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 Sousa Band saxophone section who performed for the ensemble’s 1923-1924 tour, which included the Willow Grove performances of Sousa’s ‘An Application of Jazz Tunes.’ Frederick Bayers and James Son ...

This year marks the 125th anniversary of John Philip Sousa’s triumphant “The Stars and Stripes Forever”—the finest and most famous American march. It helped cement his reputation as the nation’s first ...

Think of holiday parades, think of strutting bands and John Philip Sousa’s stirring martial music such as “Stars and Stripes Forever” and “Semper Fidelis.” “John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) has traveled ...

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But Sousa’s father got into the act very quickly and intercepted his son. Instead of the circus he enlisted him in the Marine Corps band as an apprentice and while there John Phililp went on to study ...

What would the Fourth of July be without the music of John Philip Sousa? From his iconic “The Stars & Stripes Forever” to stirring marches such as “The Washington Post,” “Semper Fidelis” and “The ...

One hundred years ago this week, Milwaukee threw a birthday bash for the biggest rock star in America. Well, maybe not a rock star — 1924 was a few decades before rock 'n' roll. But John Philip Sousa ...

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Pennypacker Mills will welcome the Montgomery County Concert Band on Saturday, Aug. 19, at 4 p.m. Over 50 musicians will be performing the music of John Philip Sousa and other American songs outdoors ...