaze-Away! Yankee Grit was written in 1905, and follows in the tradition and style of the great American marches of the era.
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Zurich March, Berne Patrol and The Old Chalet began life as brass chamber music and featured as encores in many concerts given by the legendary Philip Jones Brass Ensemble of which Howarth was a founder member. This ensemble frequently visited Switzerland because Philip Jones’ wife, Ursula Strebi is from Lucerne.
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