The Thunderer (Sousa, John Philip)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 march
Composition Year 1889
Genre Categories Marches; For wind band; Scores featuring wind band; For orchestra without strings; for piccolo, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns and double bass (arr); For 2 horns, 4 trumpets, 2 trombones, 2 tubas (arr); Scores featuring the horn (arr); Scores featuring the trumpet (arr); Scores featuring the trombone (arr); Scores featuring the tuba (arr); For 10 players (arr); For flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn (arr); Scores featuring the flute (arr); Scores featuring the oboe (arr); Scores featuring the clarinet (arr); Scores featuring the bassoon (arr); For 5 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr)

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Performances

Recordings

 Complete Recording
#480772 - 6.45MB - 2:48 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1113×⇩ - MP3 - Ebe123

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Ebe123 (2017/7/7)

Performer Pages United States Marine Band (band)
Jason Fettig (conductor)
Publisher Info. The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa, No.37
Washington, DC: United States Marine Band, 2016.
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Public Domain [tag/del]
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Sheet Music

Full Scores

 Condensed Score
#76849 - 0.39MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 7222×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2010/8/28)

Publisher. Info. American Star Journal, No.Q-1889
New York: Carl Fischer, n.d.(ca.1912). Plate 15756
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes The condensed score did not appear until the work was reissued by Fischer.
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 Complete Score
#480768 - 3.42MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2942×⇩ - Ebe123

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Ebe123 (2017/7/7)

Editor Marine Band Library
Publisher. Info. The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa, No.37
Washington, DC: United States Marine Band, 2016.
Copyright
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Parts

 Complete Parts
#09514 - 1.02MB, 27 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 8860×⇩ - Carolus

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Carolus (2007/7/8)

 Timpani and Bells
#377759 - 1.05MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 190×⇩ - Tentalicx

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Tentalicx (2015/5/13)

Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: Harry Coleman, 1889.
Reprinted American Star Journal, No.Q-1889
New York: Carl Fischer, n.d.(ca.1912). Plate 15756.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes from the Dana M. Bailey, Jr. collection
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 Complete Parts
#480769 - 3.60MB, 41 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 2436×⇩ - Ebe123

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Editor Marine Band Library
Publisher. Info. The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa, No.37
Washington, DC: United States Marine Band, 2016.
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Public Domain [tag/del]
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Piccolo, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns and Double Bass (Clements)

 Complete Score
#623538 - 0.22MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 136×⇩ - PatrickC

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PatrickC (2020/5/4)

 Complete Parts
#623539 - 0.56MB, 22 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 161×⇩ - PatrickC

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PatrickC (2020/5/4)

Arranger Patrick Clements (b. 1943)
Publisher. Info. Patrick Clements, 2010.
Copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes The piccolo part can be doubled by a flute or a 2nd piccolo. The bass part is desirable but can be omitted, in which case the alternative 2nd bassoon part must be used.
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For 2 Horns, 4 Trumpets, 2 Trombones and 2 Tubas (Bagheri)

 Complete Score
#903194 - 0.16MB, 8 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 20×⇩ - Connor "John Ce...

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⇒ 9 more: Horn 1 (F) • Horn 2 (F) • Trumpet 1 (B♭) • Trumpet 2 (B♭) • Trumpet 3 (B♭) • Trumpet 4 (B♭) • Trombone 1 • Trombone 2 • Tuba 1/2

 Horn 1 (F)
#903199 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 8×⇩ - Connor "John Ce...

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 Horn 2 (F)
#903200 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 8×⇩ - Connor "John Ce...

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 Trumpet 1 (B♭)
#903195 - 0.07MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 10×⇩ - Connor "John Ce...

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 Trumpet 2 (B♭)
#903196 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9×⇩ - Connor "John Ce...

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 Trumpet 3 (B♭)
#903197 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9×⇩ - Connor "John Ce...

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 Trumpet 4 (B♭)
#903198 - 0.06MB, 1 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 8×⇩ - Connor "John Ce...

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Connor "John Ce... (2024/3/7)

 Trombone 1
#903201 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 9×⇩ - Connor "John Ce...

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 Trombone 2
#903202 - 0.07MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 8×⇩ - Connor "John Ce...

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 Tuba 1/2
#903203 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 8×⇩ - Connor "John Ce...

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Connor "John Ce... (2024/3/7)

Arranger Connor Bagheri
Publisher. Info. Connor Bagheri, 2023.
Copyright
Creative Commons Zero 1.0 [tag/del/mrg]
Misc. Notes Typeset using MuseScore.
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For Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn (Heller)

 Complete Score
#527627 - 0.07MB, 6 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 368×⇩ - DianaHein519

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⇒ 5 more: Flute • Oboe • Clarinet (B♭) • Bassoon • Horn (F)

 Flute
#527628 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 154×⇩ - DianaHein519

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 Oboe
#527629 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 141×⇩ - DianaHein519

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 Clarinet (B♭)
#527630 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 134×⇩ - DianaHein519

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 Bassoon
#527632 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 130×⇩ - DianaHein519

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 Horn (F)
#527631 - 0.04MB, 2 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 132×⇩ - DianaHein519

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DianaHein519 (2018/6/12)

Arranger Howard Heller
Publisher. Info. Howard Heller
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For Piano (Sousa)

 Complete Score
#14780 - 0.16MB, 3 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 1788×⇩ - Peter

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Peter (2007/9/30)

Editor First edition (reprint)
Publisher. Info. Philadelphia: Harry Coleman, 1889.
Reprinted Sousa's Great Marches
New York: Dover Publications, 1975.
Copyright
Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes This file is from the MIT archive project.
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General Information

Work Title The Thunderer
Alternative. Title
Composer Sousa, John Philip
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No. IJS 92
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's 1 march
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp. 1889
First Publication. 1889
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period Romantic
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation wind band
InstrDetail
piccolo, flute, oboe, E♭ clarinet, 3 clarinets, alto clarinet (ad lib.), bass clarinet (ad lib.), 2 bassoons
2 alto saxophones (ad lib.), tenor saxophones (ad lib.), baritone saxophone (ad lib.)
4 horns, E♭ cornet (ad lib.), 4 cornets (1st also solo), 3 trombones, euphonium, tuba
bass drum, cymbals
External Links Wikipedia article
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