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The Fifth String

Literature & Fiction

Sousa IV, John Philip

Literary

Kessinger Publishing

<p>This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.</p>

National, Patriotic And Typical Airs Of All Lands: With Copious Notes (1890)

Song Words Of The Lion Tamer: Comic Opera, In Two Acts (1891)

Stahl, Richard

Goodwin, John Cheever

Dramas & Plays

The Bride-Elect: Comic Opera In Three Acts (1897)

Humor & Entertainment

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

<p>""Song Words of the Lion Tamer: Comic Opera, in Two Acts"" is a musical work written by Richard Stahl and first published in 1891. The opera tells the story of a lion tamer named Leo, who falls in love with a wealthy woman named Flora. Despite their different social statuses, the two try to make their relationship work. However, Flora's father disapproves of their romance and tries to keep them apart. The story is filled with humor, romance, and catchy songs that were popular in the late 19th century. This book contains the lyrics to all the songs in the opera, allowing readers to follow along with the story and sing along to the catchy tunes. It is a great resource for anyone interested in musical theater or the history of opera.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.</p>

John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932) was an American composer and conductor in the late Romantic era best known for American military and patriotic marches.  He is often referred to as The March King.  He wrote three novels -- "The Fifth String," "Pipetown Sandy," and "The Transit of Venus" -- as well as a full-length autobiography, Marching Along and a great number of articles and letters-to-the-editor on a variety of subjects. The Fifth String is the story of a young violinist who makes a deal with the Devil for a magic violin with five strings. The strings can excite the emotions of pity, hope, love and joy - the fifth string is death and can be played only once before causing the player's own death. He has a brilliant career, but cannot win the love of the woman he desires. At a final concert, he plays upon the death string.

Romance

Book Jungle

Probably the most famous march in history, Stars and Stripes Forever was composed on Christmas Day 1896 while Sousa was traveling aboard the SS Teutonic bound for New York. In his autobiography, Sousa wites that he imagined the music while at sea and set it down on paper shortly after his return home. The manuscript full score is dated April 26, 1897. The march was first performed by the composer conducting the Sousa Band on May 14, 1897 in Willow Grove Park, near Philadelphia, though this date is dusputed by the city of Augusta, Maine - who claim the premiere took place at a Sousa Band concert given there on May 1. With the Spanish-American War in view, the new march became immensely popular from the very start and has remained a favorite ever since. The piece was first published on the very day of the premiere in the composer's piano reduction. With many reissues and reprintings and the expansion of band instrumentation - some added after the composer's death in 1932 - the scoring became bloated over the years. This new edition by Richard Sargeant goes back to the composer's original source material and to the actual performing practice of the Sousa Band itself to present a masterpiece of band writing as the composer himself used it. As with all of the Serenissima band offerings, it is presented in an easy-to-read format for use as either a study score or a performance score.

The Stars and Stripes Forever: Study Score

Arts & Photography

Music

Serenissima Music

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