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He served as leader of the Marine Band from 1880 to 1892, and performed at the inaugural balls of President James A. Garfield and Benjamin Harrison. [10] In 1987, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" was made the national march of the United States, by an act of Congress. [11] The "U.S. Field Artillery" is the official march of the United States Army.
Performed by the United States Marine Band. file. help. " The Stars and Stripes Forever " is a patriotic American march written and composed by John Philip Sousa in 1896. By a 1987 act of the U.S. Congress, it is the official National March of the United States of America. [ 1]
Officers and men of the United States Marine Corps. " Semper Fidelis ", written in 1888 by John Philip Sousa, is regarded as the official march of the United States Marine Corps. This piece was one of two composed in response to a request from United States President Chester A. Arthur for a new piece to be associated with the United States ...
Although many recordings of this march have been made over the years, the original recording of the march played by the United States Marine Band, conducted by Sousa's concertmaster, [6] was made on Graphophone cylinder for the fledgling Columbia Records company in Washington, D.C., in 1890, catalogue Columbia Cylinder Military #8.
The Dauntless Battalion. "The Dauntless Battalion" is an American military march by John Philip Sousa, published in 1922 and dedicated to the faculty and cadets of the Pennsylvania Military College (PMC) in Chester, Pennsylvania, known since 1972 as Widener University. [1] [2] Sousa received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from the college ...
John Philip Sousa in his Marine Corps uniform. In 1892 he left the Marines to start his own band, which he led for the next 39 years, earning a new title, “the American March King.”
John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor. He served as the director of the United States Marine Band from 1880 to 1892. During his tenure, he was popularly referred to as the "March King". [1] In 1881, Sousa became a Freemason [2]: 36 and on November 18 the same year, he was raised to a third-degree mason.
The march is "addressed to no particular nation, but to all of America's friends abroad." In 1901, John Philip Sousa heard the Virginia Tech Regimental Band (The Highty-Tighties) playing "The Thunderer" at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Sousa was so impressed that he dedicated a performance of his latest march, "Hands Across ...