john philip sousa

     

From 1880 to 1892, this patriotic composer directed the U.S. Marine Corps Band

Trivia about john philip sousa

  • He composed the "King Cotton" March in 1897, the same year as "The Stars & Stripes Forever"
  • His first published work, 1872's "Moonlight on the Potomac", contained waltzes, not marches
  • After resigning as director of the Marine Band, he gave his first concert with his own band Sept. 26, 1892
  • In 1893 Francisco Fanciulli succeeded this man as leader of the U.S. Marine Band
  • 2 of this composer's big hits in 1889 were "The Thunderer" & "The Washington Post"
  • His repertoire of about 140 military marches earned him the nickname the "March King"
  • This bandmaster probably knew his operetta "The Free Lance" so well he could "phone" it in
  • Although known as the "March King", this Marine bandmaster wrote 10 comic operas
  • This "March King" not only led the Marine Corps Band but Army & Navy bands as well
  • At Garfield's inauguration, this band master got things marching along with his U.S. Marine Band
  • At 13, this march composer became an apprentice with the U.S. Marine Band
  • This man's "Liberty Bell March" was used as the theme song for "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
  • He composed "Semper Fidelis"
  • He's the composer of the famous march performed here by Grambling University's Tiger Marching Band
  • His 1919 funeral march "The Golden Star" was in memory of soldiers killed in World War I
  • He wrote the following while employed by the U.S. Marine Corps:

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