Quickstep (march music)

Quickstep, quick-step, or quick step is a lively style of the march music to accompany marches in quick time.^[1] It was a common style of the American march music since the early 19th century, developed as an accompaniment to military cadenced step, which is faster than a ceremonial march.^[2] The 1908 Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians writes that it is the English name for the music of the quick march in the army, in which there are 116 steps of 30 inches per minute, as compared to 75 steps of 30 inches in slow march and 165 of 33 inches in the double time march.^[3]

^ Quicksep, Webster
^ Jones, Charles Kelley (2006). Francis Johnson (1792-1844): Chronicle of a Black Musician in Early Nineteenth-century Philadelphia. Associated University Presse. ISBN 978-0-934223-86-7.
^ George Grove Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Vol. 4, 1908, p.8

[1] Quicksep, Webster

[2] Jones, Charles Kelley (2006). Francis Johnson (1792-1844): Chronicle of a Black Musician in Early Nineteenth-century Philadelphia. Associated University Presse. ISBN 978-0-934223-86-7.

[3] George Grove Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Vol. 4, 1908, p.8

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Quickstep (march music)

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