John Philip Sousa (/ˈsuːzə, ˈsuːsə/ SOO-zə, SOO-sə, Portuguese: [ˈso(w)zɐ]; November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of...
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The John Philip Sousa Foundation is a non-profit foundation dedicated to the promotion of band music internationally. The foundation administers a number...
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John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for American military marches. He composed 136 marches...
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The John Philip Sousa House, also known historically as Wildbank, is a historic house at 12 Hicks Lane, overlooking Manhasset Bay, in Sands Point, New...
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The Stars and Stripes Forever (category Songs written by John Philip Sousa)
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...
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American march music (section John Philip Sousa)
exponents of march music in America and its preeminent champion was John Philip Sousa, "The March King"; who revolutionized and standardized American march...
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Sousa refers to John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), American composer of marches Sousa also may refer to: Sousa (surname), including other Portuguese variants...
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This is a list of compositions by John Philip Sousa. Sources: The Summer Girl (1901) Willow Blossoms (1917) You're the Flower of My Heart – Sweet Adeline...
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The John Philip Sousa Bridge, also known as the Sousa Bridge and the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, is a continuous steel plate girder bridge that carries...
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John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era. Although primarily known for American military marches, he also wrote...
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The Liberty Bell (march) (category Songs written by John Philip Sousa)
"The Liberty Bell" (1893) is an American military march composed by John Philip Sousa. "The Liberty Bell" Performance by The New York Military Band c. 1910...
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SS John Philip Sousa was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after John Philip Sousa, an American composer and...
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The Washington Post (march) (category Sousa marches)
(often called "The Washington Post March") is a march composed by John Philip Sousa in 1889. Since then, it has remained as one of his most popular marches...
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composer John Philip Sousa. Stars and Stripes Forever may also refer to: Stars and Stripes Forever (film), a 1952 biopic about John Philip Sousa, starring...
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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...
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Prime Minister John Turner. Marie Christie Geills Kilgour (née McCrae) was the sister of John McCrae. In 1918, Lieut. John Philip Sousa wrote the music...
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The Fairest of the Fair (category Songs written by John Philip Sousa)
The Fairest of the Fair John Philip Sousa wrote "The Fairest of the Fair" in 1908. This version is performed by the United States Marine Band Problems...
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The John Philip Sousa Middle School, formerly the John Philip Sousa Junior High School, is a public school located at 3650 Ely Place in SE area of Washington...
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Semper Fidelis (march) (category Sousa marches)
"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...
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The Thunderer (category Sousa marches)
The Thunderer John Philip Sousa's "The Thunderer", performed in 1896 by the United States Marine Band The Thunderer Performed in 2007 by the United States...
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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...
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Sousaphone (category John Philip Sousa)
around 1893 by J. W. Pepper at the direction of American bandleader John Philip Sousa (after whom the instrument was then named), it was designed to be...
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led to a "Golden Age of Bands", spearheaded by conductors such as John Philip Sousa and Patrick Gilmore. The new forms of twentieth-century entertainment...
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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...
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fashioned portrait busts of Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, General MacArthur, John Philip Sousa, Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Charles Goodyear, George Gershwin and others...
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84056°W / 40.88583; -73.84056 John Philip Sousa Junior High School (also known as JHS 142, MS 142 and John Philip Sousa Middle School) was a middle school...
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U.S. Field Artillery March (category Sousa marches)
patriotic military march of the United States Army written in 1917 by John Philip Sousa after an earlier work by Edmund L. Gruber. The refrain is the "Caissons...
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Marines adopted their current motto "Semper fidelis" (Always Faithful). John Philip Sousa, the musician and composer, enlisted as a Marine apprentice at age...
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Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (march) (category Sousa marches)
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...
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Hands Across the Sea (march) (category Sousa marches)
Sousa mavens, this three-minute gem will have great appeal." List of marches by John Philip Sousa "The Works of John Philip Sousa". John Philip Sousa...
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