Marching songs by john philip sousa biography
Marching songs by john philip sousa biography
Composer john philip sousa biography.
List of marches by John Philip Sousa
For a complete list of compositions, see List of compositions by John Philip Sousa.
John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for American military marches.[1] He composed 136 marches from 1873 until his death in 1932.[a] He derived a few of his marches from his other musical compositions such as melodies and operettas.
"The Stars and Stripes Forever" is considered Sousa's most famous composition.[3] A British journalist named Sousa "The March King", in comparison to "The Waltz King" — Johann Strauss II.[4] However, not all of Sousa's marches had the same level of public appeal.
Some of his early marches are lesser known and rarely performed. He composed marches for several American universities, including the universities of Minnesota,[5]Illinois (now known as University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign),[6]Nebraska,[7]