Word: artegas
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Dates: during 1967-1967
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...rival Post-Dispatch. Recently, he commissioned the Globe-Democrat March. "The Globe-Democrat is a strong, militant, patriotic paper," he explained, "and I thought a march would be in character." At its premiere in a park concert performed by the Laclede Gas Co. band, Composer Alfonso D'Artega likened the "smooth and elegant theme" to the "editorial, society and Sunday-magazine sections of the newspaper." The paper pronounced the piece a hit: "When it was over-all too quickly, it seemed-Mr. D'Artega turned to face applause that left no doubt as to the acceptance...
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