The Stars and Stripes Forever - Piccolo solo evolution

Attention! Sheet music images do not always match solo recordings
Recordings:
1. Stars and Stripes Forever, Military March, Sousa’s Band, John Philip Sousa, Victor 306, c. 1901
2. The Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa-1909 Edison Recording
3. (1926) Stars and Stripes forever - Sousa's Band
4. The Stars and Stripes Forever (1929, Sousa Conducting and Speaking!)
5. SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever - The President's Own U.S. Marine Band - Tour 2018

[@thepiper75]

Recordings:
1. Stars and Stripes Forever, Military March, Sousa’s Band, John Philip Sousa, Victor 306, c. 1901
2. The Stars and Stripes Forever John Philip Sousa-1909 Edison Recording
3. (1926) Stars and Stripes forever - Sousa's Band
4. The Stars and Stripes Forever (1929, Sousa Conducting and Speaking!)
5. SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever - The President's Own U.S. Marine Band - Tour 2018

[@LeftofWestSdeDavid]

Wonderful

[@user-yg4og8hj2j]

Jeez the second recording's piccolo player was so off beat

[@arisgrandadventure1978]

Oboe solo*

[@ceoltoirgaolach5277]

@@arisgrandadventure1978 The first oboe player of the band was the copyist.

[@thepiper75]

Right! @@ceoltoirgaolach5277

[@asharpnotbflat]

Thanks for this, as a Sousa fan I find it interesting!

[@jakobbruhspenning]

this is exactly the kind of hyperobsessivity our world needs! Every change of solo or instrumentation should be noted when giving a performance of a piece. I am still searching for the sorcerer's apprentice with sarrusophone instead of the dreadful contrabassoon

[@Star-Spangled_Banner]

Didn't here the difference exactly( I talk about the notes