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 ...

Warm up the piccolos. This is the week when John Philip Sousa's "The Stars and Stripes Forever" will be played more than any other piece of music, American or otherwise. And why not? Sousa's ...

In the early 1900s, New York City’s rich and famous flocked to the waterfront estates on Long Island’s North Shore. Among them was John Philip Sousa, the band leader and composer who lived in a ...

What Scott Joplin did for ragtime and Jelly Roll Morton for jazz, John Philip Sousa achieved for another expression of the American spirit – the march. But unlike Joplin and Morton, who helped create ...

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 ...

The USA Marine Band with conductor John Philip Sousa, who wrote "The Stars and Stripes Forever" as well as numerous marches, waltzes and songs. (Keystone/Getty Images) John Philip Sousa’s “The Stars ...

On Aug. 15, 1928, the Manitowoc Herald-News reported “America’s March King” John Philip Sousa and his band was to play “Two Golden Jubilee Concerts” at the Capitol Theatre on Saturday, Sept. 15. The ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. As for Sousa IV, this isn’t his first crack at rallying behind a tea party hero. As ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Born Washington, D.C. Known as the “March King,” John Philip Sousa created the brass band music that set the tempo for ...

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 ...