THE PRAETORIAN Andrew David Perkins (ASCAP)

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For Full Orchestra or Concert Band, with or without SATB Choir*
​Duration Approximately 4:45
Grade 3

FULL SCORE / 2 (+Picc) 2 2 3 (+Bass) Alto (2) Tenor, Bari / 4 3 3 (+Bass) 1 1 /
Timp Perc (5) Strings (*Includes parts for SATB Choir)
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Commissioned by Lauren Staniszewski & Brandon Ulrich, Stoney Creek High School, Rochester Hills, Michigan, for the 20th graduating class of SCHS.

The Praetorian Guard was an elite unit of the Imperial Roman army that served as personal bodyguards and intelligence agents for the Roman emperors. In 27 BC, after Rome's transition from republic to empire, the first emperor of Rome, Augustus, designated the Praetorians as his personal security detail. For three centuries, the guards of the Roman emperor were also known for their palace intrigues, by which influence upon imperial politics the Praetorians could overthrow an emperor and then proclaim his successor as the new emperor.
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