by David Lovrien | Apr 24, 2025 | Americana
Only a very few video clips exist of John Philip Sousa. In this 1929 Fox Movietone News clip, Sousa conducts one of his marches for President Herbert Hoover on the White House lawn. At the beginning we see the title slide, reading, “PRESIDENT HEARS...
by David Lovrien | Mar 31, 2018 | Announcements
SOUSAMUSIC.COM is now online – the newest version of the oldest Sousa site on the Internet. In 1996 I started the first John Philip Sousa website on the web, and over the years it’s been the #1 resource for information about Sousa’s musical works and...
by David Lovrien | Jan 27, 2017 | Recordings
Searching for Sousa music on Amazon.com will give you a list of over 500 CD’s – many of questionable quality. Just so you don’t get burned – here’s my top 10 list of the top Sousa recordings available today. If you have other suggestions,...
by David Lovrien | Jun 13, 2012 | Sousa's Band
On December 24, 1910, the Sousa Band embarked on a world tour. Although not the first group to travel around the world, the publicity generated was immense (although the financial rewards were only modest). Sousa’s reputation, marches and recordings preceded...
by David Lovrien | Jun 13, 2012 | Biography
John Philip Sousa led a remarkable life. This is a brief timeline of the major events. 1854 Born November 6John Philip was born at 636 G Street SE in Washington, D.C., 3rd of 10 children of John Antonio Sousa (born in Spain of Portuguese parents) and Maria Elisabeth...
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