Thursday 19 February 2015
Tune of the Day: The Fairest of the Fair
by John Philip Sousa, transcribed for solo flute
Sousa composed this march in 1908, intending the Sousa Band to perform it at the annual Boston Food Fair in the fall of that year. One of Sousa's more melodic, less military marches, it is the only work of any kind that he composed that year, and one of only a handful of compositions that he wrote between 1906 and 1910.
Thanks to Katie for suggesting this piece!