John Philip Sousa composed considerable amounts of music other than marches. Like all of his music, "Dwellers" is excellent crafted, tuneful music. It's best described as a light orchestral music suite. It is designed to depict the three main races living on this continent: The titles of the movements are "The Red Man, " "The White Man, " and "The Black Man." To do so, Sousa uses what I would call "genre-music, " music adopting elements which are associated with these people's musics. The results are pleasant, but some will be too aware of an element of stereotyping in the music. The music is rather naive, and not as memorable as the average Sousa march. For musical explorers who like Sousa's music.

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