The Chimes of Liberty is a military march by Edwin Franko Goldman

Edwin Franko Goldman

Edwin Franko Goldman is one of America's prominent band composers of the early 20th century. He composed over 150 works, more notably his marches. He is known for founding the renowned Goldman Band of New York City and the American Bandmasters Association...

 and his greatest hit. Many think it is a re-wording of the Liberty Bell (march)

Liberty Bell (march)

"The Liberty Bell" is an American military march composed by John Philip Sousa.It is now most often associated with the British TV comedy program Monty Python's Flying Circus , which began and ended with the first few bars.-History:...

 by John Philip Sousa

John Philip Sousa

John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known particularly for American military and patriotic marches. Because of his mastery of march composition, he is known as "The March King" or the "American March King" due to his British counterpart Kenneth J....

, however, it is a totally different march by a different composer. However, like "The Liberty Bell", It has a unique use of chimes. It follows the regular march pattern: IAABBCDCDC. This march was most likely written in 1937, and gained a great deal of popularity from the audience. It is considered one of the most lively and tuneful marches ever written, and America's Greatest March not by Sousa after Bagley's National Emblem

National Emblem

National Emblem is a march composed in 1902 and published in 1906 by Edwin Eugene Bagley. It is a standard of the American march repertoire, appearing in eleven published editions....

. It doesn't sound right without the chimes, but the piccolo is equally important, and more distinctive than that part of any other march other than The Stars and Stripes.

External links

• Chimes of Liberty—312th Army Band