Results for "John Philip Sousa"

John Philip Sousa

Born: November 6, 1854

John Philip Sousa had been a conductor since 1878 and had been a musician since about 1861. The Famous Sousa Band, his own organization, has been in existence for nearly forty years and for the twenty years immediately preceding he was the conductor of the Marine Band attached to the President's household.

Throughout his career as a conductor he had also been a composer, and it is an open question which of his two activities brought him the greater renown. It would be difficult to segregate the two, however, for his marches, his band and his personality served as a single unit in creating his unique reputation.

Documentary: John Philip Sousa

July 4, 2019

Today being July 4th and all, what better way to celebrate America's birthday than to look at the life and music of John Philip Sousa (1854-1932). Known as the “March King," the composer and conductor of brassy, dramatic patriotic songs in the 1800s also laid the track for jazz. By the turn of the 20th century, ...

Bobby Bradford, Tom Heasley, Ken Rosser: Varistar

by Bruce Lindsay
October 20, 2009

Recorded in Los Angeles in 1999, but mixed and released ten years later by tubaist Tom Heasley and Kronos Quartet engineer Scott Fraser, Varistar is a moody and atmospheric work from three experienced improvisers. Its predominantly slow and introspective feel of its seven improvised pieces create, at times, an almost claustrophobic intensity. The ...

Remembering John Philip Sousa

March 22, 2009

John Philip Sousa, Band Leader, Dies in Hotel at Reading READING, Pa., Sunday, March 6. 1932 John Philip Sousa, famous American band conductor and march king of a generation ago, died unexpectedly early this morning in his room in the Abraham Lincoln Hotel from an attack of heart disease. He came to Reading to ...

Sousa's Greatest Hits United States Marine band

By John Philip Sousa

Label: Unknown label
Released: 1999