As one of America’s most famous and prolific composers, John Philip Sousa wrote 135 marches and dozens of other works, including operettas, songs and suites. Some of his early performances with ...

John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars and Stripes Forever” will be played a lot over the next three days. It’s America’s national march, as voted by Congress in 1987.

Sousa around 1915, about a decade after he first decried "mechanical music." Library of Congress. John “The March King” Philip Sousa knew a thing or two about popular music.

Who Was John Philip Sousa? ... For over 100 years orchestras and bands around the world have been playing his songs nonstop. ... On top of that he was the superb composer of marches, ...

John Philip Sousa had been a conductor since 1878 and had been a musician since ... Known as the “March King," the composer and conductor of brassy, dramatic patriotic songs in the 1800s also laid the ...

An earlier version of this story incorrectly reported that the Marine Band Birthday Concert is Sunday at 10 a.m. The concert is Saturday, Nov. 9, at 10 a.m. at the Marine Corps War Memorial in ...

To John Philip Sousa IV, he’s “great-grandfather.” Although the legendary bandmaster’s name ends with him, Sousa IV, 69, is working to ensure his great-grandfather’s legacy isn’t lost ...

Recently, the Sousa Archives acquired the Frances Carter and Marjorie Moore Sousa Research Files documenting John Philip Sousa’s relationship with his family while America’s March King.

Fri., Dec. 22, 2023 John Philip Sousa, “the March King,” and his famous 88-piece band thrilled crowds at two concerts at the Lewis and Clark High School Auditorium, the Spokane Daily Chronicle ...