title: Russell Alexander
text: # Russell Alexander
  
  Russell Alexander (February 26, 1877 – October 1, 1915) was an entertainer and composer, active primarily with vaudeville shows and musical comedy organizations.
  
  Alexander was born in Nevada, Missouri, and became a euphonium virtuoso who joined the circus band of Belford's Carnival at the age of 18. At 20, he became arranger and euphonium soloist with the Barnum & Bailey Circus Band and toured Europe from 1897 to 1902. Following his tour with Barnum & Bailey, Russell Alexander worked in a novelty musical vaudeville act with his brothers. Although his compositional output was relatively small, he is considered a great composer of marches. He wrote 33 marches, 6 galops, and several overtures, novelties, and other works. For part of his career he worked in acts with his brothers, Newton and Woodruff.
  
  On July 20, 2015, a memorial plaque honoring Alexander was unveiled on the Main Street Stage in Liberty, NY, just a short distance from the Old Town Cemetery in which Alexander is buried. The ceremony included a performance of seven Alexander works, and the event was sponsored by Windjammers, Unlimited.
  
  ## Works
  
  Unless noted, his works were published by C. L. Barnhouse Co., to whom Alexander's widow sold the rights to his music shortly after his death.
  
  * Across the Atlantic March (1899)
  * Americans Before Havana Overture (unpublished)
  * Baltimore's Boast March (1899)
  * Bastinado Galop (1908)
  * Belford's Carnival (1897)
  * Burr's Triumphal (1897)
  * The Butterfly Dance (unpublished)
  * The Cantonians March (1908)
  * Charioteers of Semiramis Galop (unpublished)
  * Colossus of Columbia (1901)
  * The Comedy Club March (1907) White Publishing
  * Congressional Limited Galop (unpublished)
  * The Conquest March (1913) Fillmore Bros. Music House
  * Conway's Cantata March (unpublished)
  * The Crimson Flush March (1897)
  * The Darlington March (1896)
  * Decatur at Tripoli Overture (unpublished)
  * Embossing the Emblem March (1902)
  * The Exposition Four March (1903)
  * The Four Gladiators (1899) (unpublished)
  * From Tropic To Tropic March (1898)
  * Hampton Roads March (1919) Fillmore Bros. Music House
  * International Vaudeville (1897)
  * Memphis the Majestic (1900)
  * Olympia Hippodrome March (1898)
  * Pall Mall Famous March (1909) Star Music Co
  * Paramour of Panama March (1904) McMillin
  * Patriots of the Potomac March (1903)
  * La Reine March (1907)
  * Rival Rovers March (1899)
  * Round Up The (1916)
  * Salute to Seattle March (1905)
  * Shoot the Chutes Galop (1901)
  * Song of the South (1905) [Solo with Band Acc.]
  * The Southerner March (1908)
  * The Southerners Galop (unpublished)
  * Steeplechase Galop (1900)
  * Storming of El Caney Galop (1903)
  * Storming El Caney March (unpublished)
  * Vicksburg the Valiant March (unpublished)
  * Vienna to Vicksburg (unpublished)
  * Yankees in Vienna March (unpublished)
  