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"The Stars and Stripes Forever" is considered Sousa's most famous composition. [3] A British journalist named Sousa "The March King", in comparison to "The Waltz King" — Johann Strauss II. [4] However, not all of Sousa's marches had the same level of public appeal. [2] Some of his early marches are lesser known and rarely performed. [2]
We March, We March to Victory (1914) (hymn) Boots (1916) I Love Jim (1916) Come Laugh and Be Merry (1916) The Song of the Dagger (1916) Blue Ridge, I'm Coming Back to You (1917) The Love That Lives Forever (1917) When the Boys Come Sailing Home! (1918) We Are Coming (1918) The Toast (1918) Pushing On (1918) Lovely Mary Donnelly (1918)
"The Gallant Seventh", was Sousa's most popular march in the 1920s and is distinguished as his only march with two breakstrains. This version is performed by the United States Marine Corps Band. This file adds significantly to the following articles: "The Gallant Seventh" John Philip Sousa; List of compositions by John Philip Sousa; Nominate ...
Sousa retired from touring in 1931 and died a year later, on March 6, 1932. By that time, popular musical tastes had passed him by. Americans were into swing music now.
1 List of marches composed by John Philip Sousa. Toggle List of marches composed by John Philip Sousa subsection. 1.1 Comments from Aoba47. 1.2 Comments from ...
The march is written for a standard full American concert band. On the page for The Stars and Stripes Forever on the official United States Marine Band website, under The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa, additional parts are written in at the bottom of the downloadable score. These parts are from Sousa's Encore Book, and are handwritten ...
This march makes use of alto and bass clarinets, and also of alto, tenor and baritone saxophones – all instruments seldom used in Sousa's early works but common in his post-1890 compositions. But the upper brass section consists only of B ♭ cornets; the score does not call for either E ♭ cornets (used in Sousa's early marches) nor for ...
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