Austin Symphonic Band Performing Inglesina

Austin Symphonic Band ( https://austinsymphonicband.org/ ). October 26, 2025. ASB performing Inglesina by Davide Delle Cese (arr. John R. Bourgeois). [NOTE: Click 'more' to read the program notes.] Music Director Dr. Kyle R. Glaser conducting. "Classics!" concert at the Connally HS Performing Arts Center in Austin, TX.

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Video and Sound Production: Eddie Jennings

From the program notes written by Clifton Jones:

Inglesina (1897)
Davide Delle Cese (1856-1938)

“Inglesina” is a fine example of the late Romantic Italian “Marcha Sinfonica.” It is a concert march and doesn’t quite follow the rather strict British or American march form. The phrases may be asymmetrical and employ sudden dynamic changes and other dramatic effects. “La Inglesina” translates to ‘the little English girl,’ although it’s not not known if the composer had a particular person in mind when he wrote this work.

Davide Delle Cese was well known during his lifetime as a band master and composer in central Italy. He was born in Pontecorvo, which is located about halfway between Rome and Naples. Delle Cese studied at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella and eventually led bands in Pontecorvo, Venice, San Leo and Bitonto. He wrote “La Inglesina” in 1897 while in Bitonto, which is near the Adriatic Sea and was popular with foreign tourists. Perhaps one of them inspired this march.

This edition of “Inglesina” was arranged and edited by Col. John Bourgeois, former leader of the US Marine Band.