The links on this page are mainly inspired by information on the Guide to Music Literature in Academic Competitions written by Howard Buss and published on the Polk County High School Academic Competitions page.
For the musicals, the composer’s name is before the slash, and the lyricist follows. Where possible, the title of each work links to information about the work on Wikipedia. Where I was able to find an audio file you can stream in your browser, there is a link to that. (I would have liked to have short clips, but that was not often possible.) The YouTube links are to complete songs or single movements of longer works. In each case where the link is to an excerpt, I have tried to choose a very recognizable section.
Patriotic songs, marches, military theme songs, and American folk songs
| Anchors Aweigh (Navy song) | Audio | YouTube |
| The Army Goes Rolling Along (The Caisson Song, Army song) | Audio | YouTube |
| The U. S. Air Force (Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder) | Audio | YouTube |
| The Marines’ Hymn (From the halls of Montezuma…) | Audio | YouTube |
| The Navy Hymn (Eternal Father, Strong to Save) | Audio | YouTube |
| Semper Paratus (Coast Guard song) | Audio | YouTube |
| The Stars and Stripes Forever, John Philip Sousa | Audio | YouTube |
| The Washington Post March, John Philip Sousa | Audio | YouTube |
| America the Beautiful, Samuel A. Ward/Katharine Lee Bates | Audio | YouTube |