Stars and Stripes Forever | 
 enlarge | Creators: Edwin Eugene Bagley, Katherine Lee Bates, Edmund L. Gruber, George Frederick Handel, Gioachino Rossini, John Stafford Smith, Samuel F. Smith, John Philip Sousa, William Steffe, Franz Von Suppe, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, American Traditional, Charles A. Zimmerman
Label: Volcano
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 137420
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 32027
UPC: 614223202723
EAN: 0614223202723
ASIN: B00000I02F
Release Date: May 23, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | The Star Spangled Banner - Key, Francis Scott | | • | America the Beautiful - Bates, Katherine Le | | • | America - Smith, Samuel Franc | | • | Battle Hymn of the Republic - Howe, Julia Ward | | • | Anchors Aweigh - Miles, Alfred Hart | | • | The Marines' Hymn | | • | The U.S. Field Artillery March - Gruber, Edmund L. | | • | Stars and Stripes Forever - Sousa, John Philip | | • | El Capitan - Sousa, John Philip | | • | The Liberty Bell - Sousa, John Philip | | • | Semper Fidelis - Sousa, John Philip | | • | Washington Post March - Sousa, John Philip | | • | National Emblem - Bagley, E.E. | | • | Excerpt | | • | Excerpt | | • | Overture (Excerpt) | | • | Excerpt |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Stars and Stripes Forever April 23, 2008
Peter J. Sheldon (Green Valley, Arizona United States)
Excellent turn around in getting the product. Very quick in response time. Good product.
Thanks Again,
Peter
What are they thinking? September 30, 2006
Deborah P. Aldridge (Albertville, AL USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a music teacher, I'm wondering about the very critical reviews about this CD. What ARE they thinking? You are supposed to MARCH to these songs - not run to them! I hear great intonation and suitable tempos to this music. The phrasing is crisp and the rhythms precise. As to taking liberties with 1812, even the master composers did similar practices. The music "flows." This is a patriotic album that you will enjoy!
Must Have for Every Patriotic American April 12, 2002
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
This CD is a great collection of classic American tunes. Listening to it really makes you proud to be an American and it puts you in a patriotic mood.
I strongly disagree with some of the other reviews here and I found the quality to be great, along with the selection of songs. BUY THIS CD. YOU WON'T BE SORRY!!
 Marching music to yawn by? April 4, 2002
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I completely agree with the two pans by the reviewers above -- the arrangements are completely inappropriate for the music. These pieces should be sprightly and upbeat -- instead they are schmaltzy and lethargic.
Don't Buy this Album!!! November 3, 2001
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
What could have been a great album of patriotic
songs is completely ruined because of brutal
editing and may I even say deception. I almost
never return a CD, but I returned this one. And
sadly because I found the sound quality very good.
Both on the outside track listings and on the inside
pullout, there is no mention that the tracks are
excerpts. Most leave out entire strains or repeats.
But the worst offense has to be the "1812 Overture".
I was excited to be purchasing an album with this
on it. But what I got was not even excerpts from
this piece. "excerpts from" usually implies that
a specific movement is presented. But this piece
is totally mutilated. Three measures are played,
five measures are omitted, two more measures are
played, etc. If Tchaikovsky were around he'd have
good cause for a lawsuit. Pleeeaasse, don't support
a product that does injustice to the composers and
does not truthfully describe the product's contents!!!
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