'Right of the Line" March- Full Score
The Right of the Line was composed in 1891. "The Right of the Line" was a place of honor and great danger in a battle formation.
Joseph S. Peckham was born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1848. He served in the Navy achieving the rank of Musician 1st Class and was a member of thefirst Naval Training Station Band in Newport in the late 1800s. He was the choir director at Channing Memorial Church in the city and a member of the church's vocal quartet. "He was a singer of much merit, having a fine bass voice, and had won a reputation as a composer." (Newport Mercury, Saturday, December 3, 1904. He composed over 30 marches before his death in 1904.
The Right of the Line was composed in 1891. "The Right of the Line" was a place of honor and great danger in a battle formation.
Joseph S. Peckham was born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1848. He served in the Navy achieving the rank of Musician 1st Class and was a member of thefirst Naval Training Station Band in Newport in the late 1800s. He was the choir director at Channing Memorial Church in the city and a member of the church's vocal quartet. "He was a singer of much merit, having a fine bass voice, and had won a reputation as a composer." (Newport Mercury, Saturday, December 3, 1904. He composed over 30 marches before his death in 1904.
The Right of the Line was composed in 1891. "The Right of the Line" was a place of honor and great danger in a battle formation.
Joseph S. Peckham was born in Newport, Rhode Island in 1848. He served in the Navy achieving the rank of Musician 1st Class and was a member of thefirst Naval Training Station Band in Newport in the late 1800s. He was the choir director at Channing Memorial Church in the city and a member of the church's vocal quartet. "He was a singer of much merit, having a fine bass voice, and had won a reputation as a composer." (Newport Mercury, Saturday, December 3, 1904. He composed over 30 marches before his death in 1904.
