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Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore
photos, music, stories about P.S. Gilmore, father of the american band.
Welcome to the World of P.S. Gilmore
Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore (1829-1892) was America's preeminent entertainer and bandleader during the second half of the 19th century. At a time when every town had a band and band music was the popular music of the day.
You may have heard about how P.S. Gilmore assembled 2,000 musicians and 20,000 singers for the World’s Peace Jubilee of 1872 in Boston, but perhaps you didn’t know that:
* Gilmore’s Band served in the Civil War and PSG wrote When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
* PSG is the man who put the ‘Garden’ in Madison Square Garden.
* Gilmore’s Band toured Europe triumphantly in 1878.
* PSG established the instrumentation used in today’s concert bands.
* PSG served as music director for the July 4, 1876 Independence Day Celebration in Philadelphia and the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty.
You may have heard about how P.S. Gilmore assembled 2,000 musicians and 20,000 singers for the World’s Peace Jubilee of 1872 in Boston, but perhaps you didn’t know that:
* Gilmore’s Band served in the Civil War and PSG wrote When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
* PSG is the man who put the ‘Garden’ in Madison Square Garden.
* Gilmore’s Band toured Europe triumphantly in 1878.
* PSG established the instrumentation used in today’s concert bands.
* PSG served as music director for the July 4, 1876 Independence Day Celebration in Philadelphia and the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty.
Articles
Music by PS Gilmore
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Soon you will be able to download piano sheet music or band arrangedments for:
Salute to PS Gilmore (by Jay Chattaway)
Norwich Cadets Polka
When I Saw Sweet Nelly Home
Music Fills My Soul With Sadness
Soon you will be able to download piano sheet music or band arrangedments for:
Salute to PS Gilmore (by Jay Chattaway)
Norwich Cadets Polka
When I Saw Sweet Nelly Home
Music Fills My Soul With Sadness
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Book Reveiws
Sound Recordings of Gilmore's Band, Gilmore Compositions, and Related Songs.
Gilmore's Band, December 10, 1891 session at Thomas Alva Edison's Orange, New Jersey studios: College Songs and Du Du Medley
Gilmore's Norwich Cadets Polka (1857) performed by Goldman's Band, Edwin Franko Goldman, conducting
Jubilee Waltz by Johann Strauss, Jr for 1872 World's Peace Jubilee. Performed by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Band under Capt. Ken Force.
Woodup Quickstep by Holloway played by Gilmore & Ned Kendall in 1858. Performed by the Chestnut Brass.
American Salute by Morton Gould is a theme and variations of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by P.S. Gilmore.
Last Rose of Summer was a favorite of Gilmore's cornet soloist Matthew Arbuckle. Played here by the Eastman Wind Ensemble,
Dr. Donald Hunsberger, conductor, Wynton Marsalis, soloist.
The Famous 22nd Regiment March (1873) by PS Gilmore. Performed by Arthur Pryor’s Band in 1908.
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The Voice of A Departed Soul was written by Gilmore in 1861 and arranged by John P. Sousa for performance at the first concert by the New Marine Band in 1892. Performed by the Wind Ensemble at Lehigh University, David B. Diggs, director.
Gilmore's Norwich Cadets Polka (1857) performed by Goldman's Band, Edwin Franko Goldman, conducting
Jubilee Waltz by Johann Strauss, Jr for 1872 World's Peace Jubilee. Performed by the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Band under Capt. Ken Force.
Woodup Quickstep by Holloway played by Gilmore & Ned Kendall in 1858. Performed by the Chestnut Brass.
American Salute by Morton Gould is a theme and variations of "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" by P.S. Gilmore.
Last Rose of Summer was a favorite of Gilmore's cornet soloist Matthew Arbuckle. Played here by the Eastman Wind Ensemble,
Dr. Donald Hunsberger, conductor, Wynton Marsalis, soloist.
The Famous 22nd Regiment March (1873) by PS Gilmore. Performed by Arthur Pryor’s Band in 1908.
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The Voice of A Departed Soul was written by Gilmore in 1861 and arranged by John P. Sousa for performance at the first concert by the New Marine Band in 1892. Performed by the Wind Ensemble at Lehigh University, David B. Diggs, director.