Eagle Squadron

Kenneth J. Alford

Kenneth J Alford (ed. Gore)

General Info

Year: 1942
Duration: 3:12
Difficulty: IV Unknown (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Shattinger Music
Cost: Score and Parts - $35.00 |  Score Only - $7.00   

Instrumentation

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Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Like many of Alford's other marches, Eagle Squadron refers to a military unit. It also utilizes familiar excerpts, in this instance the Star Spangled Banner, the Royal Air Force, Dixie, and Rule Britannia.

-Program note by publisher

Alford, who has been called the British March King, wrote this march in 1942 to honor the World War II Eagle Squadron, a group of American pilots who joined the British RAF in 1940, before the U.S. entered the war. He held a number of musical posts during his distinguished career in the British Army and the Royal Marines. His best-known march is Colonel Bogey, which was used in the film Bridge on the River Kwai.

-Program Notes Wiki

Commercial Discography

• Audio CD: Band of H.M Royal Marines (Capt. J.R. Mason, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Recent Performances

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• United States Air Force Band (at San Luis Obispo, Calif.) (William V. Johnson, conductor) - 15 October 2012
• Little Mountain Brass Band (Jim Littleford, conductor) - 9 November 2008

Additional Works for Winds by this Composer

• Army of the Nile (1941)
• By Land and Sea (1941)
• Cavalry of the Clouds (1923)
• Colonel Bogey (1914)
• Dunedin (1928)
• Eagle Squadron (1942)
• Great Little Army, The (1916)
• HM Jollies (1929)
• Holyrood (1912)
• Mad Major, The (1921)
• Middy, The (1917)
• Old Panama (1929)
• On the Quarter Deck (1917)
• Standard of St George, The (1930)
• Thin Red Line, The (1908)
• Vanished Army, The (1918)
• Voice of the Guns, The (1917)

Additional Resources

• Alford, K.J. (1942) Eagle Squadron [score]. Boosey & Hawkes: London, England.