"Rolling Thunder" is a

screamer The screamers are three South American bird species placed in family Anhimidae. They were thought to be related to the Galliformes because of similar bills, but are more closely related to ducks (family Anatidae),Todd, F. (1991) and most closel ...

composed by

Henry Fillmore Henry Fillmore (December 3, 1881 – December 7, 1956) was an American musician, composer, publisher, and bandleader, best known for his many marches and screamers, a few of which he wrote for the Band of the Hour at the University of Miami in ...

in 1916. It includes a fast and extremely technical

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrat ...

part. It has a fast and furious tempo and is performed as an opener or encore of concerts.Circus Songs, An Annotated Anthology. Studwell, Conrad and Schueneman

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March music 1916 compositions Concert band pieces {{song-stub