march
what it is
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 Philip Sousa and the martial hymns of the late 19th century. Examples of the varied use of the march can be found in Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, in the marches militaires of Franz Schubert, in the marche funèbre in Chopin's Sonata in A sharp minor/B flat minor, and in the Dead March in Handel's Saul.
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What is march?
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 Philip Sousa and the martial hymns of the late 19th century. Examples of the varied use of the march can be found in Beethoven's Eroica Symphony, in the marches militaires of Franz Schubert, in the marche funèbre in Chopin's Sonata in A sharp minor/B flat minor, and in the Dead March in Handel's Saul.
What are good march albums to start with?
Try Vorkoma EP by Krobak, Meryem by Meryem Aboulouafa, Right Place Right Time by Olly Murs, and The Black Mages III: Darkness And Starlight by The Black Mages.
Who are some women making march?
musicisforgirls.com/genres/march/girls lists women, non-binary artists, and bands with women making march, from mainstream to underground.
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