Disc 1. Early acoustic recordings (1889-1914). Farewell to Dresden (2:37)
Hornpipe polka (2:08)
National fencibles (2:30) ; Yorktown centennial (2:20) / John Philip Sousa
A midsummer night's dream. Wedding march / Felix Mendelssohn (1:38)
Washington Post (2:32) ; The Liberty Bell (2:39) ; The thunderer (2:23) / John Philip Sousa
Belle of New York / Tom Clark (2:47)
The red, white, and blue / Shaw-Beckett (2:33)
Selections from Erminie / Eduard Jackobowski (2:37)
Old hickory / Francesco Fanciulli (2:23)
Manhattan Beach / John Philip Sousa (2:25)
Smoky mokes / Abe Holzmann (1:53)
Old club march (2:10) ; Admiral Dewey march / William H. Santelmann (2:04)
The picadore / John Philip Sousa (2:05)
The merry war march (2:02) / Johann Strauss, Jr. (2:02)
Semper fidelis (1:50) ; The coquette (2:07) / John Philip Sousa
Lola waltz (2:07) ; Kaiser Friedrich (2:05) / Carl Friedemann
Salute to Washington (2:02)
Southern ideal / J.C. Heed (2:08)
Maple leaf rag / Scott Joplin (2:29)
Marsovia waltzes / Henriette Blanke-Belcher (3:18)
Lincoln centennial / Lee Sanford (2:57)
Gate city / A.F. Weldon (2:48)
National emblem / Edwin E. Bagley (2:54)
German fidelity / H.L. Blankenburg (2:58).
Disc 2. Acoustic recordings (1914-1923). Good night Harvard / Douglas S. Moore (3:15)
Krupp march / Wilhelm Wacek (2:45)
Grand Duke of Baden / Carl Friedemann (2:40)
National capital centennial / William H. Santelmann (2:47)
Marine Corps Institute / Taylor Branson (3:15)
The rifle regiment / John Philp Sousa (3:00)
Anchors aweigh / Charles. A. Zimmerman (3:17)
Marche turque patrol / Richard Eilenburg (2:54)
The messenger / C.L. Barnhouse (3:08)
Old comrades / Carl Teike (4:01)
Polonaise militaire / Frederic Chopin (4:02)
Joyce's 71st New York regiment / T.B. Boyer (3:38)
74th regiment / Frank H. Losey (3:55)
The father of victory / Louis Ganne (3:27)
Marche militaire / Franz Schubert (4:14)
Washington Post / John Philip Sousa (3:45)
Brooke's Trimphal / Roland F. Seitz (3:51)
Under the star of the guard / Ernst Stieberitz (4:06)
Pomp and circumstances march : no. 1 / Sir Edward Elgar (4:17).
Disc 3. Historic soloists. Night soliloquy / Kent Kennan (4:29)
Flight of the bumblebee / Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1:12)
Fantasie on themes from Verdi's Rigoletto / Luigi Bassi (5:16)
Beautiful Colorado / Joseph de Luca (3:48)
Serenade / Enrico Toselli (2:25)
Cornet duet : "Short and sweet" polka / Thomas V. Short (2:26)
Premier polka / Edward Liewellyn (4:01)
Samson et Dalia. My heart at thy sweet voice / Camille Saint-Saëns (4:16)
Fantasia capriccioso / Winfred Kemp (4:04)
La jaya / Edward L. Masters (3:43)
Stars in a velvety sky / Herbert L. Clarke (3:23)
Somewhere a voice is calling / Arthur F. Tate (1:16)
Hungarian melodies / Vincent Bach (4:08)
Carnival of Venice / Del Staigers (3:00)
All those endearing young charms / Simone Mantia (5:14)
Starlight (3:48) ; Thoughts of love (4:32) / Arthur Pryor
Piece concertante / Samuel Rousseau (6:33)
Annie Laurie / Arthur Pryor (4:09).
Disc 4. Historic soloists, William F. Santelmann. Andante and scherzo / J. Edouard Barat (5:21)
Zigeunerweisen / Pablo de Sarasate (4:37)
The barber of Seville. Largo al factotum / Giachino Rossini (4:37)
Le Caïd. Drum major's aria / Ambroise Thomas (5:19)
Second regiment Connecticut / David W. Reeves (2:25)
Stephen Foster melodies / Foster ; arr. Guzman (19:19)
March of the women marines / Louis Saverino (2:21)
The marines' hymn (1:07)
Russlan and Ludmilla. Overture / Mikhail Glinka (5:36)
The directorate / John Philip Sousa (2:26)
Eugene Onegin. Polonaise / Piotr Tchaikovsky (4:46)
Marche militaire française / Camille Saint-Saëns (4:30)
On the quarterdeck / Kenneth Alford (2:10)
Die Walküre. Ride of the Valkyries / Richard Wagner (5:24)
Semper fidelis / John Philip Sousa (3:06).
Disc 5. Albert F. Schoepper, Dale L. Harpham. Lohengrin. Prelude to Act 3 and Bridal chorus / Richard Wagner (6:31)
Chorale and Alleluia / Howard Hanson (5:32)
Bugler's holiday / Leroy Anderson (2:21)
Commando march / Samuel Barber (2:50)
The stars and stripes forever / John Philip Sousa (3:15)
The chimes of liberty / Edwin F. Goldman (3:04)
March of the steelman / Charles Belsterling (2:54)
Man of the hour / Henry Fillmore (3:05)
Fanfare and allegro / Clifton Williams (5:44)
Purple pageant / Karl King (3:21)
Athletic festival march : op. 69, no. 1 / Sergei Prokofiev (3:35)
La forza del destino. Overture / Giuseppe Verdi (7:11)
Molly on the shore / Percy Grainger (4:06)
Symphony in B-flat for concert band / Paul Hindemith (15:45)
Hail to the spirit of liberty / John Philip Sousa (3:11)
Washington grays / Claudio Grafulla (3:51).
Disc 6. Jack T. Kline, John R. Bourgeois. Symphonic Metamorphosis. March / Paul Hindemith (5:07)
Le corsaire. Overture / Hector Berlioz (8:39)
The glory of the Yankee navy / John Philip Sousa (3:35)
Festive overture : op. 96 / Dmitri Shostakovich (6:34)
The pride of the wolverines / John Philip Sousa (3:55)
La fiesta Mexicana / H. Owen Reed (23:27)
Entry march of the Boyares / Johannes Halvorsen (5:28)
The Liberty Bell / John Philip Sousa (3:41)
Florentiner / Julius Fučik (5:51)
Symphonie funèbre et triophale. Apothéose / Hector Berlioz (8:48).
Disc 7. Timothy W. Foley. Lincolnshire Posy / Percy Grainger (14:19)
Derivations : for clarinet and wind (15:37) ; Symphony for Band : West Point (19:41) / Morton Gould
Circus polka / Igor Stravinsky (3:41)
Fugue in C / Charles Ives (6:19)
Chorale prelude "Wir Glauben all' an einen Gott" / J.S. Bach (3:36)
Symphony no. 1. Finale / Vassili Kalinnikov (8:15)
The snow maiden. Dance of the Jesters / Piotr Tchaikovsky (4:23).
Disc 8. Composers conduct : Husa, Colgrass, Benson. Concerto for wind ensemble / Karel Husa (23:49)
Winds of Nagual / Michael Colgrass (22:07)
Symphony II : "Lost songs" / Warren Benson (28:22).
Disc 9. Composers conduct and guest conductors. Wings / Warren Benson (5:05)
Three city blocks / John Harbison (14:53)
Passacaglia : homage on B-A-C-H / Ron Nelson (11:12)
and the mountains rising nowhere / Joseph Schwantner (12:11)
Emblems / Aaron Copland (9:59)
George Washington Bridge / William Schuman (7:25)
Country band march / Charles Ives (4:23)
Coronation march : "Crown imperial" / Sir William Walton (9:33).
Disc 10. Guest conductors. Hammersmith : prelude and scherzo : op. 52 / Gustav Holst (14:24)
Suite no. 1 in E-flat / Gustav Holst (10:47)
Toccata marziale / Ralph Vaughan Williams (5:04)
The black horse troop / John Philip Sousa (3:43)
Theme and variation, op. 43a / Arnold Schoenberg
Colonial song / Percy Grainger (6:35)
Music festival / Leornard B. Smith (3:44)
The boys of the old brigade / W. Paris Chambers (2:35)
H.M. Jollies / Kenneth Alford (2:37)
Music for a festival / Gordon Jacobs (16:58).