National Emblem
Bagley, E. E.
National Emblem by: E. E. Bagley
Original Copyright: 1906 By: Ernest S. Williams
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Edw
in E
ugen
e B
agle
y
DO
B:
May
29,
185
7 (C
rafts
burg
, Ver
mon
t)
DO
D:
Janu
ary
29, 1
922
(Kee
ne, N
ew H
amps
hire
)
Edw
in E
ugen
e B
agle
y be
gan
his
mus
ical
car
eer a
t the
age
of n
ine
as
a vo
calis
t and
com
edia
n w
ith L
eavi
tt’s
Bel
lring
ers,
a c
ompa
ny o
f to
urin
g en
terta
iner
s. H
e be
gan
play
ing
corn
et a
nd a
gain
took
the
road
fo
r six
yea
rs w
ith th
e S
wis
s B
ellri
nger
s.
He
late
r pla
yed
both
trom
bone
and
eup
honi
um in
a v
arie
ty o
f New
E
ngla
nd e
nsem
bles
, inc
ludi
ng B
lais
dell’
s O
rche
stra
(Con
cord
, New
H
amps
hire
); Th
e P
ark
Thea
tre (B
osto
n); B
osto
nian
s O
pera
Com
pany
; G
erm
ania
Ban
d (B
osto
n); a
nd, t
he B
osto
n S
ymph
ony
Orc
hest
ra
He
is b
est k
now
n fo
r his
mar
ch “N
atio
nal E
mbl
em,”
a th
eme
from
the
mar
ch is
pop
ular
ly s
ung
with
the
wor
ds “a
nd th
e m
onke
y w
rapp
ed h
is ta
il ar
ound
the
flagp
ole.
”
It is
als
o in
tere
stin
g to
not
e th
at B
agle
y w
as c
ompl
etel
y se
lf-ta
ught
. H
e w
as a
lso
an o
utst
andi
ng
visu
al a
rtist
and
cou
ld w
ell h
ave
mad
e a
nam
e fo
r him
self
as a
car
icat
uris
t.1
N
atio
nal E
mbl
em (m
arch
) was
cop
yrig
hted
in 1
906
by E
rnes
t S. W
illia
ms
and
publ
ishe
d by
Wal
ter
Jaco
bs (B
osto
n, M
AS
S).
The
mar
ch is
one
of t
he m
ost f
amou
s of
all
mar
ches
, yet
man
y no
n-m
usic
ians
may
be
hard
-pre
ssed
to k
now
its
nam
e. I
n w
hole
or i
n pa
rt, th
e m
arch
has
bee
n us
ed
exte
nsiv
ely
as b
ackg
roun
d m
usic
on
radi
o an
d te
levi
sion
, in
addi
tion
to th
ousa
nds
of c
once
rt pe
rform
ance
s. T
he ti
tle is
der
ived
from
Bag
ley’
s ov
ert (
and
to s
ome
cont
rove
rsia
l) us
e of
“The
Sta
r S
pang
led
Ban
ner”
in th
e fir
st s
train
of t
he m
arch
. Rep
orte
dly,
the
forc
eful
repe
ated
figu
re in
the
trio
was
insp
ired
by B
agle
y ha
ving
see
n he
rds
of b
uffa
lo c
ross
ing
the
wes
tern
pra
iries
in th
e la
te 1
9th
cent
ury.
P
rogr
am n
ote
rese
arch
ed b
y M
arcu
s L.
Nei
man
M
edin
a, O
hio
A
dditi
onal
info
rmat
ion
on e
ither
the
com
pose
r or c
ompo
sitio
n w
ould
be
wel
com
ed.
Ple
ase
send
in
form
atio
n to
m
arcu
snei
man
@zo
omin
tern
et.n
et
1
Rehi
g, W
illia
m H
., Bi
erle
y, P
aul (
edito
r). T
he e
ncyc
lope
dia
of b
and
mus
ic, I
nteg
rity
Pres
s,
Wes
terv
ille,
OH
. (2
005)
, CD
, use
d w
ith p
erm
issi
on.
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