| Marketing Copy | Victor Herbert (1859-1924) was a German composer who emigrated to the United States where he became a well-known composer of light music and operettas and, along with John Philip Sousa, was one of the founders of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). One of the many "hits" from Victor Herbert's operettas which are still well-known today is the "March of the Toys" from 1903's "Babes in Toyland". In this charming work, Herbert's gift for melody meets with his experience as a military band conductor to inspire a delightful concert work which effectively blend the "march miniature" style utilized by Tchaikovsky and others with the "grand march" style heard in the operas of Verdi and Wagner. Herbert Clarke's masterful setting for the Sousa Band allows audiences to experience a work which is a perennial holiday classic, in an arrangement which brings band performers in touch with some of the greatest names from the golden age of the American concert band. R. Mark Rogers edition of the "March of the Toys", the first to present Herbert L. Clarke's arrangement in full score with complete instrumentation, gives modern conductors and educators the means to secure the place of this item in the repertory for generations to come. |
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