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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 and patriotic marches. Because of his mastery of march composition and resultant prominence, he is known as "The March King". In public he was typically referenced by his full name.

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  • 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 and patriotic marches. Because of his mastery of march composition and resultant prominence, he is known as "The March King". In public he was typically referenced by his full name.
  • John Philip Sousa était un compositeur américain du 19ème et 20ème siècle. (Réalité extrapolée *) Il a notamment composé la marche militaire "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (1897*). (TNG: "Evolution")
  • John Philip Sousa was an American composer of band music of the late 19th and early 20th century. He was most famous for his many military marches, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" being one of them. (TNG: "Evolution" )
  • John Philip Sousa ist ein amerikanischer Komponist des späten 19. und des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. 1896 komponiert Sousa den amerikanischen Militärmarsch Stars and Stripes Forever. (TNG: )
  • Sousa's father was of Portuguese and Spanish descent, his mother of Hessian ancestry.[1] Sousa began his career playing violin and studying music theory and composition under John Esputa and George Felix Benkert. His father enlisted him in the United States Marine Band as an apprentice in 1868. After departing the band in 1875, Sousa learned to conduct. From 1880 until his death, he focused exclusively on conducting and the writing of music. He eventually rejoined the Marine Band and served there for 12 years as director. On leaving the Marine Band, Sousa organized his own band. He toured Europe and Australia and developed the sousaphone, a large brass instrument similar to the tuba. On the outbreak of World War I, Sousa was commissioned as a lieutenant and led the Naval Reserve Band in Il
  • John Philip Sousa (; (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known primarily for American military and patriotic marches. Because of his mastery of march composition, he is known as "The March King" or the "American March King" due to his British counterpart Kenneth J. Alford also being known as "The March King". Among his best-known marches are "The Liberty Bell", "The Thunderer", "The Washington Post", "Semper Fidelis" (Official March of the United States Marine Corps), and "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (National March of the United States of America).
  • thumb|John Philip Sousa, 1900 John Philip (de) Sousa (* 6. November 1854 in Washington D.C.; † 6. März 1932 in Reading, Pennsylvania) war ein US-amerikanischer Dirigent von Militärkapellen und Komponist von Marschmusik und Operetten. Dem König der Marschmusik ist zudem das Sousaphon gewidmet, das auf seine Anregung von der Firma G. C. Conn entwickelt wurde.
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