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 | | Sousa and his Band and Sousa and his music, was America’s greatest musical attraction. | | | His band mimicked the sound of a symphony orchestra, and no finer band that Sousa’s was ever heard. | | | Sousa never spoke at his concerts, preferring non-stop music that spoke for itself. |
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http://naxos.com/composer/btm.asp?fullname=Sousa,+John+Philip
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| | John Philip Sousa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | John first learned the violin beginning at age 6. | | | In addition to hundreds of marches, Sousa wrote ten operas and a number of musical suites. | | | It went unplayed for more than 100 years, after Sousa's copies of the music were destroyed in a flood. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa
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| | The Mediadrome - History - John Philip Sousa: The Leader of the Band |
| | Sousa composed music anywhere-the only thing that distracted him was a melody. | | | By the time he was six, the young Sousa was enrolled in John Esputa Jr.'s conservatory where his studies included voice, violin, piano, and flute, as well as music theory. | | | Realizing his dream of taking music to the people, the Sousa Band traveled the country-Chicago. |
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http://www.themediadrome.com/content/articles/history_articles/sousa.htm
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| | John Philip Sousa & The Transit of Venus |
| | Sousa's copies of the music were destroyed in a flood. | | | The PHM Band performs John Philip Sousa's Transit of Venus March at the 2004 Spring Band Concert; (audio only). | | | Megan Dowell, Family Readiness Leader of the 428th MP Company, and Chuck Bueter introduce John Philip Sousa's Transit of Venus March at the 2004 Spring Band Concert; (audio only). |
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http://transitofvenus.org/sousa.htm
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| | JOHN PHILIP SOUSA |
| | John Philip Sousa had begun his musical education on the violin at the age of 6. | | | Sousa improved the band so much, that it became a huge success. | | | In 1891, John Philip Sousa took the band on its first nation wide tour. |
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http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/SpringfieldEstatesES/WWW/kidspage/fieldtrips/MarineBarracks/JohnPhilipSousa.html
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| | Find A Grave Cemetery Records- John Philip Sousa |
| | Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. After studying violin and harmony he began his professional career at 17 performing in theatre and dance orchestras. | | | From 1880 to 1892 he headed the U.S. Marine Band, then formed the Sousa Band and went on triumphant concert tours of America and Europe. | | | The Sousa Band broke up in 1931 and he died the following year. |
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http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=964&pt=John+Philip+Sousa
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| | John Philip Sousa - Music Composer |
| | Almost 10 years later, John was discharged from the marines so he began performing and touring with his violin. | | | John began studying music when he was six. | | | They toured Europe several times and were the first American band to tour around the world. |
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http://www.kidzworld.com/site/p1798.htm
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| | John Philip Sousa |
| | It is Sousa in the band, Sousa in the orchestra, Sousa in the phonograph, Sousa in the hand organ, Sousa in the music box, Sousa everywhere...As a conductor, Sousa is of the people and for the people... | | | The influence of his concert work among the masses is incalculable and the Sousa Band is ever the pioneer in the cause of good music. | | | He was to the march what Johann Strauss was to the waltz, and he has been described as the "Dickens of Music," the "Kipling of Music," the "Berlioz of the Military Band," the "Knight of the Baton," and so forth. |
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http://www.bright.net/~tpresar/LACB/sousa.htm
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| | John Philip Sousa Collection |
| | Although Sousa became identified primarily with the march, he wrote operettas (both the music and the libretti), transcriptions, arrangements, fantasies, humoresques, as well as songs, waltzes, overtures, concert pieces, suites, and descriptive pieces. | | | The widespread musical influence of John Philip Sousa through his compositions, transcriptions of music for band, and his literary efforts affected musical thought and practice worldwide. | | | Due to the presence of the Sousa Band performance collection, the University of Illinois is one of the few places that John Philip Sousa'’ music may be studied and understood as he actually intended it. |
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http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/r-rosas/souscoll.htm
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| | PBS: Think Tank: Transcript for "Who Was John Philip Sousa?" |
| | I mean, in his time, Sousa was the Madonna, Sousa was Elvis, he was the most popular musician in the United States, maybe one of the most popular musicians in the world, because his music went all over the world. | | | Sousa would be very pleased, I think, to know that his music is still being performed, not surprised, but very, very pleased. | | | I think there’s always been this great tradition of bands and band music, and I think part of the problem is we’ve often forgotten that this music is the people’s music, it’s as basic as anything American, it’s as basic as those covers on the Saturday Evening Post. |
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http://www.pbs.org/thinktank/transcript903.html
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| | The Marches of John Philip Sousa |
| | Sousa completed it June 6, 1929 and it was premiered on June 17th in a Sousa Band broadcast. | | | During the era of live band broadcasts over WILL radio, this march was used as signature music for the Illinois Band. | | | They are currently on display in the Sousa Library on the second floor of the Harding Band Building. |
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http://filesrv.bands.uiuc.edu/MI.old/background/sousa.html
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| | A BIOGRAPHY OF THE COMPOSER JOHN PHILIP SOUSA |
| | His father played in the U.S. Marine band and the young Sousa was introduced to the world of music at a very tender age. | | | After the 1914-18 war, Sousa continued to tour with the band. | | | They presented their first concert in the September of 1892 at the Stillman Music Hall in Plainfield, New Jersey. |
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http://www.pathcom.com/~desw/sousa.html
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| | John Philip Sousa |
| | When Sousa was thirteen he wanted to run away with the circus to play in the circus band, but his father discovered his secret. | | | In 1879, Sousa became the head of a performing music group. | | | So, he made Sousa sign up for the Marine Band the day he was planning to run away. |
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http://www.wvec.k12.in.us/kes/music/dcf98/johnb.html
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| | Amazon.com: Sousa's Greatest Hits: Music: John Philip Sousa,United States Marine Band |
| | Sousa was the first of many Marine Band leaders to serve as its musical director. | | | Sousa originally wrote a version of this march titled "The Welch Fusilier March", which included several well-known melodies in the trio, but was asked to revise it to include only original themes. | | | The music of JP Sousa was typical of its time and reflects a bygone era in America. |
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http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000296U6?v=glance
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| | John Philip Sousa |
| | Sousa was a disciplined man, moderate in everything except his quest for perfection in music. | | | The Sousa Band performed for audiences throughout our nation and the world. | | | The band was a resounding musical and commercial success, without any grants, subsidies, or institutional sheltering. |
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http://www.upperdarbysousaband.com/sousa.htm
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| | OH MR. Sousa - HOME |
| | home - about sousa - the show - the cast - press - audio - video - contact |
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http://www.ohmrsousa.com
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| | John Philip Sousa |
| | The Sousas then moved to Washington, D.C. As the new leader of the Marine Band, Sousa immediately reviewed the library of music for the band and eliminated many scores of music, and added better compositions to their repertoire, including some new music that he had written for the band. | | | When John Philip was about seven or eight years old, he began taking music lessons on the violin from John Esputa, Jr. | | | The band was the greatest musical phenomenon of the time. |
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http://www.spanamwar.com/Sousa.htm
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| | Books about John Philip Sousa |
| | Appendix C is the Sousa Band on Records. | | | Listed are the recording companiess and the record numbers. | | | Nostalgic Happenings in the Three Bands of John Philip Sousa, by Malcolm Heslip, $9.95 |
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http://www.dws.org/sousa/books.htm
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| | Brother John Philip Sousa, Salesman of Americanism |
| | Late in his career, he was asked what single piece of music he would chose to hear just before he died. | | | While making tours of his own country, patriotism was always part of the Sousa showcase. | | | Shrine organizations around the country sponsored many Sousa Band concerts in the late 1920s. |
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http://srjarchives.tripod.com/1997-10/Bierley.htm
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| | Background Reading: Music |
| | Sousa's music is regularly played at several of our summer outdoor concerts under a gazebo with a lush park facility. | | | The Truro Concert Band wishes to perform Sousa's Transit of Venus March at a "Sunday in the Park" concert in Truro Nova Scotia on July 11, 2004. | | | Penfield (NY) Symphony Orchestra performed Sousa's "Transit of Venus" march on June 6 at the annual Picnic Pops concert, for an audience of approximately 400. |
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http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/sunearthday/2004/vt_edu2004_venus_back_mus.htm
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| | Stars and Stripes Forever Suite - John Philip Sousa |
| | A lesser-known recording, but a must-have for any lover of band music. | | | There is some very fine playing by the band, comprised of many original Sousa band members. | | | To support his growing family, Sousa leaves the Marines and forms his own band; Willie and Lily go along. |
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http://www.tubaeuph.com/ser/Music/Classical/Stars-and-Stripes.htm
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| | Sousa, John Philip |
| | This instrument was designed for marching band whereas the traditional tuba was designed for concert orchestra. | | | In 1898 a special tuba called the "sousaphone" was developed for the Sousa band. | | | In addition to composing nearly 100 marches, he composed about 70 songs, several operettas, and a few orchestral suites. |
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http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/sousa1932.html
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| | About the Sousa Home Page |
| | John Philip's father, Antonio, played trombone in the U.S. Marine band. | | | 1892: The first Sousa Band concert was performed September 26 at Stillman Music Hall in Plainfield, New Jersey. | | | After two successful but limited tours with the Marine Band in 1891 and 1892, promoter David Blakely convinced Sousa to resign and organize a civilian concert band. |
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http://www.dws.org/sousa/about.htm
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| | John Philip Sousa |
| | According to The New Penguin Dictionary of Music, John Philip Sousa was an American band-conductor and composer of marches ("The Washington Post", "Stars and Stripes Forever", etc.); also of "El Capitán" and other operettas. | | | A man of strong opinions, he detested ragtime leaving his trombonist Arthur Willard Pryor to manage this distasteful (for him that was) aspect of popular music. | | | Further sheet music at DBE: ON HOLD WANTED |
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http://www.grainger.de/music/composers/sousa.html
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| | John Philip Sousa Band Award |
| | No other composer is so well known to band students, and Sousa was one of the most renowned supporters of school music programs. | | | The handsome award reflects credit on both the band and the band director. | | | It promotes the entire band by encouraging musicians to greater achievement and enthusiasm while providing an inspiring stimulus for potential instrumentalists. |
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http://users.etown.edu/r/renningers/jpsa.htm
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| | John Philip Sousa Marches Recorded from Victrola , Sousa's Band |
| | All John Philip Sousa Marches listed below were recorded on 60 minute cassette/CD from a 1918 hand cranked victrola using special equipment to enhance and retain the characteristic victrola sound. | | | John Philip Sousa Marches Recorded from Victrola, Sousa's Band | | | Bullets and Bayonets Performed by Sousa's Band (Sousa) |
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http://www.besmark.com/sousa.html
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| | John Philip Sousa - MSN Encarta |
| | Sousa, a perfectionist, raised the level of performance and instrumentation of the concert band. | | | At the age of 18 he began to play the violin in theater orchestras. | | | John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), American bandmaster and composer, born in Washington, D.C. At the age of 13 he was apprenticed to the Marine Band, the official band of the president of the United States. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761554554/John_Philip_Sousa.html
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| | NPR : Commemorating John Philip Sousa's 150th |
| | Sheet music for 'The Washington Post March,' written by Sousa in 1889. | | | Weekend Edition - Saturday, November 6, 2004 · NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Performance Today host Fred Child about the life and music of John Philip Sousa, "the March King." Sousa was born in Washington, D.C., 150 years ago. | | | John Philip Sousa on the Dallas Wind Symphony Web Site |
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4156340
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| | John Philip Sousa |
| | After leaving the Marine Band, he formed his own band, which toured Europe several times and was the first American band to make a tour around the world. | | | See the list of List of Special Collections of the Music Division for a description of this collection or the | | | Sousa was the leader of the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 until 1892. |
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http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/portam/sousa.html
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| | John Philip Sousa Band of Colorado |
| | The John Philip Sousa Band "family" is made up of approximately 50 enthusiastic musicians who volunteer their time and talent strictly for the love of music and fellowship. | | | Many of our members have been decorated by the military, some are former school music teachers (including the conductor), and many have played in college bands, military bands, jazz bands, and big band orchestras throughout Colorado and across the country. | | | We are an all-volunteer, non-profit service band under the direction of Byron Gillett. |
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http://sousaband.tripod.com
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| | John Philip Sousa's Childhood |
| | He was practicing his violin one evening and the leader of a Circus band heard him and asked him to join the Circus. | | | While John was in school, he witnessed a War that changed how he felt about music. | | | Sousa wanted to eat as many doughnuts as he wanted on night but his mom wouldn't let him. |
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http://www.eiu.edu/~amheroes/jpschild.html
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| | Rhapsody Music: Download, Listen, Play & Burn John Philip Sousa |
| | Click here to start listening to John Philip Sousa and thousands of other artists FREE for 14 days with Rhapsody Unlimited. | | | Rhapsody Music: Download, Listen, Play and Burn John Philip Sousa |
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http://www.real.com/dmm/rhapsody/artist/?artistid=7546
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| | Free Music Downloads, Ringtones! John Philip Sousa Free Music Downloads & Ringtones! |
| | Kelly Clarkson, Mariah Carey Sheet Music, Green Day, Sheryl Crow, Elton John, Britney, Jessica, Christina, Gavin DeGraw, Josh Groban, Coldplay, Beatles download Beatles, Jim Brickman, S. | | | John Philip Sousa Free Music Downloads & Ringtones! | | | American Art Songs of the Turn of the Century! |
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http://www.laurasmidiheaven.com/Sousa.shtml
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| | John Philip Sousa |
| | Later he formed his own band, the Sousa Band, which toured for 39 years and entertained millions of people. | | | He is best remembered for his marches, his band, and his patriotism. | | | He first became famous while serving as the leader of the U.S. Marine Band. |
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http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/aa/sousa
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| | Sousa- |
| | Before you begin your new job, you need to become familiar with the history of the Marine Band, the life of John Philip Sousa (the band's most famous conductor), and the band instrument Mr. | | | Sousa, the United States Marine Band, a sousaphone, or anything patriotic. | | | You have just been hired as the new conductor of the "President's Own" United States Marine Band. |
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http://learning.usd383.org/tlcf/tlcf2001/products/kleinau
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| | J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc. |
| | Indeed, Conn instruments were in use by the Sousa band by 1898. | | | Pictured with the original Pepper Sousaphone is James "Jimmy" Saied, well known conductor and Sousa impersonator. | | | In the course of researching the history of the Pepper company we have found reason to believe that the first bell upright, bass brass instrument was built by the J.W. Pepper Co. in 1893 and displayed at the industrial exhibt in Philadelphia of that same year. |
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http://www.jwpepper.com/history/sousa.html
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| | Oddio Overplay - John Philip Sousa |
| | "This high fidelity concert of John Philip Sousa band marches represents in repertoire that which is generally considered the best of the composer's works. | | | "As the name Strauss is synonymous with the waltz, so is the name Sousa synonymous with march music. | | | It may even be said that Sousa is internationally accepted as the march king. |
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http://www.oddiooverplay.com/ears/sousa/sousa.html
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| | John Philip Sousa Turns 150 |
| | About The United States Marine Band The Marine Band is America's oldest professional musical organization. | | | John Philip Sousa was born Nov. 6, 1854, at 636 G Street in Southeast Washington, D.C., near Marine Barracks Washington where his father, Antonio, was a musician in the Marine Band. | | | Given the title "The President's Own" by Thomas Jefferson, the Marine Band's primary mission is to provide music for the President of the United States and the Commandant of the Marine Corps. |
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-25-2004/0002308654&EDATE=
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| | NPR : John Philip Sousa |
| | In concert at George Mason University, Colonel Timothy W. Foley leads the Marine Band in the overture to John Philip Sousa's "The Charlatan." | | | When the Marines aren't playing for the President, they occasionally give public concerts. |
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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5222119
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| | PBS: Think Tank: Who Was John Philip Sousa? |
| | The legendary John Philip Sousa composed the most famous piece of American music ever written - The Stars and Stripes Forever. | | | Just who was the man known as "The March King?" And how is it that, almost 150 years after his birth, his music is still such an integral part of the American experience? | | | This week, we examine Sousa the man, the composer and the promoter. |
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http://www.pbs.org/thinktank/show_903.html
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| | Stamps (Philately): John Philip Sousa |
| | Winner of the international "Augusto Massari Price" 1997 which is told to be the "Oscar in Music Philately". | | | The value of the John Philip Sousa stamp, which was - according to my stamp catalogue - issued on May 3rd.1940, is very low. | | | According to the German Michel catalogue (issued in 2000), the value of a single stamp is about 0.40 US$. |
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http://experts.about.com/q/Stamps-Philately-1610/John-Philip-Sousa.htm
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| | John Philip Sousa |
| | Where to find more music by Sousa: The Works of John Philip Sousa | | | Learn more about the life of Brother Sousa: John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) | | | The March of the Mitten Men (Power and Glory) |
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http://www.masonmusic.org/sousa.html
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| | Minnesota March |
| | A special spring convocation was envisioned, but the premier performance was not to be, for by the time Sousa completed the band orchestration, he had made his own plans for the composition's first public performance. | | | In September 1927, Sousa and his band returned to Minnesota to fulfill an engagement at the State Fair, at which they were the featured attraction--in fact, the expression "Sousa's Fair" was frequently heard. | | | The band's manager, on an advance visit, had told fair officials that Sousa wished to introduce his new march at the fair and that he planned at the same time to present the original manuscript, with his autograph, to the University. |
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http://www.music.umn.edu/marchingband/history/mnmarch.html
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| | We Shall Overcome -- John Philip Sousa, Jr. High School |
| | Front of John Philip Sousa Junior High School | | | Entrance to John Philip Sousa Junior High School | | | They petitioned the school board to use Sousa Junior High School on an integrated basis, as it could adequately offer Anacostia pupils a full Junior High program without additional cost for repairs or construction and serve all of the children and not be overcrowded. |
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http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/civilrights/dc4.htm
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| | John Philip Sousa |
| | The "Transit of Venus March" never caught on, and went unplayed for more than 100 years, after Sousa's copies of the music were destroyed in a flood. | | | Courtesy of John Walker’s Home Planet for Windows. | | | D.C. A Freemason, Sousa was fascinated by what the group considered mystical qualities in otherwise natural phenomena. |
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http://home.earthlink.net/~acugnini/sousa.htm
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