Im in 10th grade and my syphonic band is playing this right now....last year we got a superior award playing this song in a band competition...:) This song is awesome.. i play fhorn..
@82ravens The original was quite a bit slower. I believe that this is the version that was retitled 'thunder and Blazes," by some Canadian composer, and made popular in the circus. The original Fucik piece was for full orchestra if I'm not mistaken, and it was in C major.
Ways you know you're not dealing with official music sites:
1: The title is wrong, it's called "Thunder and Blazes" with "(Entry of the Gladiators)" beneath it. Not that bad of an error, though.
2: The composer is wrong, and I doubt Mr. Fucik would like to see that.
3: You have to type "circus march" in the search bar in order to see this video at the top, and this is the only one played up to speed that isn't a live recorded video.
@AngelofDeath000013 Actually Thunder and Blazers is an arrangement of Entrance of the Gladiators. Entrance of the Gladiators was composed in 1897 and Thunder and Blazers was arranged in 1910.
@MajorChoppage Really? Thanks, I did not know that, in my band class I played an arrangement called Thunder and Blazes that just said "by Julius Fucik" and had no arranger. Oh well, I'm sorry I accused the author of the video of getting it wrong.
Man I hated playing this march in high school, in fact I hated playing marches in general, only thing worse was endless repititions of Pomp and Circumstance
@ZXC5000 : It's actually pronounced FOZZ-shik, and it was indeed written by Julius Fucik. His original title for it was "Chromatic March", which makes perfect sense if you listen to it. Both the main and secondary themes are chromatic in nature. To be fair, Sousa made it famous, but he didn't write it.
The reason this one is by Sousa is because his band is playing this version. If you listen to Fucik's, it's incredibly different. Yes, Fucik wrote this song, but this version was changed up by Sousa, which is why he's the composer for THIS version.
@TheMojoToTheAce Sousa is not and never will be the composer of this song. He is the conductor/arranger. The composer is the person who originally wrote the song, period. No matter how much anyone modifies it (in this case, by picking up the tempo), if they started with the original then the origional composer gets credit. The arranger gets credit only for customizing the piece for his particular band, which is something that must be done for just about every performance.
The composition belongs to the one who originally COMPOSED the musical piece ... version, variation, extrapolation, bastardization - those all come AFTER the ORIGINAL VERSION! There can be no new composer of a completed work!
"The problem with putting anything on the Internet is that if you get a fact wrong, everyone and their mother will jump down your throat." - Bill Simmons.
Pero si esta canción no es de Sousa! jajaj coincido con los comentarios mejor puntuados. Esta es del Checo Julius Arnost Wilhelm Fučík xD que rallada jajaj
Julius Fucik is exactly right. His name is pronounced FOZ-chek. And as an aside, this tempo is way too fast. It's a gallop. The piece is a MARCH, not a gallop.
@saksophoneMAN they were both known composers of military marches, both had 'gladiator' entitled marches. before you accuse an entire country of pompous stupidity, remember that confusion due to the separation of cultures and generations is not so outlandish and also that fucik himself was probably very nationalist, having been involved in the military (and enthusiastically so, judging from his music) at a time when nationalist pride was at one of its pinnacles.
@stoopidryan8 chodzi mi o to że śmiesznym jest iż śmiejecie się z jego NORMALNEGO nazwiska "Fucik". I wydaję mi się że robią to jedynie głupi Amerykanie (gdzieś kiedyś pisano że zaokrąglono w waszych szkołach liczbę PI do 3, nie wiem czy to prawda ale tak was widzimy w Europie) którzy uważają się za najważniejszych na świecie. Odpowiadam po polsku bo niby dlaczego ja mam się umieć angielski? Jest ważniejszy? nie wydaje mi się... więc odpowiem w równorzędnym języku.
@saksophoneMAN i can't reply in your language, because i'm not fluent in it. not even slightly. i really would love to learn to speak and more languages, though. central european languages, especially, since their evolution is quite interesting. and also japanese. one that i'd really like to learn romanian, as i regard it to be one of the most over looked romance languages...at least where i live.
ok ok, you don't undarstand me. Polish is very hard lenguange.
lubię Cię bo wypowiadasz się dość inteligentnie jednak nie lubię głupich amerykanów którzy uważają się za centrum świata i odnoszących wszystko to swego przerośniętego ego. Pozdrowienia z Polski :)
I like you I say a quite intelligent but I do not like stupid Americans who consider themselves the center of the world and all its related hypertrophic ego. Greetings from Polish:)
@saksophoneMAN I am an American of Polish origin, I know that Polski is difficult, but stop bashing America, you would still be worshipping "Marx and his prophet Lenin" if it wasn't for our efforts....
Dzhen Dobry from Alabama...Dale Vincentovick Mazur
@vonmazur1 America liberated Europe. But for example the UK and France have not taken any military action against Germany despite the fact that we signed with them a guarantee of immediate military aid. I ended up a meaningless declaration of war and the seat of the Maginot Line. At that time, warsaw burned. Western allies thanks to you!
Polish is the most difficult languages for Europe, right behind it and probably the only Hungarian Icelandic. I do not know Romanian but since it is a beautiful saying that it's probably you're right and I will try to find beauty in it. I know that Russian is very interesting because it does not have an official accent.
@saksophoneMAN English is very interesting for me because the spelling terribly different from the pronunciation, sometimes it seems to me that this is a bit ridiculous. On the other hand, it is communicative and simple, has no inflection, etc.
Isn't this what they play at Florida State University football games, or is that Send in the Clowns? I get confused when a whole team of Ronald McDonalds are running around on a sideline and their entire fanbase is either covered in glitter or dressed like Bozo.
I know that the purists will disagree with me, but I love this march played at a nice fast tempo - especially by a band that can pull it off so crisply.
IDIOTS, I think when he states Sousa, he means that the New Sousa Band played it. Especially considering that he has several videos with this same "mistake" people call. As well as some of these marches that aren't by Sousa are taken at much higher tempos that needed, suggesting that the New Sousa Band would have done that.
are you serious? get your facts straight; this was composed by Julius Fucik. i know it sounds like a Sousa march, but anyone who hasn't been lobotomized knows that they should do some research before they put humiliating crap on the internet.
"Eizug Der Gladiatoren" by Julius Fucik, renowned Czech composer, also known for Florentiner Marsch. Circus bands adopted this piece and dubbed it "Thunder and Blazes" when played at circus tempo. ca 160 bpm.
I think the name of this piece is actually "Entrance of the Gladiators" but I've seen it both ways....Thunder and Blazes too.....I do know the trombone players get a workout, particularly at this tempo.
Sousa did not compose this and NEVER made any recordings. His band did make recordings without him conduction. Sousa did not believe in recording music. This is written by the great Czech composer JULIUS FUCIK (FOO-chick) about 1899. The other great Czech march king was Frantisek Kmoch.
I believe this march was speeded up and used by circus bands such as the Ringling Bros., Barnum and Bailey musicians. Merle Evans who played in a circus band would play it at this tempo. It's a shame that a lot of people only think of the circus when they hear this tune. It's quite good, completely aside from it's reputation as "circus music"
These posts are probably all listed as J P Sousa because they come from a list of music repertoire used by the Marine Corps Band that Sousa lead for many years. Sousa's style, arrangements, composed music, and list of songs is still today the repertoire of this band. Its not American Military Music without the seal of approval of Sousa. He was and is American Military Music . When Glen Miller played a tune by Ellington it was still Glen Miller. The credit goes to the band not the composer.
Entrance of the Gladiators" or "Entry of the Gladiators" (Czech: Vjezd gladiátorů, German: Einzug der Gladiatoren) is a military march composed in 1897 by the Czech composer Julius Fučík. He originally titled it "Grande Marche Chromatique," reflecting the use of chromatic scales throughout the piece, but changed the title based on his personal interest in the Roman Empire.
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This is called Thunder and Blazes in the United States and played a much quicker tempo. It was composed by the Czech military band composer Julius Fucik but was performed mainly by circus bamds.
Finally found this song OHMYGOD
BOOMDIGIDYable 18 hours ago
Who is playing?
23024305 1 week ago
Julius Fucik! not Sousa. fix. Sousa is awesome. .. this is too! Yes- I'm a tuba player. :-D
ashtabula4wd 1 month ago
@ashtabula4wd This version was arranged by Sousa. We're playing it this year for symphonic band. c:
SwRRt3 1 month ago
Im in 10th grade and my syphonic band is playing this right now....last year we got a superior award playing this song in a band competition...:) This song is awesome.. i play fhorn..
ThOmAsSs55 1 month ago
Bit fast aint it?
Bandsman10 1 month ago
yea its julius fucik not sousa
TheOldiesforyou 2 months ago
Julius Fučík composed it, not Sousa!
kaluahmon 2 months ago
How in the hell do they do the fingerings for this?!? Its mind blowingly fast!
82ravens 2 months ago
@82ravens The original was quite a bit slower. I believe that this is the version that was retitled 'thunder and Blazes," by some Canadian composer, and made popular in the circus. The original Fucik piece was for full orchestra if I'm not mistaken, and it was in C major.
LouisvilleTorn8o 1 month ago
Ways you know you're not dealing with official music sites:
1: The title is wrong, it's called "Thunder and Blazes" with "(Entry of the Gladiators)" beneath it. Not that bad of an error, though.
2: The composer is wrong, and I doubt Mr. Fucik would like to see that.
3: You have to type "circus march" in the search bar in order to see this video at the top, and this is the only one played up to speed that isn't a live recorded video.
AngelofDeath000013 3 months ago
@AngelofDeath000013 Actually Thunder and Blazers is an arrangement of Entrance of the Gladiators. Entrance of the Gladiators was composed in 1897 and Thunder and Blazers was arranged in 1910.
MajorChoppage 3 months ago
@MajorChoppage Really? Thanks, I did not know that, in my band class I played an arrangement called Thunder and Blazes that just said "by Julius Fucik" and had no arranger. Oh well, I'm sorry I accused the author of the video of getting it wrong.
AngelofDeath000013 3 months ago
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The man's name is Julius Fucik.............foo chick
FlierFrank172 3 months ago
I play this in quartet arrangment for clarinet. Love it.
themainsqueeze21 4 months ago
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jackielantern6 4 months ago
I played Euphonium in HS .. love the articulation here ... great band and great piece! .. Grrrrr .. where's the ending?!?!?
glasscandyco 4 months ago
cs188 Brought me here
TheBanditSteve 4 months ago
Man I hated playing this march in high school, in fact I hated playing marches in general, only thing worse was endless repititions of Pomp and Circumstance
Diarmid63 4 months ago
I thought Fucik was pronounced "fewshk"
ZXC5000 4 months ago
@ZXC5000 : It's actually pronounced FOZZ-shik, and it was indeed written by Julius Fucik. His original title for it was "Chromatic March", which makes perfect sense if you listen to it. Both the main and secondary themes are chromatic in nature. To be fair, Sousa made it famous, but he didn't write it.
MelosAntropon 3 months ago
It's not even Sousa, but there you go. Zzahier shitskin knows best.
89murph 4 months ago
This Fucik's music!
mmaybrown 5 months ago
Blocked. U mad?
andyrew21397 5 months ago 5
Listen to those Low Brass runs! Coming from a tuba player that is AWESOME.
tubamatt3 5 months ago 2
'this march is not written by Sousa, Fucik wrote it!!!
ramonnie007 5 months ago
26 people don't like elephants, high fliers, dancing girls and of course, clowns.
therealjoebloggs 6 months ago
His last name is pronounced Few-Chick
mikeok1234 6 months ago
speeded up, eh.
Sactreats 6 months ago
is this a quickstep because it sounds like a take-off
tptman001 7 months ago
26 people missed out on the greatest show on earth!
ghosthost100 7 months ago 12
besides the obvious point that this is NOT by Sousa, do you per chance have a recording of "Flanders"?
BulKorCal 8 months ago
Not all good marches were written by Sousa. This was Fucik. Bitch of a tuba part and I feel sorry for the trombones!
annepfeil08 9 months ago
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jewboy11505 8 months ago
Sousa? Fucik No!
heehee
23 dislikes?! Those people can go Fucik off!
octavebasse8 9 months ago
i feel like i got rick rolled, except more classically
th3asianator 9 months ago
i feel like i got rick rolled, except more classily
th3asianator 9 months ago
The reason this one is by Sousa is because his band is playing this version. If you listen to Fucik's, it's incredibly different. Yes, Fucik wrote this song, but this version was changed up by Sousa, which is why he's the composer for THIS version.
TheMojoToTheAce 9 months ago
@TheMojoToTheAce Sousa is not and never will be the composer of this song. He is the conductor/arranger. The composer is the person who originally wrote the song, period. No matter how much anyone modifies it (in this case, by picking up the tempo), if they started with the original then the origional composer gets credit. The arranger gets credit only for customizing the piece for his particular band, which is something that must be done for just about every performance.
parrotlander 9 months ago
@TheMojoToTheAce Uhhhh - WTF?!?
The composition belongs to the one who originally COMPOSED the musical piece ... version, variation, extrapolation, bastardization - those all come AFTER the ORIGINAL VERSION! There can be no new composer of a completed work!
kabalahman 8 months ago
did they play this when "marching" away from the enemey
tptman001 9 months ago
Something's not right with the title...hmm...I'll figure it out eventually...
BTW who do you think you're fooling? How is this John Phillip Sousa?
jacksparrow20111 10 months ago
Also known as "Peanuts & Popcorn"
TheGhoulardi 10 months ago
LET's give Sousa credit for everything!!! EVERYTHING! hehe...I like Sousa..but geez...
blkjock81 10 months ago
imagine this song with a sex scene
sandree7 10 months ago
Flagged for misleading text.
burr1aj 10 months ago
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCIK
picaticatara 10 months ago
"The problem with putting anything on the Internet is that if you get a fact wrong, everyone and their mother will jump down your throat." - Bill Simmons.
That said, RESEARCH. You should do it. Dümmkopf.
SimuLord 11 months ago
@SimuLord Dummkopf, it doesn't have a ¨ on the u.
F14Lolcat 10 months ago
Fred Fhucks has nothing on Julius Fucik
funkygamecritic 11 months ago
Either this is a recording played at the wrong speed or the US military have a light infantry unit to do a qiockmarch to this because it's too fast!
cosycleaner 1 year ago
@cosycleaner
Well it is in cut time...
agentgfh 11 months ago
Sousa sounds pitiful comparing to Chernetsky
Haritonov46 1 year ago
NOOOO! Not Sousa! JULIUS FUCIK is composers! is ceh composers!
lastdoners 1 year ago
Pero si esta canción no es de Sousa! jajaj coincido con los comentarios mejor puntuados. Esta es del Checo Julius Arnost Wilhelm Fučík xD que rallada jajaj
CarlosTrompetista 1 year ago
Julius Fucik is exactly right. His name is pronounced FOZ-chek. And as an aside, this tempo is way too fast. It's a gallop. The piece is a MARCH, not a gallop.
MelosAntropon 1 year ago
Dude, Sousa didn't write this! Julius Fucik. Funny last name, true. But still he wrote this, NOT SOUSA!
JamesTJoplin 1 year ago
JULIUS FUCIK (C-No"K") to normalne nazwisko w Czechach...
stupid americans thinking they are the most important in the world...
European settlement
saksophoneMAN 1 year ago
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stoopidryan8 1 year ago
@saksophoneMAN they were both known composers of military marches, both had 'gladiator' entitled marches. before you accuse an entire country of pompous stupidity, remember that confusion due to the separation of cultures and generations is not so outlandish and also that fucik himself was probably very nationalist, having been involved in the military (and enthusiastically so, judging from his music) at a time when nationalist pride was at one of its pinnacles.
stoopidryan8 1 year ago
@stoopidryan8 chodzi mi o to że śmiesznym jest iż śmiejecie się z jego NORMALNEGO nazwiska "Fucik". I wydaję mi się że robią to jedynie głupi Amerykanie (gdzieś kiedyś pisano że zaokrąglono w waszych szkołach liczbę PI do 3, nie wiem czy to prawda ale tak was widzimy w Europie) którzy uważają się za najważniejszych na świecie. Odpowiadam po polsku bo niby dlaczego ja mam się umieć angielski? Jest ważniejszy? nie wydaje mi się... więc odpowiem w równorzędnym języku.
saksophoneMAN 1 year ago
@saksophoneMAN i can't reply in your language, because i'm not fluent in it. not even slightly. i really would love to learn to speak and more languages, though. central european languages, especially, since their evolution is quite interesting. and also japanese. one that i'd really like to learn romanian, as i regard it to be one of the most over looked romance languages...at least where i live.
stoopidryan8 1 year ago
@stoopidryan8
ok ok, you don't undarstand me. Polish is very hard lenguange.
lubię Cię bo wypowiadasz się dość inteligentnie jednak nie lubię głupich amerykanów którzy uważają się za centrum świata i odnoszących wszystko to swego przerośniętego ego. Pozdrowienia z Polski :)
I like you I say a quite intelligent but I do not like stupid Americans who consider themselves the center of the world and all its related hypertrophic ego. Greetings from Polish:)
saksophoneMAN 1 year ago
@saksophoneMAN I am an American of Polish origin, I know that Polski is difficult, but stop bashing America, you would still be worshipping "Marx and his prophet Lenin" if it wasn't for our efforts....
Dzhen Dobry from Alabama...Dale Vincentovick Mazur
vonmazur1 1 year ago
@vonmazur1 America liberated Europe. But for example the UK and France have not taken any military action against Germany despite the fact that we signed with them a guarantee of immediate military aid. I ended up a meaningless declaration of war and the seat of the Maginot Line. At that time, warsaw burned. Western allies thanks to you!
saksophoneMAN 1 year ago
oh yeah america liberated europe , and thanks europe , america its a nation dont forget this .
TheFUNNYPRINCE 11 months ago
@stoopidryan8
Polish is the most difficult languages for Europe, right behind it and probably the only Hungarian Icelandic. I do not know Romanian but since it is a beautiful saying that it's probably you're right and I will try to find beauty in it. I know that Russian is very interesting because it does not have an official accent.
saksophoneMAN 1 year ago
@saksophoneMAN English is very interesting for me because the spelling terribly different from the pronunciation, sometimes it seems to me that this is a bit ridiculous. On the other hand, it is communicative and simple, has no inflection, etc.
saksophoneMAN 1 year ago
I naprawdę nie wiem o co Ci chodzi, mamy was po prostu za idiotów, a naśmiewanie się z jakiegokolwiek obcobrzmiącego nazwiska to potwierdza.
saksophoneMAN 1 year ago
This is carnival music. LOLOLOLOL
wulfshelmut01 1 year ago
i know really get the composer right!!!!!! Julius Fucik!!!!!
mastermusic99 1 year ago
Whats with the songs with the wrong composers and the fast tempos?? -__-
Scaltt 1 year ago
Isn't this what they play at Florida State University football games, or is that Send in the Clowns? I get confused when a whole team of Ronald McDonalds are running around on a sideline and their entire fanbase is either covered in glitter or dressed like Bozo.
jkutyna 1 year ago
Julius Fuck?
Anon7771 1 year ago
JULIUS FUCKIT!!!
RockandRolRadio3 1 year ago
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Just because it's a march doesn't make it ALWAYS a Sousa!!!!
STMSKMC 1 year ago
Just because it's a march doesn't make it ALWAYS a Sousa!!!!
STMSKMC 1 year ago
FUCIK!!!!!!!!!!!!
eduardoechaniz 1 year ago
I know that the purists will disagree with me, but I love this march played at a nice fast tempo - especially by a band that can pull it off so crisply.
AndAwaySheFlew 1 year ago
that guy zzahier he says all good marches are by Sousa - but by gosh he does post marches!
rmorecook 1 year ago
Bellissima, ritmata, armoniosa, intensa...!!! :-)
Franky1969TI 1 year ago
IDIOTS, I think when he states Sousa, he means that the New Sousa Band played it. Especially considering that he has several videos with this same "mistake" people call. As well as some of these marches that aren't by Sousa are taken at much higher tempos that needed, suggesting that the New Sousa Band would have done that.
MrGguy 1 year ago
Righty-o on the Julius Fucik, bless his heart. It does, however, suggest Sousa at the 1:06 mark where it drops to pianissimo.
mindells1 1 year ago
Please change the composers name in your headline. it is misleading and wrong. thank you
janab71 1 year ago
This sounds like carnival music... NOT a military march.
exeggcuter 1 year ago
are you serious? get your facts straight; this was composed by Julius Fucik. i know it sounds like a Sousa march, but anyone who hasn't been lobotomized knows that they should do some research before they put humiliating crap on the internet.
samthman21 1 year ago
the arcade fire :)
SamuelDebruyn 1 year ago 3
God fucking damn why does no one have the entire thing?
ThirdCultureKidTCK 1 year ago
This march was not written by Sousa it was written by Julius Fucik a famous Czech bandmaster
accordionman1950 1 year ago 2
Hey, where are the gladiators? Ha ha.
vigo894 1 year ago
"Eizug Der Gladiatoren" by Julius Fucik, renowned Czech composer, also known for Florentiner Marsch. Circus bands adopted this piece and dubbed it "Thunder and Blazes" when played at circus tempo. ca 160 bpm.
jpeanrkode 1 year ago 2
FUCIK
sandree7 1 year ago 2
The tempo is set to the speed of an old b/w talkie shown at the turn of the century. I can't imagine marching that fast. You better be good!
agbz 1 year ago
NOT SOUSA
ozzi94 1 year ago
I'd like to see you march to that tempo... oh, and it's Fucik, not Sousa
ZuperZeize 1 year ago
What group is this? They're GOOD!
The Marine Band?
Once upon a time Scotland Yard had one heck of a band, but I haven't heard it in 30 years....
TheLushie 1 year ago
For Fucik's sake! This doesnt even sound like sousa!
Might as well be Ice Ice baby!
Mullahgrrl 1 year ago
I think the name of this piece is actually "Entrance of the Gladiators" but I've seen it both ways....Thunder and Blazes too.....I do know the trombone players get a workout, particularly at this tempo.
SpeedyNeutrino43 1 year ago
I think the name of this piece is actually "Entrance of the Gladiators" but I've seen it both ways.
SpeedyNeutrino43 1 year ago
this is Sousa's arrangement, though not his composition.
hardinmichael1981 1 year ago
Great though J.P. Sousa is, we can't attribute Entry of the Gladiators to him, but to Julius Fucik.
Myles0Harcourt 1 year ago
You forgot:
John Phillip Sousa - The Blue Danube
John Phillip Sousa - 5th Symphony
...
Meedeast 1 year ago
@Meedeast You left out "Hora Staccato"
SpeedyNeutrino43 1 year ago
@Meedeast
And John Philip Sousa - Alte Kameraden
John Philip Sousa - Pictures at an Exhibition
ozzi94 1 year ago
Sousa did not compose this and NEVER made any recordings. His band did make recordings without him conduction. Sousa did not believe in recording music. This is written by the great Czech composer JULIUS FUCIK (FOO-chick) about 1899. The other great Czech march king was Frantisek Kmoch.
kukral 1 year ago 2
This was composed by Czech composer JULIUS FUCIK about 1899. It was not by Sousa. Please correct.
kukral 1 year ago
It is titled the way it is because is was conducted by John Philip Sousa.
mwilkie91 1 year ago
@mwilkie91 fucik you sousa is dead in 1932
tommy9882 1 year ago
@tommy9882 it was composed in 1897
mwilkie91 1 year ago
@mwilkie91 the fucik face said sousa is the conductor here
tommy9882 1 year ago
Fatser! Faster!
Rape that song, rape it hard...
Fleauxe 1 year ago 2
I believe this march was speeded up and used by circus bands such as the Ringling Bros., Barnum and Bailey musicians. Merle Evans who played in a circus band would play it at this tempo. It's a shame that a lot of people only think of the circus when they hear this tune. It's quite good, completely aside from it's reputation as "circus music"
SpeedyNeutrino43 1 year ago 6
Way too fast tempo! Way above even "concert" tempo. In the video 0pGqHCSh0pA you'll find it played in correct tempo from about 2:10.
Swedbander 2 years ago
This tempo seems too fast, at least to me. This band seems to be playing it as a circus march...I doubt Mr. Fucik intended this.
SpeedyNeutrino43 2 years ago
These posts are probably all listed as J P Sousa because they come from a list of music repertoire used by the Marine Corps Band that Sousa lead for many years. Sousa's style, arrangements, composed music, and list of songs is still today the repertoire of this band. Its not American Military Music without the seal of approval of Sousa. He was and is American Military Music . When Glen Miller played a tune by Ellington it was still Glen Miller. The credit goes to the band not the composer.
StanierBlack5LMS 2 years ago
Julius Fucik maybe????
pinokio0987654321 2 years ago
Entrance of the Gladiators" or "Entry of the Gladiators" (Czech: Vjezd gladiátorů, German: Einzug der Gladiatoren) is a military march composed in 1897 by the Czech composer Julius Fučík. He originally titled it "Grande Marche Chromatique," reflecting the use of chromatic scales throughout the piece, but changed the title based on his personal interest in the Roman Empire.
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chkjns 2 years ago
Julius Fucik not John Phillip Sousa
danielmkubacki 2 years ago 4
@danielmkubacki lol Julius Fucik.
Willredd94 7 months ago
@Willredd94 How Sad. . .
Jorge7171CP 5 months ago
@danielmkubacki this is kind of different to the Fucik version.
Hirotoro4692 7 months ago
dude come on get your facts straight you got all sorts of marches under sousa's name that are not written by him?!?
AlfredoVazquez12 2 years ago 2
For God's sake! The composers name is JULIUS FUCIK !!!!!!!!!
waldteufel78 2 years ago 93
@waldteufel78 RIGHT!
PrivateEccles 1 year ago
@waldteufel78 RIGHT! Private Eccles
PrivateEccles 1 year ago
@waldteufel78 RIGHT! Private Eccles
PrivateEccles 1 year ago
@waldteufel78 agree, FUCIK MADE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!
scoobydoorocks10 1 year ago
@waldteufel78 Oh fucik it! What an unfortunate name........ :D
octavebasse8 7 months ago
This makes as much sense as a banana riding a tricycle!
PunkMetalBassMaster 2 years ago
now thats something i would pay to see!!
danielwills93 2 years ago
Julius Fucik was Czechoslovakian who spent most of his life directing military bands. His name is "Foo chik"
SpeedyNeutrino43 2 years ago 4
I heard Pasadena Jr College band play this during the Rose Parade one year. I was suitably impressed.
k0smon 2 years ago
Einzug der Gladiatoren
jpeanrkode 2 years ago
Sousa?! hahaa lol NO!
Julius Fucik!
ozzi94 2 years ago 47
@ozzi94 This is not written by Sousa, but this is his compilation of Julius Fucik's song.
Willredd94 1 year ago
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@ozzi94 RIGHT! Private Eccles
PrivateEccles 1 year ago
Sousa? Really? Fail.
cliffkram 2 years ago 4
This was composed by Julius Fucik, not Sousa.
DavidDavingstonshire 2 years ago 4
If I'm not mistaken the name of this piece is Entrance of the Gladiators, not entry.
SpeedyNeutrino43 2 years ago
correct.
originally titled: Grande March chromatique.
McTomson 2 years ago
Marche, of course
McTomson 2 years ago
This is not Sousa! However, it's a great march and a staple of circuses all over the world.
rbtmdl 2 years ago
Julius Fucik not Sousa
Stutznez 3 years ago 2
This is called Thunder and Blazes in the United States and played a much quicker tempo. It was composed by the Czech military band composer Julius Fucik but was performed mainly by circus bamds.
igorpdx 2 years ago
)) aha
Stutznez 2 years ago
Orchestra Version is Entry of the Gladiators
Band Version is Thunder and Blazes
slexx0r 2 years ago 4
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Stutznez 3 years ago