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Colonel John R. Bourgeois: A Biography And Analysis Of Transcription Style, Jeffrey Alan Malecki
Colonel John R. Bourgeois: A Biography And Analysis Of Transcription Style, Jeffrey Alan Malecki
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Colonel John R. Bourgeois (b. 1934), Director Emeritus of the United States Marine Band, "The President's Own," has acquired an international reputation in the wind band profession through his exemplary leadership of "The President's Own" as well as dynamic recording and commissioning. Notwithstanding, very little information concerning Bourgeois's life is available. Through a series of meetings, beginning in October 2008, and culminating in a three-day interview in February 2011, I have collected a substantial body of biographical data, including candid narration of important musical and personal events spanning Bourgeois's artistic life.
Bourgeois's reputation has fostered the writing and publication of …