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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]
John Philip Sousa ( / ˈsuːzə, ˈsuːsə / SOO-zə, SOO-sə, [1] [2] Portuguese: [ˈso (w)zɐ]; November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for American military marches. [3] He is known as "The March King" or the "American March King", to distinguish him from his British ...
The Washington Post (march) " The Washington Post " (often called " The Washington Post March ") is a march composed by John Philip Sousa in 1889. Since then, it has remained as one of his most popular marches throughout the United States and many other countries.
John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for American military marches. He composed 136 marches from 1873 until his death in 1932. [a] [2] He derived few of his marches from his other musical compositions such as melodies and operettas .
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.” They ...
See media help. The " U.S. Field Artillery March " is a patriotic military march of the United States Army written in 1917 by John Philip Sousa after an earlier work by Edmund L. Gruber. The refrain is the " Caissons Go Rolling Along". This song inspired the official song of the U.S. Army, "The Army Goes Rolling Along".
Stars and Stripes Forever is a 1952 American Technicolor film biography of the late-19th-/early-20th-century composer and band leader John Philip Sousa. This 20th Century Fox feature was produced by Lamar Trotti, directed by Henry Koster, and stars Clifton Webb, Debra Paget, Robert Wagner, and Ruth Hussey. The film's title is taken from Sousa's ...
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 the Sea", to the band.