American Patrol

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"American Patrol" is a popular swing-era instrumental piece best known through Glenn Miller's famous big band arrangement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf instrumental composition
song
associatedWith World War II NERFINISHED
swing era
composer Frank W. Meacham NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
featuresMusicalElement brass fanfares
call-and-response between sections
drum breaks
syncopated rhythms
woodwind passages
genre big band jazz
march
swing
hasArrangementStyle big band swing arrangement
hasCulturalSignificance iconic American patriotic instrumental
representative of swing-era big band sound
hasForm instrumental medley style
march form
hasKeyCharacteristic brass-led melody
up-tempo
hasNotableArrangementBy Glenn Miller NERFINISHED
Jerry Gray NERFINISHED
hasNotableRecordingYear 1942
hasTitleLanguage English
includedIn Glenn Miller greatest hits collections NERFINISHED
big band swing compilations
isInPublicDomain true
language instrumental
madeFamousBy Glenn Miller Orchestra NERFINISHED
orchestrator Jerry Gray NERFINISHED
originalInstrumentation piano
originalPublicationDate 1885
periodOfPopularity World War II era
recordedBy Arthur Fiedler NERFINISHED
Billy May NERFINISHED
Boston Pops Orchestra NERFINISHED
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra NERFINISHED
Ray Anthony NERFINISHED
Ted Heath NERFINISHED
The Andrews Sisters NERFINISHED
United States military bands NERFINISHED
style patriotic
subjectMatter American military patrol
usedAs marching band piece
military band repertoire
patriotic concert piece

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Glenn Miller notableRecording American Patrol