Brass Peacocks, by Centuries of Sound

Brass Peacocks

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of A Holiday Between The Wars: Christmas Records 1926-1938, Deep Magic From Before The Dawn of Time: Christmas Records 1902-1924, Halloween Between The Wars - 1927-1938, Hallowe’en Dance: Original Recordings 1902-1926, Brass Peacocks, The Westering, Russian Records 1901-1908 Volume Three "Already The Evening Enfolds The Distant Fields", Russian Records 1901-1908 Volume Two "Thou Brilliant Bird in the Forest", and 4 more. , and , .

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1.	Bohumir Kryl - Arbucklenian Polka (1903) 02:05	buy track
2.	Arthur Pryor with Sousa's Band - The Patriot (1901) 03:06	buy track
3.	Herbert L. Clarke And John Hazel - The Friendly Rivals (1905) 02:06	buy track
4.	Bohumir Kryl - Carnival Of Venice (1902) 01:58	buy track
5.	Sousa's Band - Trombone Sneeze (1902) 02:04	buy track
6.	Bohumir Kryl - Sweet Sixteen Waltz (1904) 02:02	buy track
7.	Leo A. Zimmerman & The Edison Concert Band - Leona Polka (1903) 02:10	buy track
8.	Columbia Orchestra - Sea Flower Polka (1897) 02:20	buy track
9.	Bohumir Kryl - King Carnival (1905) 02:12	buy track
10.	John Hazel & The Edison Military Band - Secret Polka (1903) 02:11	buy track
11.	Bohumir Kryl - Russian Fantasia (with Variations) (1902) 02:21	buy track
12.	John Hazel, Frank R. Seltzer And The Edison Military Band - Two Of Us (1904) 02:19	buy track
13.	Bohumir Kryl - Sing, Smile, Slumber (1906) 02:11	buy track
14.	Albert Bode & Columbia Band - Seashell Waltz (1903) 02:09	buy track
15.	Bohumir Kryl - National Fantasia (1903) 02:03	buy track
16.	Bohumir Kryl - Kryl's Favorite (1904) 01:59	buy track
17.	John C Martin - Arbucklenian Polka (1901) 02:28	buy track
18.	Sousa's Band with Arthur Pryor - Love Thoughts Waltz (1898) 03:15	buy track

about

John Philip Sousa’s world was a regimented one, as befitted a military band man, but when he left trombonist Arthur Pryor alone to record some “tinned music” he inadvertently created one of the most extravagant moments in turn-of-the-century music. Soon brass soloists of all varieties were competing to fill two minutes of wax with the most excessive collection of flourishes and sfx they could muster. By the late 1900s they had all apparently calmed down – but for a decade at least the peacocks were producing some of the most exciting music ever recorded.