The Original Thirteen

This piece is correlated to the First Division Band Method, Level Three. The soli snare drum starts the piece with the clarinets and flutes play an opening theme, after a short introduction, in the key of F. At letter B, the clarinets and horns introduce the "Chester" theme with the upper woodwinds playing the opening theme as a counter melody. At letter C, the band builds to a fanfare just before D where the key changes to B-flat. The full brass and sax sections play the "Chester" chorale with the remaining woodwinds playing the counte melody. At E (the Coda), the flutes hint at Yankee Doodle, and the piece ends with bravura, the woodwinds trilling, the brass fanfare-ing, and the cymbals crashing!