Scott Morrison's query:

>And speaking of Sousa, does anyone know the origin of the term 'stinger'
>as applied to the final chord played in many of his marches, as a kind of
>punctuation signifying the end of the piece, always played on the fourth
>beat of a 4/4 bar, or the second beat of a 2/4 or cut time bar?

might be addressed to my colleague Loris Schissel, on the music staff of
the Library of Congress, a Sousa expert and band conductor.

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Good luck!

Joel Lazar
Conductor, Bethesda MD
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