Rolling Thunder (march)

{{Short description|1916 circus march composed by Henry Fillmore}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Rolling Thunder

| type = Composition

| composer = Henry Fillmore

| genre = Circus march{{Cite news |date=1916 |title=Rolling Thunder |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fdZCAQAAMAAJ&dq=%2522Rolling+Thunder%2522+%2522Henry+Fillmore%2522&pg=RA2-PA2 |access-date=2025-02-25 |work=The Musical Messenger |publisher=Fillmore Music House |page=2 |language=en}}

| published = March 19, 1916{{efn|Published under 4755.{{Cite book |last=Library of Congress Copyright Office |author-link=Library of Congress Copyright Office |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VP03AQAAMAAJ&dq=%2522Rolling+Thunder%2522+%2522Henry+Fillmore%2522&pg=PA298 |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries |date=1916 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |series=Part 3 |volume=11 |page=298 |language=en}}}}

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|filename=RollingThunder (USAFB).ogg

|title=Rolling Thunder

|description=Henry Fillmore's "Rolling Thunder performed by the Ceremonial Brass of the United States Air Force."

|filetype=Ogg

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"Rolling Thunder" is a screamer composed by Henry Fillmore in 1916. Featuring a fast and extremely technical{{according to|date=February 2025}} trombone part, it is usually performed at a quick tempo as an opener or encore of concerts.{{Cite book |last1=Studwell |first1=William Emmett |title=Circus songs: an annotated anthology |last2=Conrad |first2=Charles P. |last3=Schueneman |first3=Bruce R. |date=2024 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-138-97075-5 |location=New York}}{{page needed|date=February 2025}} The piece is considered one of Fillmore's most popular marches.{{Cite book |last=Bly |first=Leon J. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I-wyEQAAQBAJ |title=A History of the Music for Wind Band |date=2023-10-01 |publisher=LIT Verlag |isbn=978-3-643-96654-4 |page=354 |language=en}}{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Circus Music |encyclopedia=Grove Music Online |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/display/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-1002083864 |access-date=2025-02-25 |last=Conrad |first=Charles |date=2009-11-09 |language=en |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.A2083864|url-access=subscription }}