Beware! The Ides of March falls on March 15, and The Assassination of Julius Caesar by Vincenzo Camuccini, seen here, depicts this date in 44 BCE. Caesar had named himself dictator for life, and some feared that he was trying to make himself the King of Rome. On March 15—a date the Romans called the Ideas of March—in 44 BCE, some particularly angry senators attacked Caesar on his way to a Senate meeting and stabbed him to death. Caesar’s assassins thought they would be seen as heroes for saving

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Karl L. King composed the march “Cyrus the Great” (subtitled Persian March) as a tribute to his friend “Cy” Tremain. However, he likely drew musical inspiration from the titular emperor, who founded the Persian Empire around 550 BC. The march begins with an introductory brass fanfare leading into a descending low brass theme that recurs throughout the first strain. King made the somewhat less common choice to use the low brass section as the lead melodic voice for a muscular second strain. The t

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