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Scroll below for a video of the score as played in Finale.The Fairest of the Fair was composed in 1908 for the annual Boston Food Fair. It is the only work of any kind that he composed that year. Of all his marches, it is one of the more melodic with less of a military flair. Historians claim that the memory of a pretty girl he had seen at an earlier fair inspired the composition.Programming this arrangement would be an ideal way to feature the trombone or low brass section of your high school band. It is arranged for a trombone or low brass ensemble of 6 parts. Those parts could be doubled as needed between trombones, baritones, and tubas. Playing in the keys of Eb and Ab major (range extends to high G in the 1st part) will present minimal challenges. Performing quick articulations in 2/4 time can be somewhat demanding, but the arrangement is very playable and provides young musicians an excellent, collaborative learning opportunity as they learn the constructs of an important genre of American music.The Fairest of the Fair is one of Sousa's best-known marches. Your students and audiences will love it. So will you!

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