He and Charles B. Ward wrote the popular 1890s song The Band Played On.
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The band played on the steps of the Maryland State House while the legislature was in session one evening, causing a crowd to gather, including then-Governor William Donald Schaefer, who had been pushing hard for a team and a football stadium.
The band played on the BBC Two programme The Culture Show, which is co-presented by Kermode, on 19 May 2007 and took part in the same show’s ‘Busking Challenge’ on 29 March 2008.