On, Wisconsin! - for Bass Guitar with Piano Accompaniment Double Bass - Digital Sheet Music

Acoustic Bass, Double Bass, Electric Bass, Electric Bass Guitar, Instrumental Solo, Piano - Level 2 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1713596

Composed by W.T. Purdy. Arranged by Travis Hayman. This edition: pdf, streaming. March, Traditional. Score and individual part. 8 pages. Travis Hayman #1277194. Published by Travis Hayman (A0.1713596).

"On, Wisconsin!" is the fight song of the Wisconsin Badgers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. A version with modified lyrics is the official state song of Wisconsin. The tune was composed in 1909 by William T. Purdy as "Minnesota, Minnesota," with the intention of entering it into a competition for a new fight song at the University of Minnesota. Carl Beck, a former Wisconsin student, convinced him to withdraw it from the contest at the last minute and allow his alma mater to use it instead. Beck then wrote the original, football-oriented lyrics, changing the words "Minnesota, Minnesota" to "On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin!" (The eventual winner of the competition became known as the Minnesota Rouser.) "On, Wisconsin!" was regarded by John Philip Sousa as "the finest of college marching songs". It has become one of the most popular fight songs in the country, with some 2,500 schools using some variation of it as their school song.