Hands Across the Sea: for Trombone Choir or Low Brass Ensemble

By Paul G. Young

Scroll below for a video of the score as performed in Finale.Hands Across the Sea was composed in 1899 in the wake of the Spanish-American War. Upon hearing it at the premier at the Philadelphia Academy of Music, the audience requested it be played three times. Music historian Paul Bierley, who conducted extensive research on Sousa, believes the composer was inspired by a line credited to John Hookham Frere: "A sudden thought strikes me - let us swear an eternal friendship." The march was never intended to highlight a relationship with any particular nation, but rather with all of America's foreign allies.Programming this arrangement would be an ideal way to feature the trombone or low brass section of your high school band. It is arranged for a trombone or low brass ensemble of 6 parts. Those parts could be doubled as needed between trombones, baritones, and tubas. Playing in the keys of F and Bb major (range extends to high Bb) in cut-time can be demanding, but the arrangement is very playable and provides young musicians an excellent, collaborative learning opportunity as they learn the constructs of an important genre of American music.Hands Across the Sea is a festive, vibrant, rousing march. Audiences will love it. So will you

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1095994700
• ISBN13: 9781095994702
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 36 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"