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'Right of the Line" March- Full Score
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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.