The Yacht Club March

[Brett Lowe]

Just wondering if anyone has a copy of the Yacht Club March by Harry J. Fiske (1903). I believe it may be the piece Olly Oakley recorded.  It's 725 in Turner's Banjo Budget.  Many thanks, 

Brett Lowe (New Zealand)

[Trapdoor2]

All I have is the piano with banjo guide. It is marked that it is an arrangement by Fisk. See attached.

[Trapdoor2]

OK, I found this website with the original sheet music...composed by Richard H. Barker. There's a neat video of the Navy Band playing this piece.

https://www.historicmusicofnewport.org/yacht-club-march

[Shawn McSweeny]

Ossman recorded "Yacht Club March" for Edison Bell in London, May,1900 (cyl 7056), presumably the same piece as above.

Oakley recorded "Yacht Club March"  for Gramophone, March 12, 1903 and for Edison Bell Dec. 10, 1903.  It is the same piece as above. Will post  the Oakley recording later.

The Fiske arrangement (UK), likely does not credit composer Barker (USA) to avoid copyright fees.

[Richard William Ineson]

I'll have a look through the mouldering pile later today.

[TONY BRYAN]

Brett,

Here's my copy of The Yacht Club as arranged by Harry Fiske. I have played this on and off for many years - it's not all that difficult (see below) - but I could never get much musical satisfaction out of it.  For a banjo solo I consider it a bit 'thin', lots of notes but no oomph.  The piano part depends a lot on the left hand pounding for effect, and that just doesn't get reflected in Fiske's arrangement.  Good luck with it. 

Regards

Tony

PS.  If you're finding a banjo piece easy, you're probably not playing it right!

[Shawn McSweeny]

YACHT CLUB MARCH by Olly Oakley

Here's the Oakley recording. To add some lacking oomph he gradually accelerates the tempo.

Yacht_Club_March_Oakley.mp3

The late 1890's Witmark catalogue includes Ossman's published "Yacht Club" banjo arrangement. It is the same piece, composed by Barker, but would have been in A notation.

[thereallyniceman]

Hi Shawn thank you and sorry! I tried to add a music player and it seems to have screws things up a bit, and I can't fix it at the momwent. At least the player works !

Best Ian

[Trapdoor2]

I'm resetting Tony's fading copy in Musescore. I should have both notation (fingering guides may take longer) and tab in an hour or two...I'll post it here. 

[Trapdoor2]

OK, here's both the notation and tab.

I found one issue with the original: I felt in M54 (7 staves down, last measure on the original) the F should be F#. It certainly sounds better to my old cloth ears.

Since there is a piano score, this might make a nice trio with a 2nd and CB...as Tony sez, it needs some "oomph".

As usual, let me know if you find errors. Easy to fix.

Trapdoor2 said:

I'm resetting Tony's fading copy in Musescore. I should have both notation (fingering guides may take longer) and tab in an hour or two...I'll post it here. 

[Richard William Ineson]

I found it but it looks as if there was no 2nd part published for this one so I can't add anything.

Richard William Ineson said:

I'll have a look through the mouldering pile later today.

[Brett Lowe]

Hello Everyone,

Thanks so much for all your comments and copies of the music.  I'm really looking forward to playng it.

Brett