IBMRALLY

IBMRALLY, also known as IBMRALLY.MID or "Ever Onward" is a midi file that is found on an obscure Windows 3.0/Windows 95 clone OS known as IBM OS/2 Warp.

The midi is a bouncy, happy piano song lasts for 1 minute, 28 seconds (1:28). It plays at 60 BPM.

The name IBMRALLY also implies that this midi file was specifically made for IBM OSes only; it's an arrangement of the IBM Rally March Song "Ever Onward", composed ca. 1931 by Frederick W. Tappe. A period recording exists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9oh3gqOEKU

The song also exists [with updated lyrics referring to the company at large, since Thomas Watson had been dead for years] in a BASIC program: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyh-57neUEY and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_EqwvLzBWAs

Tappe's authorship is given in the 1958 US Copyright Register: https://books.google.com/books?id=ZB0hAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA326&lpg=PA326&dq=ever+onward+ibm+frederick+w+tappe&source=bl&ots=odkW3w4DSE&sig=ACfU3U0w8lJBoipWkk1dMAsUxyFFKR4BLw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj2opT3rKXqAhXEU80KHTUoBwgQ6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=ever%20onward%20ibm%20frederick%20w%20tappe&f=false

The IBM Songbooks credit Tappe for other pieces, though it's not consistently applied - second-hand sources end up putting the pieces together: https://www.networkworld.com/article/2348049/eight-corporate-anthems-to-die-for.html

https://www.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/music/pdf/SB1.pdf and http://ibm-1401.info/IBM-Songs-1940-.pdf are examples of the IBM Songbooks, a sort of secular hymnal for pieces sung at company rallies and get-togethers.

Instruments
Bright Acoustic Piano

Acoustic Bass

Drums (Standard Kit)

Comments (Midi Information)
N/A

Listen to Midi
Since the midi file was designed to run on an OPL soundcard such as an OPL3, the midi file will sound drastically different on newer versions of Windows and Emulators since they use a Roland Wavetable General Midi soundcard.

(Note: If you're using Google Chrome or Opera, the midi files will download instead)

Listen to IBMRALLY.MID: https://archive.org/download/Os2WarpMidiFiles/IBMRALLY.MID

Other Soundcards
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Midi Devices
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Keyboards
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Phones
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Remixes of IBMRALLY.mid
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