In 1987, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" was made the national march of the United States, by an act of Congress.[11] The "U.S. Field Artillery" is the official march of the United States Army. After leaving the Marine Band, he formed a civilian band and went on many tours in the subsequent 39 years.[12] He died on March 6, 1932, at the age of 77, leaving his last march "Library of Congress" unfinished.[13]
Sousa composed this march at the request of his fellow composer Simon Hassle. The three strains before the Trio are repeated da capo. The Trio incorporates the hymn "In the Sweet By-and-By".
The occasion of this march's composition is unknown, but it was arranged upon the death of President Ulysses S. Grant in 1885, and was also used in Sousa's own funeral procession. The style is a funeral march, a dirge with a much slower tempo. The introduction and first two strains are repeated da capo.
Esprit-de-corps is a French term meaning 'the spirit of the body'. It was published one year after Sousa resigned from the Marine Corps. There are three strains before the Trio, each in a different key, and no break strains.
This march was based on the song "Out of Work" by Septimus Winner. The title of the march was a slang expression in the 1880s, meaning "on the lookout for employment".
The title of this march was derived from the resumption of the use of gold and silver coins in the U.S. The introduction and first two strains are repeated da capo.
This march takes its title from the emblem of the Marine Corps. It was one of several military-related titles chosen by Sousa while he was an orchestra conductor. The form unusually has three strains before the Trio, which in turn features many dramatic chromatic scales in the woodwinds.
Sousa's heirs presented this march to the Library of Congress in 1970. It is considered a revised version of Sousa's "Salutation" march. The structure has an unusual three strains before the Trio, including a repeated introduction, and a rare second strain chromatic mediant modulation. The Trio changes from compound to simple meter, the first Sousa march to do so.
Sousa composed this march for use in parade, dedicating it to R. S. Collum, captain of the Marine Corps. This march omits the introduction and uses a through-composed first strain.
This was one of the two marches Sousa dedicated to President Garfield. It was composed for the inauguration of James A. Garfield, and was first performed on March 4, 1881. A "grand march" in style, the march is played at a slower tempo than usual, with trumpet fanfares prominent throughout. All the strains before the Trio are repeated da capo adding significantly to its length.
Sousa composed this funeral march and dedicated it to President James A. Garfield, upon his death. The dirge was played by the Marine Band as the president's body was received at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., as well at Garfield's funeral in Cleveland, Ohio. It would be repeated at Sousa's own funeral half a century later.
Composed to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the British surrender at Yorktown, one of the last important battles in the Revolutionary War. The introduction is one of the shortest consisting of a single chord and snare drum roll. The break strain before the trio is a snare drum solo while the break strain in the middle of the trio is a bugle call. The first half of the march is repeated da capo.
Composed after the Marine Band's first visit to the Congress Hall Inn in Cape May, New Jersey. He dedicated it to the proprietors of the inn, H.J. Crump and J.R. Crump. The second strain features a difficult Euphonium part with very fast scales across most of the range of the instrument.
This march quotes several nursery rhyme songs, including: "Come All Ye Young Maids", "I'se Come to See Miss Jennie Jones" (a variant on the more well-known "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush"), "Little Jack Horner", "There Is a Man in Our Town" (a variant on the much more well-known "Bingo", "Oh, Dear Doctor", and "Down in the Meadow".
The occasion and reason for this march's composition are unknown. The usual introduction, first strain, and second strain are all through-composed as one section, which is repeated da capo after the Trio.
Composed for the unveiling of a statue of Joseph Henry, the first secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and was premiered in April 1883. The unusual two-strain Trio structure has a rare half-step modulation in the middle section.
Sousa composed this march by transforming a previous piece of which he composed with Edward M. Taber. He rearranged the piece and added new sections. This is one of the few marches without an introduction, and repeats the first two strains da capo.
This march is considered a version of "Mother Goose" as it is also based on a nursery rhyme theme. Several nursury rhyme songs are quoted: "Three Blind Mice", "Thus the Farmer Sows His Seed", "Old Mother Hubbard", "Hey Diddle Diddle", "Little Redbird in the Tree", "London Bridge Is Falling Down", and "The Minstrel Boy". The second strain features a unique woodwind soli.
Sousa composed this march and dedicated it to Major George Porter Houston. The title of the march is a military command. The first strain repeat features a prominent euphonium countermelody. The second strain is through-composed rather than the usual repeat.
The occasion and reason for this march's composition are unknown. The second strain and Trio notably features very fast scales and arpeggios in the woodwinds.
The inspiration for this march is not confirmed, but it is widely believed that Sousa might have been inspired by a literary account of some particular gladiator. It was initially composed for a music publisher in Pennsylvania, but after they rejected the march, it was sold to Harry Coleman, who sold over a million copies of it.
The occasion for the composition of this march is unknown, but it was dedicated to the officers of the 3rd U.S. Infantry. The introduction is an unusually long 20 bars and repeated with the first strain. The trio is also quite long at 32 bars, so it is not repeated.
This march quotes several songs of the day in each strain, respectively: "The Daisy Polka" by Luigi Arditi, the African American spiritual "Go Down Moses", "Sally in Our Alley" by Henry Carey, "Ben Bolt" by Nelson Kneass, and . "O Fair Dove, O Fond Dove" by Alfred Scott Gatty.
Sousa composed this march after being "knighted" by Columbia Commandery No.2, a local division of the Knights Templar of the Masonic York Rite. It is believed that Sousa used fragments of Masonic music in the march. This march features a rare break strain between the first two strains.
During a conversation with Sousa, President Chester A. Arthur expressed his displeasure for "Hail to the Chief", the personal anthem of the president, and requested that Sousa compose a more appropriate piece.[74] "Semper Fidelis" was composed two years after Arthur's death, which takes its title from the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps, which means "always faithful". The march unusually features a drum break before the trio. The first Trio strain is constructed of a bugle call repeated three times with increasingly complex accompaniment superimposed on it. Famously, there is no stinger.
Composed in 1889, and was soon sold to publisher Harry Coleman, for $35 (equivalent to $1,200in 2023). A bullfight was depicted on the front page of its sheet music.
Sousa quoted two songs to construct this march. The first strain quotes "When a Wooer Goes a-Wooing" from Gilbert and Sullivan's The Yeomen of the Guard. The trio quotes "Seeing Nellie Home", also known as "Aunt Dinah's Quilting Party" by Patrick S. Gilmore. The march is quite brief with only a short interlude between the second and trio strains.
Composed for the occasion of the 24th triennial Conclave of the Grand Encampment of the Knights Templar, and was dedicated to Columbia Commandery No. 2.
Composed for the award ceremony of an essay contest organized by The Washington Post. With President Benjamin Harrison in attendance, the march was premiered in June 1889.
Composed at the request of the students of the only high school in Washington, D.C. (later called Central High School). He was requested to compose a march superior to his "National Fencibles" march, which he had written for a rival cadet corps. It was published in February 1890. The double Trio has no break strain and, notably, no stinger at the end.
Originally unpublished and rediscovered in 1965, 23 years after Sousa's death. It is believed to have been composed in 1891 or 1892 and was hinted at in Sousa's autobiography Marching Along.
A rare case of a "grand march" at a slower tempo and in a European style. This march was never published in its original form. Egyptian trumpets were used in its composition. The
This march was published after being orchestrated into two different Sousa compositions. It was also known as "The Lion Tamer". The fanfare introduction and first two strains are repeated after the double Trio.
Originally composed by a composer named J. Molloy, this march was formed by transforming Molloy's simple arrangement into a march. The form is an unusual binary form with the entire first section repeated after the double strain Trio.
An inscription on the original sheet music indicated that "Beau Ideal" was a newly formed organization called The National League of Musicians of the United States.
Sousa initially composed this march as an operetta at the request of Francis Wilson, but he later transformed it into a march. The unveiling of a painting of the Liberty Bell in Chicago and his son's march in a Philadelphia parade in the bell's honor inspired Sousa to name the march "The Liberty Bell". The Trio features a prominent part for chimes and large bell. The march is famously known as the theme to Monty Python's Flying Circus.
This march had been derived from an earlier composition, probably "The Phoenix March". It was dedicated to Austin Corbin. The Trio's smooth harmonies and clarinet arpeggios are said to depict the waves of the beach. In a very unusual effect, the final trio strain ends quietly with no stinger.
Sousa composed this march in appreciation of an honor bestowed upon Sousa by the Board of Directors of the 1893 St. Louis Exposition. The Trio unusually has no break strain, but instead two strains each repeated.
This march was extracted from Sousa's operetta, El Capitan. It was played at Admiral Dewey's victory parade in New York in 1899. The Trio changes from compound to simple meter. The first trio strain is extended functioning as a brief break strain leading to the second trio strain.
"The Stars and Stripes Forever" is Sousa's most famous composition.[3] He composed the march at sea on Christmas Day in 1896 and committed the notes to paper on his arrival in the United States.[105] It was first performed at Willow Grove Park, just outside Philadelphia, on May 14, 1897, and was immediately greeted with enthusiasm.[106] In 1987, it was made the national march of the United States by an act of Congress.[11] The Trio features a famous piccolo solo.
This march was extracted from an operetta named The Bride Elect. Frank Simon, a cornetist in Sousa's band, said that it was one of Sousa's favorite marches. The trio changes from compound to simple meter, and has two strains.
It is believed that Sousa took inspiration for this march from an incident in the Spanish–American War. He did not address it to any particular nation, but to all of America's friends abroad. It was first played at the Philadelphia Academy of Music in April 1899.
Sousa considered this march an echo of the Spanish–American War, and it first appeared in an operetta in 1899. The Trio changes meter from compound ot simple meter, a rare device in Sousa's marches. A brief extension of the first trio strain functions as a break strain before the second trio strain.
Composed for the dedication of the Music Hall at the Western Pennsylvania Exposition. The title of the march was selected through a contest arranged by Pittsburgh newspapers. The style is a "grand march" in a slower tempo than usual, with a more through-composed form. Percussion is limited, but includes a Timpani part. References to songs by two Pittsburgh composers are included: Stephen Foster's "Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming" and Ethelbert Nevin's "Narcissus". The final strain cleverly takes all the melodies from each respective strain and superimposes them for a grand finale.
Originally titled "British Tar", this march was premiered at Royal Albert Hall in 1903. The march has an unusual structure, with the first strain reprising after the second. The break strain switches to simple meter with a quote of "The Sailor's Hornpipe", a traditional melody associated with the British Royal Navy. Appropriately, it features a boatswain's whistle and ship's bell in the percussion.
This march used tunes extracted from Sousa's operetta of the same name. The trio of the march is based on "On to Victory" from the operetta. The form is unusually long with more strains than typical. Unique among Sousa's marches is the break strain between the first and second strains. The double Trio changes time signatures from compound to simple meter.
Composed for the 1907 Jamestown Exposition, and was a salute to Chief Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas. The first strain is through-composed and begins in a minor key. By the second strain, the key modulates to the relative major.
On being invited with his band to play at the Boston food fair, Sousa composed this march for the fair. It was first played in September 1908. The first strain is through-composed instead of a repeat. Both the first and second strain end with a brief passage based on the introduction material.
Sousa composed this march just before embarking on his world tour, honoring the people of Australia and New Zealand. It was originally titled "The Land of the Golden Fleece", but that was changed to "The Federal" at the request of George Reid, the high commissioner for Australia.
Sousa's operetta "All American" had been transformed to compose this march. The unusually difficult upper woodwind parts contain many florid 16th note runs. A ratchet features in the break strain, which changes the key for the final repetition to the home key.
Based on a Sousa's 1890 song "Nail the flag to the mast". Sousa made some modifications in the song and composed this march for piano, which he apparently never arranged on a band or orchestra. The first strain is through-composed without repeats, the typical contrasting second strain, nor any break strain in the Trio. This is one of Sousa's shortest marches.
Composed and dedicated to The Lambs Club of New York. Fragments of this march were later transformed into Sousa's 1882 operetta "The Smugglers". The Trio features two different melodies in turn followed by both superimposed, with no break strain.
Composed in commemoration of Sousa's band's tour as his band was featured in extravaganza at the New York Hippodrome. The first strain is through-composed instead of the usual repeat. The second strain unusually changes key, followed by a first strain repeat.
"March of the Pan-Americans" is Sousa's longest march, lasting approximately fifteen minutes. The march incorporated national anthems of various nations.
Composed at the request of Walter Anthony, a San Francisco Call's reporter. It was dedicated to Panama Canal and Panama Pacific exposition held in 1915.
Inspired by President Woodrow Wilson's 1915 speech at the twenty-fifth anniversary convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1915. It premiered on February 22, 1916 (George Washington's birthday). The march contains quotations from popular songs of the time: "We're Off to Philadelphia in the Morning" as a woodwind countermelody in the first strain, "Maryland, My Maryland" as a trumpet and trombone countermelody in the second strain, "Yankee Doodle" as a woodwind countermelody in second trio repetition, and "Dixie" as a tuba solo in the third Trio strain.
Composed at the request of Charles D. Hart [Wikidata], President of the Philadelphia Council of the Boy Scouts and dedicated to the Boy Scouts of America. The first section is a longer amalgamation of two melodic ideas rather than distinct strains, with a brief "break strain" of a whistling tune. [47]
Composed for Fourth Liberty Loan campaign of World War I, at the joint request of Secretary of the Treasury William Gibbs McAdoo and Liberty Loan Director Charles Schweppe. The Trio and break strain prominently features a Chimes solo.[86]
Dedicated to officers of the Naval Reserve. Other titles for this march were "Boys in the Navy Blue" and "Great Lakes". The Trio opens with a bugle call strain, then is an adaption of Sousa's own song "Blue Ridge, I’m Coming Back to You."[142]
Composed at the request of Army Lieutenant George Friedlander of the 306th Field Artillery. The first strain is through-composed rather than a repetition. The Trio prominently features "The Caisson Song", the official march of the U.S. Army.[144]
The occasion and purpose of "Wisconsin Forward Forever" is unknown, although it is speculated that Sousa composed it to salute Wisconsin's contribution to war efforts.[41] It was originally titled "Solid men to front", but that title was crossed out on the march's music manuscript, with the present title written.[41]
Sousa composed "Anchor and Star" while leading the Navy Battalion Band during World WarI. He dedicated it to the U.S. Navy and it was named after the U.S. Navy's emblem. The Trio features a bugle call which is then superimposed with another melody. Instead of a break strain, there's a second Trio strain.[138]
After enlisting in the U.S. Navy in 1917, Sousa made a study of sea chanteys and then wrote an article for The Great Lakes Recruit entitled "Songs of the Sea." He made further use of the study while on a brief leave from the navy the following spring by composing one of his medley-type marches and calling it The Chantyman's March. The march incorporates eight chanteys, in this order: "Knock a Man Down", "Away for Rio", "Haul the Bowline", "The Ballad of Billy Taylor", "It's Time for Us to Leave Her", "Put up Clearing Gear", "Hoodah Day" (more commonly known as "Camptown Races") and "A-Roving."[109]
Composed at the request of Joseph Gannon, chairman of Fourth liberty loan drive in World War I. Belgium, Italy, France (La Marseillaise), Great Britain (God Save the King), and the United States (Columbia, Gem of the Ocean) are represented in this march, each nation in turn receiving a strain, leading to the unusual form of the march.[lower-alpha 2][129]
Ddicated to officers of 311th Cavalry and was also known as "March of the American Cavalry". The Trio features the novelty of horses hooves, usually played on a wood block. The regimental trumpets play a prominent bugle call, which is superimposed with a second trio melody. Without a break strain, the final trio strain features xylophone.[16]
Composed during World WarI. The title was initially used in music sheet of "Wisconsin Forward" march, but was later used for this march. The double-length second strain features an unusually difficult Euphonium countermelody.[61]
Composed for members of the United States Army Ambulance Corps. It contains melodies from a musical composition called "Good-Bye Bill". The first strains are unusually through-composed and not repeated. The Trio unusually includes the xylophone.[154]
Composed at the request of Robert D. Heinl, chief of the Defense Department of Patriotic services. It premiered in March 1918. The percussion section features such novelties as a siren, wood block, anvils, and a cymbal mimicking a riveting machine.[156]
Composed at the request of Representatives of American Relief Legion during World WarI. The style is much more stately than usual, with an extra break strain between the first and second strains, unusually in a distant key. Several "transition" sections lengthen this march considerably. The first strains are repeated, followed by a grandioso Trio strain in the original key, featuring chimes.[56]
Composed in memory of Theodore Roosevelt's son Quentin, who was killed in France. The dirge style and form are very unusual for Sousa, including one of his few composed Timpani parts. The third strain features the trumpets playing Taps, the traditional bugle call at a minitary funeral.[160]
Composed shortly after World WarI for the newly formed American Legion. It was titled "Comrades of the Legion", but it was changed to "The American Legion March". However, original title was used in the published version.[132]
Composed at the request of a student body from the U.S. Naval Academy. T.R. Wirth suggested the title "Ex Scientia Tridens", but Sousa rejected it and named it "Who's Who in Navy Blue".[56]
This march's title had been taken from a regiment on New York National Guard, composed at the request of Colonel Wade H. Hayes. The march unusually features two break strains: the first features a fanfare for trumpets and drums which is superimposed on the second and fourth trio repeats, while the second is more typical.[122]
Upon receiving honorary doctorate from the Pennsylvania Military College in Chester, Sousa composed "The Dauntless Battalion" to honor the cadets. It was originally titled "Pennsylvania Military College March", but upon its publication, the title was changed to "The Dauntless Battalion". The Trio unusually features a Xylophone. [120]
Composed and dedicated to Thomas E. Mitten. For its second edition, the title was changed to "Power and Glory". The unusual Trio starts with a much longer strain than usual. Another strain follows with a quotation of Arthur Sullivan's hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers". Finally both strains are superimposed with the hymn tune in the Trombones and Euphonium. The hymn's refrain concludes the march.[90]
Composed on request of Sousa's nephew, and was dedicated to the Almas Temple and Imperial Council. Several unusual percussion instruments are included, such as tambourine, Turkish Crescent, and a harp.[135]
Dedicated to the mounted troops of a Cleveland National Guard Unit. Sousa's admiration of black horses used in Guard Unit is reflected in the title of the march. The second strain has an unusual "quasi-break" strain between the two repeats. The Trio strain is also longer than usual with an intermediate melody between the two halves of the primary melody. For novel effect, the percussion includes a part for "horses hoves", usually played on Temple Blocks.[69]
Composed on request of Kenesaw Landis, baseball's high commissioner, on occasion of National League's fiftieth anniversary. The break strain uses a wood block to imitate the crack of a baseball bat.[142]
Another version of this march composed for piano is also called "Universal Peace", which was discovered among Sousa's papers in 1965. Other titles for "The Gridiron Club" are "The Wildcat" and "The Untitled March". The break strain features the unusual percussion of suspended cymbal and wood block.[160]
Composed on request of Sesquicentennial Exposition officials, for the 150th anniversary of American independence. The Trio and break strain unusually feature triangle and chimes.[75]
Sousa wrote "The Atlantic City Pageant" on suggestion of Atlantic City's mayor Anthony M. Ruffu. It was played to celebrate the second annual engagement of Sousa's band in Atlantic City.[178]
"The Minnesota March" was composed at the request of the University of Minnesota football team. Sousa used Indian themes in this march, and later added field drum and bugle parts.[58]
Sousa composed "Golden Jubilee" to commemorate his fiftieth year as a conductor. Initially he was hesitant to compose anything for his own gratification, but reasoned that his public might expect something.[127]
"New Mexico" march was composed at the request of J.F. Zimmerman, President of the University of New Mexico. It was original titled "The Queen of the Plateau".[142]
Student band from the Elementary school in Los Angeles inspired Sousa to compose "Prince Charming". It was dedicated to the band's organizer Jennie L. Jones.[32]
Sousa composed this march for the University of Nebraska at its Director's request. He initially considered naming the march "The Corn-huskers", but ended up naming it "University of Nebraska", dedicating it to the faculty and students of the university.[63]
"La Flor De Sevilla" was inspired from an old Spanish proverb "Quien no ha visto Sevilla no ha visto maravilla" meaning "He, who has not seen Sevilla has not seen beauty". The march was composed at the request of the directors of the Ibero-American Exposition held at Seville, Spain.[129]
"Daughters of Texas" was composed upon submission of a petition signed by 1,300 students of Texas college. Two different sets of marches were composed, but one march from the set has been lost.[71]
"Foshay Tower Washington Memorial" was composed from parts of "Daughters of Texas", another of Sousa's marches. It was re-premiered in August 1976, when Sousa's name was added to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans.[122]
"The Royal Welch Fusiliers" were two marches composed to commemorate the association of U.S. Marines with Battalion of Royal Welch in Britain. These were the only marches written by Sousa for a British Army regiment.[191] The two versions have the same title, and are referred as numbers 1 and 2.[39]
Sousa was requested to compose a march to commemorate two hundredth anniversary of George Washington. Sousa participated and arranged "George Washington Bicentennial March" in the final ceremony, conducting combined bands of Navy, Army and Marine Corps.[193]
"The Salvation Army" was composed on request of Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army. It premiered in New York on fiftieth anniversary of Salvation Army.[16]
Parts of "The Wildcats" was composed in early 1926. It was originally composed for Kansas State College, but the college was provided with a completely different march.[41]
Sousa was requested to compose a march on the hundredth anniversary of Chicago's incorporation as a town in 1933. He composed "A Century of Progress", but died a few months before the anniversary.[103]
Inspired by the band at Interlochen, Sousa composed "The Northern Pines" immediately prior to his second visit at the National Music Camp in Interlochen[67]
"Library of Congress " was Sousa's last march, which he began composing in 1931. He died leaving the march unfinished. It was later finished by Stephen Bulla.[132]
↑ The number of marches composed by Sousa was 136. He composed various other melodies found in his suites and operettas, which are sometimes mistaken for marches.[2]
↑ Five of the 21 countries that were at war with Germany.[129]
↑ Frank, Brendan. "The Legacy of Illinois Bands". Illinois Bands. College of Fine and Applied Arts – University of Illinois. Archived from the original on 12 May 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
↑ Van Outryve, Karen. "Appreciating An Old Favorite: Sousa's All–Time Hit." Music Educators Journal 92.3 (2006): 15. Academic Search Complete. Web. April 19, 2012.
John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for American military marches. He is known as "The March King" or the "American March King", to distinguish him from his British counterpart Kenneth J. Alford. Among Sousa's best-known marches are "The Stars and Stripes Forever", "Semper Fidelis", "The Liberty Bell", "The Thunderer", and "The Washington Post".
American march music is march music written and/or performed in the United States. Its origins are those of European composers borrowing from the military music of the Ottoman Empire in place there from the 16th century. The American genre developed after the British model during the colonial and Revolutionary periods, then later as military ceremonials and for civilian entertainment events.
"The Liberty Bell" (1893) is an American military march composed by John Philip Sousa.
"Hands Across the Sea" is an American military march composed by John Philip Sousa in 1899.
"The Stars and Stripes Forever" is a patriotic American march written and composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896. By a 1987 act of the U.S. Congress, it is the official National March of the United States of America.
The United States Marine Band is the premier band of the United States Marine Corps. Established by act of Congress on July 11, 1798, it is the oldest of the United States military bands and the oldest professional musical organization in the United States. Today, the Marine Band includes the Marine Chamber Orchestra and Marine Chamber Ensembles.
"The Fairest of the Fair" is a 1908 march by John Philip Sousa. One of Sousa's more melodic, less military marches, it was composed for the annual Boston Food Fair of 1908. It is claimed that the memory of a pretty girl he had seen at an earlier fair inspired the composition.
"National Emblem", also known as the National Emblem March, is a U.S. march composed in 1902 and published in 1906 by Edwin Eugene Bagley. It is a standard of the U.S. march repertoire, appearing in eleven published editions. The U.S. military uses the trio section as ceremonial music for the entry of the ceremony's official party.
“The Minnesota March” is a march for wind band written by John Philip Sousa in 1927 for the University of Minnesota. Sousa received an informal request for the march from Minnesota football coach Clarence Spears, and agreed to a request from a committee of university officials in October 1926. Sousa used Indian themes in this march, and later added field drum and bugle parts. The march was published by the Sam Fox Publishing Company and was premiered by Sousa and his band on September 3, 1927 at the Minnesota State Fair. It was first performed at the University of Minnesota the next month, on October 26, with a performance by the university band.
"The Gladiator" is a march by John Philip Sousa, written in 1886 while Sousa was leader of the US Marine Band.
Stars and Stripes Forever is a 1952 American Technicolor film biography of the late-19th-/early-20th-century composer and band leader John Philip Sousa. This 20th Century Fox feature was produced by Lamar Trotti, directed by Henry Koster, and stars Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner, and Ruth Hussey. The film's title is taken from Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever", which has become the best known of his military marches. The film was released twenty years after Sousa's death.
"Semper Fidelis", written in 1888 by John Philip Sousa, is regarded as the official march of the United States Marine Corps. This piece was one of two composed in response to a request from United States President Chester A. Arthur for a new piece to be associated with the United States President. The words semper fidelis are Latin for "always faithful." The piece was created for a wind band in addition to a percussion section. There is a very prominent drum solo in the middle of the piece which includes a skillful dynamic change. It features staccato notes and sharp tonguing.
"In Memoriam: President Garfield's Funeral March" is a funeral dirge composed by John Philip Sousa in 1881, while serving as director of "the President's Own" United States Marine Band, for the state funeral of President of the United States James Garfield. It was debuted during the committal of Garfield's remains and, 51 years later, was performed at Sousa's own funeral by the Marine Band. It is one of only two compositions Sousa dedicated to an American president, the other one being "President Garfield's Inauguration", both of which were made to Garfield.
The John Philip Sousa Baton is a conducting baton originally presented to John Philip Sousa upon his resignation as the director of the United States Marine Band. After his death, it was donated to the Marine Band, and since it has been traditionally passed to the new director from the outgoing director of the band during the change of command ceremonies.
"Nobles of the Mystic Shrine" is a march composed by John Philip Sousa upon the request of his nephew, A. R. Varela. Sousa dedicated the march to the Almas Temple and the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. It was first conducted in June 1923, with a band of around 6,200 members—the largest Sousa had ever conducted. It is one of the few Sousa marches with the first strain written in the minor mode. Contemporary versions of the march recorded by the Ottoman military band also use the Jingling Johnny in the final strain.
Boy Scouts of America is a march composed by John Philip Sousa in 1916 upon the request of Charles D. Hart. Sousa dedicated it to the Boy Scouts of America. It was premiered in October 1916 at the Metropolitan Opera House. The cover sheet features a photograph of a statuette R. Tait McKenzie's The Ideal Scout. It is considered one of the best marches Sousa ever composed, with The Reading Times writing that the march proved that the "noted composer still retains the name of 'March King'".
"The Invincible Eagle" is an American military march composed in 1901 by John Philip Sousa and dedicated to the 1901 Pan-American Exposition held in Buffalo, New York. Sousa began composing the march during an evening train trip between Buffalo and New York City, sketching his ideas in a pocket notebook.
"The Dauntless Battalion" is an American military march by John Philip Sousa, published in 1922 and dedicated to the faculty and cadets of the Pennsylvania Military College in Chester, Pennsylvania, known today as Widener University. Sousa received an honorary doctorate from the college in February 1920 alongside future president Warren G. Harding.
Stephen Bulla is an American composer and musician best known compositions for the United States Marine Band and The Salvation Army.
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Music sheet of march "Across the Danube"
Music sheet of march "Transit of Venus"
Music sheet of march "El Capitan"
Music sheet of march "The Stars and Stripes Forever"
Music sheet of march "The Bride Elect"
Music sheet of march "Hands Across the Sea"
Music sheet of march "The Diplomat"
Music sheet of march "Imperial Edward"
Music sheet of march "Boy Scouts of America"
Music sheet of march "Anchor & Star"
Music sheet of march "U.S. Artillery March"
Sousa's portrait as leader of the marine band
