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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]
It follows normal march style, IAABBCCDCDC, and is played at the normal pace of most marches: 120-128 beats per minute. Although marches such as Semper Fidelis, The Washington Post, Stars and Stripes Forever and Hands Across the Sea have achieved greater popularity, the Gladiator is still regarded as John Philip Sousa's first success.
During his tenure, he was popularly referred to as the "March King". [2] In 1892, after leaving the marine band, Sousa started his own band, which he later called "Sousa's Band". [3]: 17 The Boy Scouts of America was formed in 1910; Sousa considered it a "wonderful and powerful force toward the making of true Americanism and good citizens".
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.
Sousa dedicated his march “To the U.S. Navy." [1] Much as his march "Globe and Eagle" was named after the Marine Corps emblem, Sousa named "Anchor and Star" after the emblem of the U.S. Navy. [1] Sousa's naval service was a great success, as "young musicians rushed to enlist and learn under him in the recruit training band."
"The Fairest of the Fair" is a 1908 march by John Philip Sousa. One of Sousa's more melodic, less military marches, it was composed for the annual Boston Food Fair of 1908. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is claimed that the memory of a pretty girl he had seen at an earlier fair inspired the composition.
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 is a march composed by John Philip Sousa in 1922 whilst recovering from a broken neck. [1] The march takes its name from the 7th Regiment of the New York National Guard. The conductor of the Regiment band was Major Francis Sutherland, a former cornetist in Sousa's own civilian band.