The Call to Arms: a descriptive fantasia, by Ezra Read, music 1916 SC081/Art External Source First page of music from The Call to Arms: a descriptive fantasia, by Ezra Read. Read's compositions were intended for the amateur pianist for entertainment for family and friends. For inspiration he often used current events and such is the case for the descriptive fantasy “The Call to Arms”. This is a piano composition with a number of continuous movements with names such as “War Declared” and "Recruiting".(from A brief life of Ezra Read n.d. 4 Nov. 2011) Listen to Canadian historical sound recordings online at the above link (via Library and Archives Canada's Virtual Gramo