When I reached Washington after our stay in Fayetteville, David Blakely wrote me, asking if I could get permission to make a tour to the Pacific Coast. I obtained permission of General Haywood, the Commandant, that of the Secretary, and fi…

2020年はコープランドの生誕120年であり、没後30年でもありましたが、コロナ禍のせいか、イベントらしいものもありませんでした。本書は、アマチュアのため「音楽を聴く時はここに耳を傾けて！」を、当時としては珍しく、曲を作る側の思いから綴った本です。…

Meanwhile, my marches were gaining every day in popularity. The Yorktown Centennial did well, and The Gladiator became familiar in the musical arena. At a parade in Philadelphia, a friend of mine counted no fewer than seventeen bands playi…

The collection of the national airs of all lands, which the French Minister of Beaux Arts had praise, came about in an interesting way. Secretary of the Navy Tracy was largely responsible for it. Tracy was an unusually efficient cabinet of…