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 ...

For many, summer celebrations would be nothing without hearing John Philip Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever. The 1896 march conveys images of flags waving, parades, and the sense that everything ...

Music for President's Day continues with music in the White House. The ensemble that played in the executive mansion not long after it was built in 1800 has played a role in music at the White House ...

John Philip Sousa seemed to be in the best of spirits Saturday night, the Reading Eagle reported the following day, March 6, 1932. But at 12:30 a.m. that Sunday, the famous composer and bandleader ...

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 ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — For years, the world’s largest archive of original compositions and arrangements by John Philip Sousa -- more than four tons of it -- was stuffed into file drawers and cabinets, ...

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 ...

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