Chimes of Liberty

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The Chimes of Liberty is a military march by Edwin Franko Goldman and his greatest hit. Many think it is a re-wording of the Liberty Bell (march) by John Philip Sousa, 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. 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.