John Philip Sousa (1854–1932)
Author of The Fifth String
About the Author
Disambiguation Notice:
Do not combine with John Philip Sousa III or IV.
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Works by John Philip Sousa
El Capitan 3 copies
The Glass Blowers 3 copies
Marsch Album I. 2 copies
Military Marches of Sousa 2 copies
The World of Sousa Marches 2 copies
Stars Stripes & Sousa 1 copy
The New York Hippodrome 1 copy
Kadetten - Marsch 1 copy
The Sousa March Folio 1 copy
Sousa Original 1 copy
Riders for the Flag 1 copy
The Minnesota March 1 copy
Spirit of America 1 copy
Variations On America: Organ Spectacular [sound recording] — Composer — 1 copy
Music for wind band. 5 1 copy
Music for wind band. Vol. 4 1 copy
Music for wind band. Vol. 3 1 copy
sousa, Vol. 2 1 copy
Famous Sousa marches 1 copy
National Game March 1 copy
The Gridiron Club March 1 copy
Music for Wind Band #4 [CD] 1 copy
Peaches and Cream 1 copy
The Sousa March Album 1 copy
On wings of lightning [CD] 1 copy
La Reine D'amour 1 copy
Mother Hubbard March 1 copy
Mother Goose March 1 copy
Liberty Bell (Concert March) 1 copy
Marches of John Philip Sousa 1 copy
Great American Marches 2 1 copy
Great American Marches 1 1 copy
Sousa: A Sousa Celebration 1 copy
Stars & Stripes Forever 1 copy
American Marches CD 1 copy
Associated Works
Great British Orchestras: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Volume 1 [sound recording] — Composer — 4 copies
Television's Greatest Hits, Volume II: From the 50s and 60s — Contributor — 4 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Sousa, John Philip
- Birthdate
- 1854-11-06
- Date of death
- 1932-03-06
- Burial location
- Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C., USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Place of death
- Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
- Places of residence
- Washington, D.C., USA
Sands Point, New York, USA - Occupations
- composer
conductor - Relationships
- Sousa, John Philip III (grandson)
Sousa IV, John Philip (great-grandson) - Organizations
- Freemasons
Sousa Band - Disambiguation notice
- Do not combine with John Philip Sousa III or IV.
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The Stars and Stripes Forever by John Philip Sousa
In his autobiography, "Marching Along", Sousa claims that he composed the march on Christmas Day 1896, upon hearing of the death of David Blakeley, the manager of the Sousa Band. He also wrote these lyrics:
Let martial note in triumph float
And liberty extend its mighty hand
A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers,
The banner of the Western land.
The emblem of the brave and true
Its folds protect no tyrant crew;
The red and white and starry blue
Is freedom's shield and hope.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.
Hurrah for the flag of the free!
May it wave as our standard forever,
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.
Let eagle shriek from lofty peak
The never-ending watchword of our land;
Let summer breeze waft through the trees
The echo of the chorus grand.
Sing out for liberty and light,
Sing out for freedom and the right.
Sing out for Union and its might,
O patriotic sons.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation,
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.
Hurrah for the flag of the free.
May it wave as our standard forever
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray,
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.
The timing, a subsequent key change, the matched up lyrics, and the fact that he conducted this march in virtually every performance since, belie the honorific (and honorable, romantic) claim. The March remains, of course, one of the greatest. The piccolo obligato in the trio, joined on the 2d iteration by a trombone counter-melody, is thrilling.… (more)
Let martial note in triumph float
And liberty extend its mighty hand
A flag appears 'mid thunderous cheers,
The banner of the Western land.
The emblem of the brave and true
Its folds protect no tyrant crew;
The red and white and starry blue
Is freedom's shield and hope.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.
Hurrah for the flag of the free!
May it wave as our standard forever,
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.
Let eagle shriek from lofty peak
The never-ending watchword of our land;
Let summer breeze waft through the trees
The echo of the chorus grand.
Sing out for liberty and light,
Sing out for freedom and the right.
Sing out for Union and its might,
O patriotic sons.
Other nations may deem their flags the best
And cheer them with fervid elation,
But the flag of the North and South and West
Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom's nation.
Hurrah for the flag of the free.
May it wave as our standard forever
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray,
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.
The timing, a subsequent key change, the matched up lyrics, and the fact that he conducted this march in virtually every performance since, belie the honorific (and honorable, romantic) claim. The March remains, of course, one of the greatest. The piccolo obligato in the trio, joined on the 2d iteration by a trombone counter-melody, is thrilling.… (more)
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