I discovered this hidden gem from Patrick Morris, on a FaceBook message posted on May 27, 2024. This march is scored for the American Band Journal (ABJ format). It's a great example of Dr. Sodorstrom's creative skills using unexpected syncopations, and some great chromatic excursions along the way.

As provided by Patrick Morris, here is the back story in his own words:
Dr. Emil Otto Edward Söderström (Sodie), May 31, 1900 - August 14, 1972, has an upcoming heavenly birthday. Let’s reflect and look at his unpublished ‘The Philadelphia Citadel March’. Sodie had already written march gems like Fighting for the Lord, Minneapolis IV and Tranås. He mentioned on 25 May 1963: “I think it surpasses any march I have written since ‘Army of God’ and possibly that one too”.

I probably saw this music in the late 1970s while attending the Philadelphia Roxborough Corps. The march features 'Rouse, then, soldiers (Sound the Battle Cry) and ‘God is Love’ (Come let us all unite to sing). It was originally scored for the American Band Journal, and at the request of B/M Ken Strehle, re-scored for the General Series Journal.

In a letter to B/M Vernon Post (New York Staff Band) dated 9 April 1969, Sodie wrote: “Philadelphia Citadel has been treated shabbily. Not even a letter or a program showing a performance”. “I will not permit the publication of this march under this title unless Strehle and his Corps will pay suitably for it, although, between you and me I would rather have a band that is able to perform this march, which I rate as one of my best”.

In another letter to B/M Post dated 20 May1970, Sodie wrote: “I am going through my music. I am going to get rid of some scores. I looked at ‘Philadelphia Citadel’. That’s a humdinger. Strehle never even acknowledged the receipt of it. I am giving it to Stockholm VII”. Some of Sodie’s music had previously been submitted to the International Music Editorial Department by others “when the scores were found floating around”.