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Funeral March for Abraham Lincoln J.G. Barnard 1865

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  • čas přidán 18. 02. 2015
  • This funeral march written by John Gross Barnard was performed by the United States Marine Band during the funeral procession from the Executive Mansion to the Capitol for Abraham Lincoln on April 19, 1865. Arranged by Jari Villanueva for Wind Band.
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    April 19, 1865 was a warm cloudless day in Washington DC as the funeral of Abraham Lincoln took place in the East Room of the Executive Mansion. This was to be the third of sad services held there since the beginning of the Lincoln administration. The first, in 1861, memorialized 24-year-old Colonel Elmer Ellsworth, a friend of the family who was killed at the beginning of the war in Alexandria, Virginia. The second, in 1862, was a particularly heart-breaking service for the president's 11-year-old son Willie.
    At noon 600 specially invited guests were present for the service and listened to Dr. Phineas D. Gurley, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church, deliver the sermon.
    “He is dead; but the memory of his virtues, of his wise and patriotic counsels and labors, of his calm and steady faith in God lives, is precious, and will be a power for good in the country quite down to the end of time.”
    Following the service twelve Veteran Reserve sergeants carried the casket to the waiting horse drawn hearse that would bear the remains to the US Capitol.
    It was to be the largest, most elaborate, procession ever held in Washington with military units, bands, clergy, congressional delegations, state officials, generals, and civilian mourners all moving to the slow steady pace of the funeral dirge. Indeed, many would recall the sound of the muffled drums heard that day for years. Thousands who had been waiting since dawn lined the Pennsylvania Avenue and watched from seats in buildings.
    It is interesting to note that the scale of the procession would be almost equaled almost a century later when the remains of President John F. Kennedy were borne up the same avenue. Jacqueline Kennedy had requested the same type of funeral for her husband as had been held for the 16th president. We can all remember the sights and sounds that day in November, 1963
    The procession started from the Executive Mansion at 2 pm and proceeded up Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol amidst the tolling of bells and the firing of minute-guns.
    Among the military units was the US Marine Band playing a funeral march written for the occasion by John Gross Barnard, a general who served as Chief Engineer of the Department of Washington from 1861 to 1864, and as Chief Engineer of the armies in the field from 1864 to 1865. He was a distinguished scientist, engineer, mathematician, historian, author and musician.
    The march is titled:
    “Funeral March in Memory of the Abraham Lincoln: Played at the Obsequies of the President of the United States by the US Marine Band.”
    The funeral march follows the standard format of dirges of the time (most notable are Webster’s Funeral March, Chopin’s Funeral March and March in Saul by Handel) written in minor keys (considered somber) and divided into eight measure phrases which makes it easy for the funeral cadence to be played underneath. This funeral march, like most written during this time, has a transition to a major key (happier sounding). This march goes to the relative major (D minor to D major) key.
    Since no parts are extant from the US Band, I was asked to score the march for a modern symphonic band. I hoped to capture the somber drum beat and employed a chime to replicate the bells that tolled along the funeral route.
    The procession arrived at the east side Capitol at 3 pm and the casket was taken up the steps into the Rotunda where Lincoln would lie in State until the early morning of the 21st when he would begin the long journey home by train.
    “Bear him gently home”

Komentáře • 64

  • @thephenom4002
    @thephenom4002 Před 4 lety +13

    He's truly one of the most influential humans that has walked this Earth in my opinion

  • @BOK602
    @BOK602 Před 8 lety +17

    As my college music director might have said, "What a gorgeous hunk of music!"
    Dark, somber, stately and - above all else - dignified. The emotion comes through powerfully without being maudlin or sentimental. There is a tremendous sense of the scale and magnitude of the event, balanced with a deep feeling of loss, making the whole piece a sort of musical encapsulation of the funeral itself.
    I especially like the musical effect in the coupling of the orchestra with the chimes; it really drives home the impact without being theatrical and comes across as "just right." My compliments to the arranger for such a brilliant touch.

  • @amyntut
    @amyntut Před 4 lety +19

    Very somber and fitting for such a terrible loss. The effects of which are felt even today.

  • @sousafan100
    @sousafan100 Před 9 lety +21

    a fitting tribute to a great man - thanks tb

  • @daddystabz
    @daddystabz Před 3 lety +3

    My family and I visited his tomb just 2 days ago. He belongs to the ages now. RIP.

  • @davidtaylor328
    @davidtaylor328 Před 3 lety +2

    Finally - A Tribute to a Wonderful & Amazing Man , Our beloved President Mr. Lincoln.
    Thank You So Much for this Video. 👍🏻

  • @martialmusic
    @martialmusic Před 9 lety +20

    This is a very moving piece

  • @rf-bh3fh
    @rf-bh3fh Před 6 lety +18

    Abraham Lincoln the true Father of our nation. I hope one day our country can be United in a country without hate and fear. True love of fellow man and equal rights for all. Today there is slavery on a economic level. Everyone has a right to a true working wage.

    • @victorlloyd5271
      @victorlloyd5271 Před 5 lety +2

      Amen

    • @cjennings6662
      @cjennings6662 Před 4 lety

      To imagine what we're experiencing in 2020. BLM wants his monuments and statues removed.

    • @scottouellette9411
      @scottouellette9411 Před 4 lety +1

      There will always be hate and fear as long as humans inhabit the earth.

    • @lilyflower9093
      @lilyflower9093 Před 4 lety

      @@scottouellette9411 I hate to say it, but you're right about that!

    • @candicehoneycutt4318
      @candicehoneycutt4318 Před 3 lety

      Unfortunately, he didn't believe in equal rights for poc. He fought for their freedom, but not their equality.

  • @christiarmstrong8930
    @christiarmstrong8930 Před 3 lety

    So beautiful and sad all at the same time. I love brass band music from this period

  • @kendrahwhyte9960
    @kendrahwhyte9960 Před 6 lety +4

    Very beautiful.

  • @amberjackson7480
    @amberjackson7480 Před rokem

    this is wonderful, me and my 8th graders watched this at school

  • @feuerwehradleralpinistitut6839

    very good music

  • @GrandAdmiralThrawn.7th_Fleet

    Patriotic yet, so somber, it has a sort of a celebratory mournfulness to it. Very fitting for my funeral, if I may say so myself. Thank you all for paying your respects, I cannot be more grateful to each and every one of you.

  • @josephel4292
    @josephel4292 Před 4 lety +2

    Profoundly moving

  • @Dlv924
    @Dlv924 Před 3 lety +4

    Greatest human after Jesus Christ, President Abraham Lincoln

  • @miap1919
    @miap1919 Před 2 lety

    Need more people so spread this video more

  • @mebagelnub
    @mebagelnub Před 2 lety

    He is enjoying his life and laughing so much and have so much fun I hope he already good in there :)

  • @alexrivera1092
    @alexrivera1092 Před 3 lety +1

    We have a lot to learn from Americans' history and discipline. Our third world countries need a fixing, and the American model is a great one! God bless you President Lincoln!

  • @jaimebarrera3644
    @jaimebarrera3644 Před 3 lety

    "" Gracias Presidente Lincoln respiramos tus sueños hechos Realidad ****

    • @hectorlabbe
      @hectorlabbe Před 2 lety

      De cuales sueños hechos realidad?

  • @robertparsons313
    @robertparsons313 Před 3 lety

    Now he belongs to the ages.

  • @laurireid6761
    @laurireid6761 Před 4 měsíci

    The greatest president of all at other presidents of the United States is no more. If only Lincoln’s body guard was there.

  • @tamumalone5456
    @tamumalone5456 Před 6 lety +18

    Of course Mary Todd went insane💔losing children to disease then witnessing her husband's murder

    • @kerryschlegel1317
      @kerryschlegel1317 Před 6 lety

      You think she went insane, but you are so very wrong.

    • @Grit489
      @Grit489 Před 6 lety

      @@kerryschlegel1317 maybe not insane but she became a recluse

    • @richardcline1337
      @richardcline1337 Před 4 lety +1

      Tamu Malone
      , Lincoln may have been the first to have to deal with a wife who's mind was coming off the rails but Bill Clinton has been doing that for decades!

    • @jensmom604
      @jensmom604 Před 3 lety

      She was more likely bipolar. She also took various medications which probably contained laudanum.

  • @bassmann5129
    @bassmann5129 Před 2 lety

    Wow

  • @janineharrison5186
    @janineharrison5186 Před 4 lety +2

    Somber and sad

  • @matthewclifton8687
    @matthewclifton8687 Před 4 lety +2

    Sad that he died April 15 1865

  • @pujdclipsdeloquesea9413
    @pujdclipsdeloquesea9413 Před 4 lety +1

    Yo soy🇲🇽🇲🇽 ala verga pero amo la historia de Estados unidos

  • @mikikozimmerman5634
    @mikikozimmerman5634 Před 3 lety

    Watch 2nd King Hyung Jin Sean Moon on CZcams at ROD OF IRON KINGDOM!

  • @mitchelljohnleslie1696
    @mitchelljohnleslie1696 Před 4 měsíci

    RIP Republican Party
    3/20/1854-11/9/2016
    Cause of Death: Donald Trump
    VOTE BLUE 2024
    DOWN WITH TRUMPISM

    • @FlaviusValeriusConstantine
      @FlaviusValeriusConstantine Před 4 měsíci

      I'm not a political guy, but since 2020 when Mr. Biden who is apart of the "blue" party was elected, my family have gone through financial troubles thanks to whatever the hell he is doing and increasing prices on anything and to say you want more of him is insane, I'm not defending the other guy, but if anything I rather live under him instead of the ancient relic that sits in the presidential mansion who has made even the basic necessities a hassle to buy.

    • @mitchelljohnleslie1696
      @mitchelljohnleslie1696 Před měsícem

      @@FlaviusValeriusConstantine
      It’s Trump Fault
      He ruined our economy and mishandling the pandemic
      He is racist convicted felon traitor

  • @chrisp1961
    @chrisp1961 Před 4 lety +2

    James Brown shall resurrect to sing and dance when Trump goes that path.

  • @richardcline1337
    @richardcline1337 Před 4 lety +2

    Lincoln got what he deserved!

    • @lilyflower9093
      @lilyflower9093 Před 4 lety

      What - exactly - do you mean?

    • @richardcline1337
      @richardcline1337 Před 4 lety

      @@lilyflower9093, it's a little thing called karma! He totally ignored the fact that, then as now, the Democrats were even more crooked and evil than the South ever was. The government was trying to force the South into restrictive trading and used their succession from the crooked Union as a way to force them back "into line". Everybody jumps on the slavery issue but NEVER really look at what was driving the South to break away....northern tyranny. The North had as many, or more slaves, nearly ALL owned by Democrats, than the South (a fact conveniently ignored by everyone). Oh, and the very first slave owner was....A BLACK MAN! Nobody went after him. Lincoln should have left the South alone until he cleaned up the sewage around his own feet first. He didn't do that and got what I feel was karma!

    • @christiarmstrong8930
      @christiarmstrong8930 Před 3 lety

      No one deserves to be killed. Even MR LINCOLN.

    • @jacksonvadakumkunnel2419
      @jacksonvadakumkunnel2419 Před 2 lety +3

      @@richardcline1337 ummm Lincoln was a Republican and democrats were confederates