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2 days ago · The composer John Philip Sousa is closely associated with the most popular trend in American popular music just before the start of the 20th century. Formerly the bandmaster of the United States Marine Band , Sousa wrote military marches like " The Stars and Stripes Forever " that reflected his "nostalgia for [his] home and country", giving the ...
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5 days ago · Sousa Archives Will Be Closed December 24, 2015 - January 3, 2016. Pogo Studio Legacy Preserved at the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music. Eduardo Diazmuñoz University of Illinois Opera Theatre Records Acquired by Sousa Archives. "Flea's" Music Legacy Now Preserved at the Sousa Archives.
5 days ago · Part of the broader Romanticism movement of Europe, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gioachino Rossini and Franz Schubert are often seen as the dominant transitional figures composers from the preceding Classical era.
2 days ago · Key was inspired by the large U.S. flag, with 15 stars and 15 stripes, known as the Star-Spangled Banner, flying triumphantly above the fort after the battle. The poem was set to the tune of a popular British song written by John Stafford Smith for the Anacreontic Society, a social club in London.
2 days ago · Answer: "Stars and Stripes Forever" John Philip Sousa wrote this popular patriotic march song in December of 1886. By act of Congress, it was designated as the National March song of the United States of America.
3 days ago · CARBONDALE, Ill. — The iconic U.S. Marine Band, designated as “The President’s Own” by President Thomas Jefferson, will give a free performance Oct. 8 in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Shryock Auditorium. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. Free tickets will be available online beginning Sunday, Sept. 8.
