November 6 - John Philip Sousa (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for November 6th are here: Adolphe Sax; John Philip Sousa (2019), Ray Conniff (2020), John Philip Sousa (2021), and John Philip Sousa; Gus Kahn (2022)

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John Philip Sousa (6 November 1854 – 6 March 1932) was an American composer and band leader.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Obbligato

 

Sousa organized The Sousa Band the year that he left the Marine Band, and it toured from 1892 to 1931 and performed at 15,623 concerts, both in America and around the world. -- Wikipedia

When after nearly 16,000 shows

The famous Sousa band came to a close,

I wonder if the piccolo was glad

Of all the featured chances he had had,

Or did he vow that he would never never

Play a note of “Stars and Stripes Forever.”

 

 

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