Congress Hall (Sousa, John Philip)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	March tempo (90 bars)
Composition Year	1882
Genre Categories	Marches; For wind band; Scores featuring wind band; For orchestra without strings; For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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Performer Pages	United States Marine Band (band) Jason Fettig (conductor)
Publisher Info.	The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa, No.17 Washington, DC: United States Marine Band, 2015.
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Publisher. Info.	The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa, No.17 Washington, DC: United States Marine Band, 2015.
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Editor	First edition
Publisher. Info.	Philadelphia: Harry Coleman, (1882?).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Publisher. Info.	The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa, No.17 Washington, DC: United States Marine Band, 2015.
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Publisher. Info.	Washington, D.C.: John F. Ellis & Co., 1882. Plate Congress Hall M.
Reprinted	Washington, D.C.: John F. Ellis & Co., 1901.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Original images: 300dpi, color tif files approx. 2700 by 3450 pixels. Editing: re-sampled to 600dpi, converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, and set uniform margins. Source of files: Library of Congress.
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Work Title	Congress Hall
Alternative. Title	March
Composer	Sousa, John Philip
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IJS 23
Key	B-flat major
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	March tempo (90 bars)
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1882
First Publication.	1885 - Philadelphia: Harry Coleman
Dedication	To H.J. and G.R. Crump
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Romantic
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	wind band
InstrDetail	see below flute (also piccolo), oboe, E♭ clarinet, 3 clarinets (B♭), alto clarinet* (E♭), bass clarinet* (B♭) 3 saxophones (alto (E♭), tenor (B♭), baritone* (B♭), bassoon 3 horns (E♭), 4 cornets (1 in E♭, 3 in B♭), baritone, 3 trombones, tuba, percussion optional (ad lib.) instruments
External Links	US Marine Band article