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Title Occidental March, The
Composer Sousa, John Philip Marshall’s
Civic Band
Topeka, KS
Est’d 1884
Number M-5040/ZD
Type CB
Date 1891
Key Eb
Arranger None John B. Marshall Length 0.00
Publisher Harry Coleman Vocal No
Association   Grade/Difficulty ?/?
Last Performed Unknown
Manuscript No
Style March Location Marshall's Band Library
Cataloger Rick Baker
Date Cataloged 09/18/1994
Notes
Set of folders with music glued inside to form pages. 
 
Composed in 1887. "With important manuscripts unaccounted for, no dedication 
specified on the printed music, and no mention in Sousa's memoirs, it is not 
known why this piece was given its name. One possibility which must not be 
overlooked is that Occidental College, in Los Angeles, was founded in the year 
that Sousa composed this march. 
    'The Occidental' was not published until four years after it was written." 
 
The Works of John Philip Sousa 
pg.75 
Paul E. Bierley 
Integrity Press 
1984 
      
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