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Hands Across the Sea is a military
Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....
 march composed
Musical composition

Musical composition is:* an original piece of music* the musical form of a musical piece* the process of creating a new piece of music...
 in 1899 by John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa

John Philip Sousa was an United States composer and Conducting of the late Romanticism known particularly for American march music. Because of his mastery of march composition and resultant prominence, he is known as "The March King"....
. Sousa told interviewers that the following phrase inspired him to compose the march:

"A sudden thought strikes me; let us swear eternal friendship"

The march was dedicated to all of America's allied countries abroad and the Highty-Tighties
Highty-Tighties

The Virginia Tech Regimental Band, also known as the Highty Tighties, VPI Cadet Band, or Band Company, is a military marching band and unit in the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University....
, the Regimental Band of the Virginia Tech Cadet Corps
Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets

The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets is the military component of the student body at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Cadets live together in dormitories, march to meals in formation, wear a distinctive uniform on campus, and receive an intensive military and leadership educational experience similar to that available at th...
. It is written in cut time and follows the standard march form (IAABBCCDCDC).






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Hands Across the Sea is a military
Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....
 march composed
Musical composition

Musical composition is:* an original piece of music* the musical form of a musical piece* the process of creating a new piece of music...
 in 1899 by John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa

John Philip Sousa was an United States composer and Conducting of the late Romanticism known particularly for American march music. Because of his mastery of march composition and resultant prominence, he is known as "The March King"....
. Sousa told interviewers that the following phrase inspired him to compose the march:

"A sudden thought strikes me; let us swear eternal friendship"

The march was dedicated to all of America's allied countries abroad and the Highty-Tighties
Highty-Tighties

The Virginia Tech Regimental Band, also known as the Highty Tighties, VPI Cadet Band, or Band Company, is a military marching band and unit in the Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University....
, the Regimental Band of the Virginia Tech Cadet Corps
Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets

The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets is the military component of the student body at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Cadets live together in dormitories, march to meals in formation, wear a distinctive uniform on campus, and receive an intensive military and leadership educational experience similar to that available at th...
. It is written in cut time and follows the standard march form (IAABBCCDCDC). It begins in the key of F major and ends in B-flat major. The third (C) section, or trio
Trio (music)

Trio is generally used in any of the following ways:*Three musicians playing the same or different musical instrument.*The performance of a song by three people....
, features a memorable and lyrical melody that is repeated and layered with a piccolo
Piccolo

The piccolo is a small flute. The piccolo has the same fingerings as its larger component, the flute, but the sound it produces is an octave higher than written....
 obbligato
Obbligato

In european classical music obbligato usually describes a musical line that is in some way indispensable in performance. Its opposite is the marking ad libitum....
 and finally a low brass
Brass instrument

A brass instrument is a musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibration of the lips as the player blows into a tubular resonator. They are also called labrosones, literally meaning "lip-vibrated instruments" ....
 counter-melody
Counter-melody

In music, counter-melody is a sequence of notes, perceived as a melody, written to be played simultaneously with a more prominent melody.Typically a counter-melody performs a subordinate role, and is heard in a musical texture consisting of a melody plus accompaniment....
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Hands Across the Sea remains as one of Sousa's more popular marches, and is still performed widely by bands.

This march is considered among the most popular of all marches due to the catchy tune in the trio. The piccolo part is quite important in the third playing of the trio.

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    Dallas Wind Symphony

    The Dallas Wind Symphony is a professional concert band based in Dallas, Texas, Texas .The DWS was founded in 1985 by Kim Campbell and Southern Methodist University music professor Howard Dunn....