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Title Coquette, The (Caprice)
Composer Sousa, John Philip Marshall’s
Civic Band
Topeka, KS
Est’d 1884
Number O-138
Type CB
Date 1889
Key G
Arranger Unknown John B. Marshall Length 0.00
Publisher Harry Coleman Vocal No
Association   Grade/Difficulty ?/?
Last Performed Unknown
Manuscript No
Style Novelty, Characteristic
Concert Piece, Caprice
Location Marshall's Band Library
Cataloger Alan Ukena
Date Cataloged 06/02/1993
Notes
Composed in 1887. "The coquette referred to in the title of this miniature is a 
maiden described in Longfellow's translation of an obscure German poem, 
'Beware.' One slightly modified verse was often quoted in Sousa Band programs: 
 
    I know a maiden fair to see, 
    Take care! Take care! 
    She can both false and friendly be, 
    Beware! Beware! 
 
"In 1901, this short dance was one of three pieces integrated into a suite 
called 'Maidens Three'." 
 
The Works of John Philip Sousa 
pg. 129 
Paul E. Bierley 
Integrity Press 
1984 
      
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