When you think of a march, you may think of John Philip Sousa -- and rightly so. But the march, like every other genre of music, can take on dramatically various characters, depending on the time period it was written and the particular composer. Think about how different a march by Mozart or Beethoven may be than a 20th century composer like Shostakovich or Stravinsky! We'll listen to some very interesting examples of marches and talk about what makes each so unique.
