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. He is at: [log in to unmask] Good luck! Joel Lazar Conductor, Bethesda MD [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>