John Philip Sousa
Sousa began his career playing violin and studying music theory and composition under John Esputa and George Felix Benkert. Sousa's father enlisted him in the United States Marine Band as an apprentice in 1868. He left the band in 1875, and over the next five years, Sousa performed as a violinist and learned to conduct. In 1880, he rejoined the Marine Band and served there for 12 years as director, after which Sousa was hired to conduct a band organized by David Blakely, P.S. Gilmore's former agent. Blakely wanted to compete with Gilmore. From 1880 until his death, Sousa focused exclusively on conducting and writing music. He aided in the development of the sousaphone, a large brass instrument similar to the helicon and tuba. Upon the outbreak of World War I, Sousa was awarded a wartime commission of lieutenant commander to lead the Naval Reserve Band in Illinois. He then returned to conduct the Sousa Band until his death in 1932. In the 1920s, Sousa was promoted to the permanent rank of lieutenant commander in the naval reserve. |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 6, 1854 (Washington, D.C.), Died March 6, 1932 (Reading)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1894 - 1950
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, arranger, conductor, director, speaker
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Recordings (Results 476-500 of 698 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 388 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Oct. 1905 | El capitan : March | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 388 | 10-in. | approximately 1901 | El capitan : March | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 416 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Oct. 1905 | Hail to the spirit of liberty | Artists vary | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 416 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Hail to the spirit of liberty | Artists vary | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 418 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | Hands across the sea | Artists vary | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 418 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | Hands across the sea | Artists vary | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 420 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | High school cadets march | Artists vary | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 420 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | High school cadets march | Artists vary | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 462 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Sept. 1902 | The invincible eagle march | Vess L. Ossman | Banjo solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 462 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | The invincible eagle march | Vess L. Ossman | Banjo solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 470 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | King cotton march | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 470 | 10-in. | approximately 1901 | King Cotton march | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 471 | 7-in. | ca. 1901-Oct. 1905 | King Edward VII march | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 471 | 10-in. | ca. 1901 | King Edward VII march | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 478 | 7-in. | ca. 1901 | Liberty Bell march | Columbia Band | Band, with bell effect | composer | |
Columbia | 478 | 10-in. | approximately 1901 | Liberty Bell march | Columbia Band | Band, with bells | composer | |
Columbia | 502 | 7-in. | ca. 1902-Oct. 1905 | The man behind the gun march | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 502 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | The man behind the gun march | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 503 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Manhattan Beach march | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 503 | 10-in. | ca. 1902 | Manhattan Beach march | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 553 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Stars and stripes forever march | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 553 | 10-in. | approximately 1902 | Stars and stripes forever | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 570 | 7-in. | ca. 1902 | Washington Post march | Columbia Band | Band | composer | |
Columbia | 570 | 10-in. | between January and September 1902 | Washington Post march | Columbia Band | Band ("Washington Post march"); Male vocal solo, with piano ("Down deep within the cellar") | composer | |
Columbia | 583 | 7-in. | ca. 1902-Oct. 1905 | The bride elect : March | Columbia Orchestra | Orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sousa, John Philip," accessed April 23, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102569.
Sousa, John Philip. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 23, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102569.
"Sousa, John Philip." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 23 April 2024.
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