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Colonel Bogey is a march written in 1914 by Lieutenant F. J. Ricketts (1881-1945), a British Army bandmaster who later became the director of music for the Royal Marines at Plymouth. He wrote under th...
Written as a very easy first parade tune, this arrangement features easy brass ranges and optional whistling at the beginning with the flutes and percussion. Solidly scored and easy to learn!
The Mad Major was Alford's first post-war march, written and published in 1921. Like Colonel Bogey, with which the series began, it is cast in a double three-part form, the first of which allows the t...
Kenneth J. Alford (1881-1945) was 6 years into his first Bandmastership when Great Britain declared was on Germany. Alford's response to the one hundred thousand annihilated forces was this Poetic Mar...
Everyone is going to want to whistle along with this well-known march made famous from its use in the film Bridge over the River Kwai. This easy-to-play arrangement begins with a single snare drum, 2-...
This spirited British march of 1916, popularized in the film Bridge Over the River Kwai, comes alive in this setting for sax quartets. Melodic responsibilities pass from part to part to sustain player...
Originally written by Kenneth Alford shortly after the start of the 20th century, Frackenpohl has done a masterful job scoring this tuneful march favorite. Everyone is called upon at one time or anoth...
Scored for standard woodwind quintet, this famous march is guaranteed to get rave reviews from players as well as audiences. In this setting, Halferty makes sure that all members of the ensemble step...
Colonel Bogey was composed in 1913 at Fort George and published just in time to be around when the world unfortunately found itself in a very big war. Duration: 3 1/2 minutes.
Die Melodie des 'Colonel Bogey Marsch' kennen sicher Millionen Menschen und können diesen Welthit mitpfeifen. Im Jahre 1977 gab es auch keine Chance dem Ohrwurm zu entkommen - den die Underberg Werbun...
Kenneth Alford's arresting title, Army of the Nile, evokes the past with his customary and telling dedication to a time in history when British soldiers were gathered in this part of Africa. The music...
Frederick J. Ricketts composed his famous marches under the pseudonym Alford. The march 'On the Quarter Deck' was written in 1917 during the 1st World War and was written to commemorate the Battle of...
When the Second World War began, the British 'March King' Kenneth J. Alford (pseudonym for Major F. J. Ricketts, R. M.) was increasingly in bad health and had composed relatively little music recently...
