Manhattan Beach (march)
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Manhattan Beach is an American march
by John Philip Sousa
(1854–1932). It was written in 1893 to commemorate the Manhattan Beach Park
resort. It follows a different march style (AABBCCDD) and in part D, the tune starts off quiet, grows louder, and fades away.
March (music)
A march, as a musical genre, is a piece of music with a strong regular rhythm which in origin was expressly written for marching to and most frequently performed by a military band. In mood, marches range from the moving death march in Wagner's Götterdämmerung to the brisk military marches of John...
by John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known particularly for American military and patriotic marches. Because of his mastery of march composition, he is known as "The March King" or the "American March King" due to his British counterpart Kenneth J....
(1854–1932). It was written in 1893 to commemorate the Manhattan Beach Park
Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn
Manhattan Beach is a residential neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the south and east, by Sheepshead Bay on the north, and Brighton Beach to the west. Traditionally known as an Italian and Ashkenazi Jewish neighborhood, it is also home to...
resort. It follows a different march style (AABBCCDD) and in part D, the tune starts off quiet, grows louder, and fades away.