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Thread #161086   Message #3825327
Posted By: Joe Offer
08-Dec-16 - 04:02 PM
Thread Name: lyr req: Wichita March
Subject: RE: lyr req: Wichita March
Here's the book that Jpr was reading, Wilbarger's Indian Depredations in Texas (click). And yes, it's the same "Wichita March" - Wilbarger is telling the story of the same battle, the "Battle of the Wichita Mountains." I drove through that area Nov 1. I wish I had been able to explore a bit, but I had only a day to get from Olkahoma City to Fort Worth. Seemed like an interesting area, although I liked eastern Oklahoma better.

I don't see any indication in either source that the "Wichita March" had lyrics. It was described as "martial music" - which I think of as a piece played by a military band. I looked at the American Memory Collection and the Levy Sheet Music Collection, but didn't find sheet music for the piece. Anybody know of a library of band music that might have it?
-Joe-