Chicago Tribune March

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2023}} {{Short description|American march by William Paris Chambers}} {{Infobox musical composition | name = Chicago Tribune March | image = "Chicago Tribune March" by William Paris Chambers.jpg | caption = Piano arrangement of the march 1893. | year = 1892 | dedication = Named after the ''Chicago Tribune'' newspaper | published = 1892 in Glen Rock, PA | publisher = R.F. Seitz | misc = {{Audio sample | type = song | file = The Chicago Tribune - Concert Band - United States Air Force Band of the Rockies.mp3 | description = The U.S. Air Force Band of the Rockies performing the march in 1998.}} }} '''"Chicago Tribune March"''' is an American march by William Paris Chambers, composed in 1892 and published by R. F. Seitz the same year.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Chambers |first=William Paris |title=Chicago Tribune: Study score |date=2013 |url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.music.ismn.50466/default.html |work=U.S. ISMN Public Archive |editor-last=Sargeant Jr. |editor-first=Richard W. |access-date=2023-03-28 |edition=Newly engraved urtext. |place=Edwardsville, IL |publisher=Serenissima Music, Inc}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Chicago Tribune – BandMusic PDF Library |url=https://bandmusicpdf.org/chicagotribune/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |language=en-US}}</ref> The march was written for the ''Chicago Tribune'' newspaper and was first performed in September 1892 during "Music Day" at the Illinois State Fair.<ref name=":0" />

== History == Paris wrote the march in 1892 "for the iconic Chicago newspaper company," and it was first performed at "Music Day" at the Illinois State Fair in Peoria on Friday, September 30, 1892.<ref name=":0" /> The march was published in 1892 by R. F. Seitz,<ref name=":2" /> and an arrangement for piano was published in 1893;<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Chambers |first=William |date=January 1, 1893 |title=Chicago Tribune March |url=https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/cht-sheet-music/542 |journal=Sheet Music Collection}}</ref> the march has been described as Chambers' "most popular march," a "distinctive" piece with "skillful interplay between melody and countermelody," along with "brilliant running woodwind parts."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chicago Tribune by W. Paris Chambers{{!}} J.W. Pepper Sheet Music |url=https://www.jwpepper.com/Chicago-Tribune/10394208.item#.ZCN0BBXMKWA |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=www.jwpepper.com}}</ref>

The ''Chicago Tribune'' newspaper reported on music day at the state fair, describing how four of the best bands in Illinois, in addition to a chorus of 100, were participating.<ref name=":0" /> The four bands entered an arena for the first event of the day, a "March of the Nations," with "music, 'soldiery' and colors representing France, Germany, Great Britain and the United States."<ref name=":0" /> The bands then performed "America" with a chorus accompaniment, with "all four bands and chorus" joining "together in unison to perform the last stanza."<ref name=":0" /> After this, all "four bands then formed again" in front of the grandstand and made the first performance of "Chicago Tribune March" to "great applause."<ref name=":0" />

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Category:American military marches Category:Concert band pieces