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  The real Colonel Bogey
The story goes that this was a nickname by which a certain fiery colonel was known just before the 1914 War when Ricketts was stationed at Fort George near Inverness in Scotland.
One of the composer's recreations was playing golf and it was on the local course that he sometimes encountered the eccentric colonel.
One of the latter's peculiarities was that instead of shouting 'Fore' to warn of an impending drive, he preferred to whistle a descending minor third.
www.mvdaily.com /articles/1999/04/bogey.htm   (336 words)

  
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  Colonel Bogey March: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
...Colonel Bogey March Colonel Bogey March The Colonel Bogey March is one of the...In addition to the Colonel Bogey March, Ricketts wrote the music to several popular Christian...
The "Colonel Bogey March" is one of the most successful marches ever published.
The sheet music was a million seller and the march had been recorded many times before it was used in the movie The Bridge on the River Kwai.
www.encyclopedian.com /co/Colonel-Bogey-March.html   (326 words)

  
 Colonel Bogey March
The "Colonel Bogey March" is one of the most popular marches ever published.
It was written in 1914 by Lieutenant F. Ricketts (1881-1945), a military bandmaster who was Director of Music for the Royal Marines at Plymouth.
Since at that time Service personnel were not encouraged to have professional lives outside the armed forces, Ricketts published "Colonel Bogey" and his other compositions under the pseudonym Kenneth Alford.
www.worldfolksong.com /anthem/lyrics02/pat/bogey.htm   (86 words)

  
 Brudirect.com  - Local News
Brunei's International Tattoo, a military_ entertainment of music, marches, parades, troop exercises in the evening amid floodlights, fills up the 30,000-seat Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium for four nights, and leaves a tale to be retold for generations.
Marching to a matching tune played by the General Headquarters Band of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, sons and daughters of the Philippine Military Academy present a silent drill exhibition that makes one proud to be among them.
Many falsely refer to the Colonel Bogey March as The Bridge on the River Kwai March, after it was used in the 1957 dramatic film of the same title by British Director David Lean.
www.brudirect.com /DailyInfo/News/Archive/Aug06/050806/nite29.htm   (1011 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Colonel Bogey March
To this day, Arnold's additional score is still strongly identified with the march's use in the movie, symbolizing indomitability in the face of oppression and hardship, although many people don't realise the film version is not the original.
Because the film concerned prisoners of war being held under inhumane conditions by the Japanese, there was a minor diplomatic flap in the early 1970s when the "Colonel Bogey March" was played—perhaps to cause embarrassment, perhaps not—during a visit by the Japanese prime minister to Australia.
In the 1960s British comedy revue Beyond The Fringe, Dudley Moore performed a satiric arrangement of the march in the style of a Beethoven piano sonata, in which the coda drags on for nearly two and a half minutes as a parody of the style.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Colonel_Bogey_March   (703 words)

  
 The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)
The camp's dutiful Japanese commandant, Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa), is interrupted and told of the arrival of the battalion.
In his bamboo hut, Saito is kneeling and dressed in a traditional kimono, with a Japanese print behind him.
He hears the distant, insidious whistling, the tune of the "Colonel Bogey March," [which became one of the year's hit records] as the British troops approach closer to the camp, insolently announcing their arrival, swelling the sound to a rousing, defiant crescendo by the time of their appearance.
www.filmsite.org /bridge.html   (2804 words)

  
 Program Notes - June 14, 1998 Concert
The interval of a descending minor third evokes a common sense of recognition and is probably important to the innate appeal of this march.
It is filled with the emotions of daily living, from the joy of a boy receiving a pony of his own to the bitter nature of death and dying.
The Dream March and Circus Music depict two of Jody's daydreams; he is at the head of an army of knights in silvery armor or the whip-cracking ringmaster of the circus.
www.windband.org /foothill/jun98.htm   (2348 words)

  
 March
The act of marching; walking with regular steps (especially in a procession of some kind); "it was a long march"; "we heard the sound of marching".
To dream of marching to the strains of music, indicates that you are ambitious to become a soldier or a public official, but you should consider all things well before making final decision.
Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.
www.websters-online-dictionary.com /definition/march   (7979 words)

  
 Internet Archive: Details: Colonel Bogey March - variations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Colonel Boogey Breakdown is a bluegrass version reminiscent of Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs' Foggy Mountain Breakdown.
I love the Colonel Bogey March, but I a prefer music to be fun, not a tool of war.
("March" comes from "Mars", the Roman god of war) I thought it would be fun to create a couple of funkier sounding cover versions using the melodic line from the 1914 march composed by Lieutenant F. Ricketts, Director of Music for the Royal Marines at Plymouth, published under the pseudonym "Kenneth Alford."
www.archive.org /details/Colonel_Bogey_March_variations   (301 words)

  
 Walkabout Travel Gear(tm). The Bridge over the River Kwai tourist whistle.
The Bridge over the River Kwai tourist whistle.
The internationally famous song the prisoners whistle in the movie is called "Colonel Bogey's March." It probably is the most recognized whistled tune in the world, although Andy Griffith fans may argue otherwise.
Some silly and cliche tourists go so far as to whistle the tune while marching across the bridge.
www.walkabouttravelgear.com /kwaibrid.htm   (79 words)

  
 Bridge on the River Kwai, The - Review - MASTER DIRECTOR - AND HIS CRAFT !!
The plot is in 1943 Colonel Nicholson surrender in Singapore, marches his British company into a Japanese prisoners camp in the Burma jungle,Colonel Saito runs the camp and orders the new prisoners build a railway bridge between Rangoon and Malaysia.
Allied camp commander, Lieutenant Colonel Philip Toosey, Awarded the DSO for heroism during the defense of Singapore, he stayed behind with his men in captivity to ensure as many of his men as possible would survive.
Colonel Saito getting the cheers from Alec Guinness after confessing his choice of HARAKIRI and loss of face if the bridge does not get completed on time is a directors highlight of conflicting emotions and conflicting humans in difficult times.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /dvd-title-b/bridge-on-the-river-kwai-the/1031937   (738 words)

  
 Colonel Bogey - Moviefone
Arnold also wrote a march of his own for use in this movie, which is called...
Colonel Bogey - Trailer - Showtimes - Cast - Movies - New York Times This causes problems for the living that dwell there.
the tune of the "Colonel Bogey March," [which became one of the year's hit...
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 Item #8899888FK - Colonel Bogey March - Marching Band
The classic march from the film, "The Bridge Over The River Kwai", is written here as a very easy first parade tune.
Publisher: "Colonel Bogey March" was published by Hal Leonard Corporation.
Questions: If you have any questions about "Colonel Bogey March", or would like to ask a sales representative about another product, call us toll free at (800) 819-3055.
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 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) - Trivia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Cary Grant then was briefly considered to star as Colonel Nicholson, but his flop in a serious role in Crisis (1950) concerned the producer, Sam Spiegel.
It was Percy Herbert who suggested the idea of using Kenneth Alford's "Colonel Bogey March" to David Lean.
The actual Major Saito, unlike the character portrayed in the film by Sessue Hayakawa, was said by some to be one of the most reasonable and humane of all of the Japanese officers, usually willing to negotiate with the POWs in return for their labor.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0050212/trivia   (1334 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: V1 Film Music Of Sir Malcolm: Music: Malcolm (Sir) Arnold,Kenneth J. Alford,Richard Hickox,London Symphony ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
Colonel Bogey [The Bridge on the River Kwai]
But while Shostakovich's film music is generally looked down upon (having been mostly commissioned by the state), Arnold's film music aspires to the same level of seriousness (and delight) as his "important" works.
Yet, paradoxically, although the Colonel Bogey March was very popular when the movie was relaeased, it probably will not be the most played item on the CD if you buy it.
www.amazon.ca /V1-Film-Music-Sir-Malcolm/dp/B000000AQB   (773 words)

  
 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Their Colonel is determined to build a proper bridge to maintain the men's morale.
In 1956, when Alec Guinness (of Obi-Wan Kenobi fame) was asked to play the ranking British officer in a film about a World War II Japanese prison camp, he wasn't the producer's first choice.
Whether it's an exact count of the number of elephants used on the project or a side note that the famous "Colonel Bogey March" was whistled because the lyrics were dirty, there are plenty of fun figures and facts here.
www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=123&PID=10088972&buy=closed&Tab=reviews&CID=18   (1013 words)

  
 AAahAAA: The band that never was - Jonas' music?
It was used as the march of the international brigades in the war agains Franco and the fascists in spain.
The original name is Colonel Bogey March, but as this version doesn't sound like a march I removed it from the name.
The national anthem of Israel, with a text I think fits quite well to their politics with regards to their neighbouring countries.
www.truls.org /jonas/musik/Index_english.html   (1171 words)

  
 Colonel Bogey March - Marching Band - Music at MusicExpert.com
"Colonel Bogey March" was composed by Kenneth J. Alford.
"Colonel Bogey March" was published by Hal Leonard Corporation.
If you have any questions about "Colonel Bogey March", or would like to ask a sales representative about another product, call us toll free at (800) 819-3055.
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 Colonel Bogey March by Philadelphia Orchestra on Rhapsody
Colonel Bogey March by Philadelphia Orchestra on Rhapsody
Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens, Op.
Rackozy March from The Damnation of Faust, Op.
play.rhapsody.com /album/greatesthitsmarches/colonelbogeymarch   (189 words)

  
 The Colonel Bogey March
My hampsters are whistling a marching jody called "The Colonel Bogey March," that was made famous by it's appearance in the 1957 film "The Bridge on the River Kwai."
Most of his marches were composed during the next two decades while he was bandmaster of the Second Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
The following words were added to the march by World War II service members.
www.ctlopez.com /404/colonel_bogey_march.html   (171 words)

  
 The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Led by proper Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), this crew overcomes early difficulty to launch into their assignment with zeal and talent.
Granted, Nicholson and some other officers spend an extended period caged during the early parts of the movie; the torture was meant by Japanese Colonel Saito (Sessue Hayakawa) to break their wills.
Key to that point is the deft and memorable performance of Guinness as Colonel Nicholson.
www.dvdmg.com /kwai.shtml   (2319 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Colonel Bogey March
Or else, you can start by choosing any of the categories below.
It was written in 1914 by Kenneth Alford.
The real Colonel Bogey from Music and Vision Daily
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Colonel_Bogey_March   (312 words)

  
 Film Score Monthly Message Board   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
March" is a parody of a military march and
It wasn't Arnold's compositions that attracted the public's admiration, it was "The Colonel Bogey March" -- one of the most inspired uses of music in a film -- written long before "Kwai" by Kenneth Alford.
It never has been Arnold's composition that attracted the public's admiration; it was "The Colonel Bogey March" -- one of the most inspired uses of music in a film -- written long before "Kwai" by Kenneth Alford.
www.filmscoremonthly.com /board/posts.asp?threadID=8039&forumID=1&pageID=1   (2227 words)

  
 Bits of News - Colonel Bogey: A Gadafi Profile
The Colonel's taste for women in uniform was also in evidence in 2002, when Libya hosted the first Miss Net World beauty pageant.
There are also insights on everything from childcare ("Nurseries are similar to poultry farms in which chicks are crammed after they are hatched") to the limits of representative democracy ("It is invalid and undemocratic for a committee or a parliament to be entitled to draft the law for the society").
The journalist Robert Fisk relates how, during one such event in Cairo, Gadafi arrived in a golden robe escorted by his Amazons and greeted the host, President Mubarak, before he "promptly pretended to confuse a public lavatory with the door of the conference chamber." Mubarak's smile was unforgettably pained.
www.bitsofnews.com /content/view/3805/2   (4026 words)

  
 Amazon.com: The Bridge On The River Kwai: An Original Soundtrack Recording: Music: Malcolm Arnold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
And standing among it all is K. Alford's "Colonel Bogey March," the whistling tribute to another Disney film score that has always seemed to alleviate even the worst days of drudgery at a cruel job.
A wonderfully raggedy whistling of Colonel Bogey, with the River Kwai March swelling and overwhelming the whistling as the camera focuses on Nicholson's pride in his regiment, cut off when the camera shows Saito watching.
A big part of that in the theater was the *explosion* of sound from the orchestra breaking into the introduction of the River Kwai March, as Nicholson's regiment break ranks to lift him to their shoulders.
www.amazon.com /Bridge-River-Kwai-Soundtrack-Recording/dp/B000002AN1   (1238 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : Gustav Holst: Greatest Hits: Marches : Music Reviews   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-24)
March from The Anna Magdalena Notebook, BWV Anh.
Turkish March from The Ruins of Athens, Op.
Rackozy March from The Damnation of Faust, Op.
www.rollingstone.com /artists/gustavholst/albums/album/9491616/greatest_hits_marches   (105 words)

  
 Pasture Golf Quotes, Golf Trivia, Golf Rhymes and Verse
Those two notes, a descending minor third, sparked his imagination and inspired an entire march.
The name, Colonel Bogey March, is a tip of the hat to its golfing origins.
A liberal adaptation of this march is better know as the theme for the movie, The Bridge On The River Kwai.
www.pasturegolf.com /trivia.htm   (1564 words)

  
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Anyone watching a marching group at the time the counter-medlody draws to a close and the melody itself returns, will observe a very noticeable increased swing to the arms, a banging down of the heels and upward thrust of the chest.
The full title of the tune being ‘Colonel Bogey On Parade’ one has to conjure up the vision of him stepping out from the saluting base towards the place from where he begins his inspection of the troops, his returning of salutes, all the while chin up and chest out.
Now we have a long list of military band Indian marches and it is to the great credit of the composers that, limited to a background of simple folk-lore music and the ear to pick up instrumental music, they elected to enrol as bandsmen whereafter Army Courses have enlivened their interest and application.
www.mod.nic.in /samachar/march16-05/body.html   (10395 words)

  
 Channel4.com - SlashMusic - Taboo
Plus, Lyman's virtuosity enabled him to sometimes improvise at something near full speed, close to the pace of a credible jazz player, though he wouldn't win any cutting contests with Milt Jackson.
Or he could playfully fool around with themes like the "Colonel Bogey March".
Still, the musical concept on TABOO is by no means original (Lyman even lifts Denny's trademark bird calls), but the finer execution makes for truer easy listening, perfect for romantic candlelit dinners under a Hawaiian moon or its approximation right here at home.
www.channel4.com /music/music-core/album.jsp?albumId=263954   (162 words)

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