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	About John Philip Sousa - John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)
		John Philip was 3rd of 10 children of John Antonio Sousa (born in Spain of Portuguese parents) and Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus (born in Bavaria).
		John Philip's father, Antonio, played trombone in the U.S. Marine band.
		The original name of the band was "Sousa's New Marine Band", but criticism from Washington forced the withdrawal of the name.
	www.dws.org /sousa/about.htm (518 words)

	John Philip Sousa biography - 8notes.com
		John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 - March 6, 1932), is probably the most famous conductor and composer in history of military marches.
		Sousa repeatedly refused to conduct on the radio, fearing the lack of personal contact with the audience; he was persuaded to do so in 1929, and was very successful.
		One year after the 1882 transit of Venus, Sousa was commissioned to compose a processional for the unveiling of a bronze statue of American physicist Prof.
	www.8notes.com /biographies/sousa.asp (759 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known particularly for American military marches.
		John was born in Washington, D.C., to John AntÃ³nio de Sousa and Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus.
		Sousa's antipathy to recording was such that he refused to conduct his band if it was being recorded.
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	John Philip Sousa
		John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 - March 6, 1932), is probably the most famous marching band conductor and composer in history.
		Sousa repeatedly refused to conduct on the radio, fearing the lack of personal contact with the audience; he was persuaded to do so in 1929, and was very successful.
		Sousa also composed the music for six operettas that were either unfinished or not produced: The Devils' Deputy, Florine, The Irish Dragoon, Katherine, The Victory, and The Wolf.
	www.teachersparadise.com /ency/en/wikipedia/j/jo/john_philip_sousa.html (342 words)

	John Philip Sousa - Music Composer (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Philip Sousa is the "March King" and one of the most famous American composers and conductors.
		John was born in Washington, DC on November 6, 1854.
		John began studying music when he was six.
	www.kidzworld.com /article/1798-john-philip-sousa-biography (218 words)

	The Mediadrome - History - John Philip Sousa: The Leader of the Band
		Appropriately enough, John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. on November 6, 1854, the third of ten children.
		Sousa continued writing marches and the band, much to the delight of their audiences, continued playing them.
		Sousa never gave up his dream to take the band on tour, but it wasn't until he spoke with President Benjamin Harrison's wife that he got what he wanted.
	www.themediadrome.com /content/articles/history_articles/sousa.htm (2102 words)

	sousa.htm
		Sousa was born Nov. 6, 1854, at 636 G Street, in southeast Washington, D.C., near Marine Barracks where his father, Antonio, was a musician in the Marine Band.
		Sousa gained great proficiency on the instrument, and at age 13, was almost persuaded to join a circus band.
		John Philip Sousa died on March 6, 1932, in Reading, Pa. His body was brought to his native Washington to lie in state in the Band Hall at Marine Barracks.
	www.marineband.usmc.mil /learning_tools/hall_of_composers/sousa.htm (949 words)

	John Philip Sousa: Biography - Classic Cat
		John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932), popularly known as "The March King", was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known particularly for American military marches.
		John was born in Washington, D.C., to John António de Sousa and Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus.
		Sousa's antipathy to recording was such that he refused to conduct his band if it was being recorded.
	www.classiccat.net /sousa_jp/biography.htm (1374 words)

	John Philip Sousa Summary
		Sousa was born on November 6, 1854, in Washington, D.C., to John Antonio and Maria Elisabeth (Trinkhaus) Sousa.
		Sousa was born in Washington D.C. to John António de Sousa and Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus, with his parents being Portuguese and Bavarian (German) descent.
		When the young Sousa reached the age of 13, his father, a trombonist in the Marine Band, enlisted his son in the United States Marine Corps as an apprentice, shortly after he attempted to run away and join a circus.
	www.bookrags.com /John_Philip_Sousa (3007 words)

	John Philip Sousa
		John Philip Sousa was more than a composer and conductor, though he conducted his own extremely successful band for over 30 years and performed his own music.
		Sousa was a household word, a legend in his own time, and beyond doubt one of the most important figures in the band movement.
		Called "The Sounds of Sousa Band", its purpose was to bring the sights and sounds of a Sousa concert to a new generation.
	www.virent.net /jpsousa.htm (510 words)

	A Capitol Fourth . History of the Fourth . Sousa: The March King . Biography of John Phillip Sousa \| PBS
		John Philip was the third of 10 children of John Antonio Sousa (born in Spain of Portuguese parents) and Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus (born in Bavaria).
		By all accounts, John Philip was an adventure-loving boy, and when at the age of 13 he tried to run away to join a circus band, his father instead enlisted him in the Marine Band as a band apprentice.
		Sousa's last appearance before the Marine Band was on the occasion of the Carabao Wallow of 1932 in Washington, D.C. Sousa, as a distinguished guest, rose from the speaker's table, took the baton from Captain Taylor Branson, the band's director, and led the band in "The Stars and Stripes Forever."
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	John Philip Sousa Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		John Philip Sousa was born on November 6, 1854, in Washington, D.C. His father was Portuguese, his mother German.
		Sousa was decorated by the crowned heads of Europe and by various academies and societies.
		During his 40 years as bandmaster, Sousa lifted the concert band to popular heights it had never attained before, grossed an estimated $40 million, and was one of the most respected musicians of his generation.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/john-philip-sousa (743 words)

	Marine Corps History Books: John Philip Sousa
		Dalaplaine, Edward, JOHN PHILIP SOUSA AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.
		Danner, Phyllis, SOUSA AT ILLINOIS: The John Philip Sousa and Herbert L. Clarke Manuscript Collections at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: A Catalogue of the Collections.
		Sousa, John Philip, MARCHING ALONG: Recollections of Men, Women and Music.
	www.scuttlebuttsmallchow.com /sousa.html (150 words)

	PBS: Think Tank: Transcript for "Who Was John Philip Sousa?"
		Sousa knew this in the end of his life, he knew that with the depression, and with jazz coming in, and new popular music, that there was a different feeling.
		RIFE: Sousa was an enthusiast, he had two goals in his life, he wanted his music to be successful and his performance to be successful, and he had a great deal of ambition, and he was very proud of his ambition.
		Sousa would be very pleased, I think, to know that his music is still being performed, not surprised, but very, very pleased.
	www.pbs.org /thinktank/transcript903.html (3239 words)

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		John Philip Sousa, renowned throughout the world for his martial band music, was the first president of an organization which was a forerunner to the present Amateur Trapshooting Association.
		Sousa might well be called the father of government of the sport by amateur shooters as it exists today.
		John Philip Sousa was conductor of the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 to 1892, after which he organized his own, world-renowned concert band.
	www.traphof.org /inductees/sousa_john_philip.htm (912 words)

	Our History
		Sousa was born Nov. 6, 1854, at 636 G Street, SE, Washington, DC, near the Marine Barracks where his father, Antonio, was a musician in the Marine Band.
		John Philip Sousa gained great proficiency on the violin, and at the age of 13 he was almost persuaded to join a circus band.
		In 1889, Sousa wrote "The Washington Post" march to promote an essay contest sponsored by the newspaper; the march was soon adapted and identified with the new dance called the two-step.
	www.marineband.usmc.mil /learning_tools/our_history/john_sousa.htm (1307 words)

	- Classical Music Dictionary - Free MP3
		John Philip was 3rd of 10 children of John Antonio Sousa (born in Spain of Portuguese parents) and Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus (born in Bavaria); John Philip's father, Antonio, played trombone in the U.S. Marine band; he grew up around military band music.
		Sousa's promoter David Blakely dies while Sousa and his wife are on vacation in Europe; on the return voyage, Sousa receives the inspiration for The Stars and Stripes Forever.
		Sousa dies at age 77, after conducting a rehearsal of the Ringgold Band in Reading, Pennsylvania; the last piece he conducted was "The Stars and Stripes Forever".
	www.karadar.it /Dictionary/sousa.html (322 words)

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		John Phillip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. on 6 November 1854, of a Portuguese father (Antonio Sousa, who had enlisted in the Marine Band in 1854) and a German mother (Elizabeth Trinkhouse Sousa).
		Sousa's personality, his musical and executive ability were instrumental in making the Marine Band a familiar and popular musical organization to residents and visitors of the Nation's Capitol.
		In June 1930, Sousa attended the ceremony at Tidworth, England, where a "beautifully bound score of the march" was formally presented to the Royal Welch Fusiliers (the oldest regiment in Wales) to perpetuate the friendship of the regiment with the United States Marine Corps.
	hqinet001.hqmc.usmc.mil /HD/Historical/Whos_Who/Sousa_JP.htm (817 words)

	Overview Page: Stars and stripes forever: Patriotic Melodies (Library of Congress)
		John Philip Sousa was America's "March King." He was surrounded by music from birth: his father played trombone with the U.S. Marine Band and as a child he studied violin as well as music theory.
		Sousa attended band rehearsals with his father and, after his parents disapproved of his joining a circus band, was pressed into service as an apprentice musician with the Marine Band.
		Sousa was the greatest musical star of his era, combining the charisma and popularity of Leonard Bernstein and the Beatles.
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	John Philip Sousa & The Transit of Venus
		John Philip Sousa, the famous bandmaster, wrote a 1920 novel Transit of Venus about an imaginary voyage to photograph the event.
		Sousa originally composed the march for the unveiling ceremony of the statue of Joseph Henry, the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution.
		Sousa wrote at least four marches about the way the heavenly bodies march across the night sky.
	www.transitofvenus.org /sousa.htm (881 words)

	John Philip Sousa \| CFRB 1010 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Philip Sousa wrote the most famous American military marches of all time, including "Stars and Stripes Forever," earning him the nickname "the March King"; he was also known as a great bandleader, and organized the famed concert and military group, Sousa's Band.
		Born in Washington, D.C., on November 6, 1854, Sousa followed in the footsteps of his father, a musician in the U.S. Marine Corps, and enlisted by the age of 14.
		Sousa formed his sternly organized marching band in 1892, leading them through numerous U.S. and European tours, a world tour, and an appearance in the 1915 Broadway show Hip-Hip-Hooray.
	www.cfrb.com /performer/1413/biography/john-philip-sousa (238 words)

	John Philip Sousa
		Sousa not only entertained his large and diverse audiences, he also educated his listeners and heightened their musical experience by presenting programs of classical literature through his band transcriptions, his own original works for the medium, and through the masterpieces of other composers of distinction.
		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.
		Sousa brought his U.S. Marine Band to Duluth, Minnesota during their tour of 1892, just before Sousa left the Marines to form his own band.
	www.shannonadgroup.com /mainstreet/downtown/sousa.html (805 words)

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		John Phillip Sousa wrote The Stars and Stripes Forever March, which became our national march.
		John Philip was 3rd of 10 children of John Antonio Sousa (born in Spain of Portuguese parents) and Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus (born in Bavaria).
		The original name of the band was "Sousa's New Marine Band", but criticism from Washington forced the withdrawal of the name.
	www.sar.org /history/flag/sousa.html (372 words)

	John Philip Sousa
		John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D. on November 6, 1854, the third of ten children of John Antonio Sousa and Maria Elisabeth (Trinkaus) Sousa.
		John Antonio Sousa came to the United States as a young man, and, while serving as a musician in the United States Navy, met Maria in Brooklyn, New York, and married her in the late 1840’s.
		Sousa was invited to Reading, Pennsylvania to direct the Ringgold Band of Reading in a concert to be played on March 6, 1932, commemorating the band’s eightieth anniversary as a band.
	www.spanamwar.com /Sousa.htm (1667 words)

	A BIOGRAPHY OF THE COMPOSER JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
		John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. on November 6th, 1854.
		Many musicians from other bands were drawn to Sousa and, he formed a formidable group of very talented players.
		The original name of the band was Sousa's New Marine Band, but this name had to be dropped after much criticism from Washington.
	www.pathcom.com /~desw/sousa.html (458 words)

	John Philip Sousa
		John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 6, 1854.
		Sousa, known as the "March King," ranks among the most famous American composers and conductors.
		Sousa was the leader of the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 until 1892.
	www.loc.gov /rr/hispanic/portam/sousa.html (324 words)

	John Philip Sousa (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Philip Sousa was the symbol of an era and was known as the man who did one particular thing better than any other.
		Sousa was a veritable fountain of sparkling humor, but his wit was of the dry, subtle variety.
		Upon hearing that Sousa was planning to play a composition based on drinking songs, they protested, whereupon he substituted another humoresque entitled, "Follow the Swallow." The Methodists failed to see the humor of it, however, and never invited him back.
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	John Philip Sousa (Site not responding. Last check: )
		John Philip Sousa was born in 1854 in Washington D.C. His father was in the United States Marine Band.
		When Sousa was five years old his mother refused to give him any more doughnuts, so he sat out in the rain for a half an hour because he was mad.
		When Sousa was thirteen he wanted to run away with the circus to play in the circus band, but his father discovered his secret.
	www.wvec.k12.in.us /kes/music/dcf98/johnb.html (473 words)

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