At 13, John Philip Sousa, like many boys of his day, wanted to run away and join the circus. Seeing how badly his son wanted to perform, his father, Antonio, a trombonist in the U.S. Marine Corps band ...

For many, summer celebrations would be nothing without hearing John Philip Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever. The 1896 march conveys images of flags waving, parades, and the sense that everything ...

If you knew Sousa -- Sousa's Washington (1854-1874) -- There's no business like show business (1874-1881) -- Semper fi (1881-1892) -- Sousa's peerless concert band ...

In the mid-19th century, composer John Philip Sousa was one of America’s biggest “base ball bugs,” as fans were then called. In his autobiography, “Marching Along,” Sousa, born in 1854, described the ...

Sousa around 1915, about a decade after he first decried "mechanical music." Library of Congress John “The March King” Philip Sousa knew a thing or two about popular music. That’s why he foresaw our ...

Jane van Middlesworth Sousa, ca. 1880s. Scott Schwartz John Philip Sousa at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in 1917. Sigmund 'The Great Lafayette' Neuberger as John Philip Sousa in 1911. The ...

“The Stars and Stripes Forever” and other cherished marches from American composer John Philip Sousa will be heard across the country on the Fourth of July next week, so what better place to watch ...

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