| 词条 | Draft:The Dauntless Battalion (march) |
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HistoryThe Dauntless Battalion is a 1923 march written by the American March King John Philip Sousa. The march was dedicated to the faculty and cadets of Pennsylvania Military College (PMC) and college president Colonel Charles E. Hyatt. In 1920, Sousa had been awarded an honorary doctor of music degree by the college, among a small group of dignitaries that included Warren G. Harding and Franklin D. Roosevelt. During his visit to PMC, now Widener University Sousa had been impressed by the cadet corps, as well as cadet cavalry and polo horsemen. In composing this march, Sousa had correspondences with Colonel Hyatt and his son Frank Hyatt. Sousa strove to imbue the march with elements that evoked the spirit of youth and the feeling of military horsemanship. In the fall of 1921 Sousa had suffered debilitating injuries from a horse-riding accident which delayed his composition of the march. Sousa wrote to Frank Hyatt on February 10, 1922 that "the pain in my left arm, in which the nerves coming from the spinal cord are badly shattered, seem to drive out the power of inspiration." Thereafter, Sousa's conducting style was more limited in movement than his younger, healthier days. Sousa completed the march composition sometime after this letter. The first recording of the march (78 RPM) was on the Victor Talking Machine label in June 1923. PMC becomes Widener in 1972Pennsylvania Military College became Widener College in 1972 and Widener University in 1979. Although the PMC Corps of Cadets was disbanded in 1972, an Army ROTC program was continued. The ROTC unit is named "Dauntless Battalion," and incorporates students from nearby Villanova University, West Chester University, Penn State-Abington, Penn State-Brandywine, Neumann University, Cheyney University, Immaculata University, as well as Widener University. ReferencesPennsylvania Miltary College is now Widener University. |
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