CHICAGO — What Scott Joplin did for ragtime and Jelly Roll Morton for jazz, John Philip Sousa achieved for another expression of the American spirit: the march. More than that, he nurtured and ...
CHICAGO - What Scott Joplin did for ragtime and Jelly Roll Morton for jazz, John Philip Sousa achieved for another expression of the American spirit — the march. But unlike Joplin and Morton, who ...
The W.D. Packard Concert Band is taking its "March" concert literally. Sunday's performance will focus on the marches composed by John Philip Sousa, and each song will be directed by a Packard Band ...
The name now seems slightly faded, even fusty: John Philip Sousa. Old music from a distant era. Don’t let that fool you. At one time, Sousa marches were the grandest, biggest, brightest and liveliest ...
Arguably, the most popular early 20th-century visitor to Fort Worth (after Theodore Roosevelt) was bandleader John Philip Sousa. Both were headliners in their day. Roosevelt came to town twice (1905 ...
correctionAn earlier version of this story misidentified the rank of the music director of the United States Marine Band. Jason K. Fettig is a colonel, not a lieutenant colonel. The story has been ...
What Scott Joplin did for ragtime and Jelly Roll Morton for jazz, John Philip Sousa achieved for another expression of the American spirit – the march. But unlike Joplin and Morton, who helped create ...
If you knew Sousa -- Sousa's Washington (1854-1874) -- There's no business like show business (1874-1881) -- Semper fi (1881-1892) -- Sousa's peerless concert band ...