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 651-675 of 699 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Edison | 615 | Not documented | 4/22/1911 | Stars and stripes forever | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 2354 | 10-in. | 6/27/1913 | Summer girl | Reed Orchestra [Edison Records] | Reed orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 2357 | 10-in. | 7/2/1913 | The red man | Edison Concert Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 2358 | 10-in. | 7/2/1913 | The black man | Edison Concert Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 2359 | 10-in. | 7/2/1913 | The glory of the Yankee navy march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 3069 | 10-in. | May-June 1914 | Hail, Columbia | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 3726 | 10-in. | 4/23/1915 | Stars and stripes forever march | Sodero's Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 3863 | 10-in. | 6/10/1915 | The thunderer march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 3864 | 10-in. | 6/10/1915 | King Cotton march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 4030 | 10-in. | 7/29/1915 | The gladiator march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 5210 | 10-in. | 12/12/1916 | The stars and stripes forever march | Imperial Marimba Band | Marimba band | composer | |
Edison | 5423 | 10-in. | 3/1/1917 | The Boy Scouts of America march | New York Military Band | Band, with female vocal solo and male vocal chorus | composer | |
Edison | 5504 | 10-in. | 4/13/1917 | The invincible eagle march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 5505 | 10-in. | 4/13/1917 | Hail to the Spirit of Liberty march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 5506 | 10-in. | 4/13/1917 | The Liberty Bell march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 5854 | 10-in. | 10/23/1917 | Naval Reserve march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 6034 | 10-in. | Feb. 1918 | Wisconsin forward forever march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 6035 | 10-in. | 2/28/1918 | Hands across the sea march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 6112 | 10-in. | Apr. 1918 | The U.S. Field Artillery march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 6113 | 10-in. | 4/9/1918 | The volunteers march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 6292 | 10-in. | 7/31/1918 | Sabre and spurs march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 6525 | 10-in. | 12/26/1918 | Wedding march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 6912 | 10-in. | 8/26/1919 | Semper fidelis march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 6986 | 10-in. | 10/21/1919 | Manhattan Beach march | New York Military Band | Band | composer | |
Edison | 6987 | 10-in. | 10/21/1919 | El Capitan march | New York Military Band | Band | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sousa, John Philip," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102569.
Sousa, John Philip. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/102569.
"Sousa, John Philip." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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