On Aug. 15, 1928, the Manitowoc Herald-News reported “America’s March King” John Philip Sousa and his band was to play “Two ...

What Scott Joplin did for ragtime and Jelly Roll Morton for jazz, John Philip Sousa achieved for another expression of the American spirit – the march. But unlike Joplin and Morton, who helped create ...

For many, summer celebrations would be nothing without hearing John Philip Sousa’s The Stars and Stripes Forever. The 1896 march conveys images of flags waving, parades, and the sense that everything ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Performance Today host Fred Child about the life and music of John Philip Sousa, "the March King." Sousa was born in Washington, D.C., 150 years ago. Sousa is perhaps ...

Music for President's Day continues with music in the White House. The ensemble that played in the executive mansion not long after it was built in 1800 has played a role in music at the White House ...

W. Fred Campbell, a musician who worked as personal secretary to legendary bandmaster John Philip Sousa died on Tuesday at his son’s home in Fort Lauderdale. He was 92. In high school, Mr. Campbell ...

If you knew Sousa -- Sousa's Washington (1854-1874) -- There's no business like show business (1874-1881) -- Semper fi (1881-1892) -- Sousa's peerless concert band ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — For years, the world’s largest archive of original compositions and arrangements by John Philip Sousa -- more than four tons of it -- was stuffed into file drawers and cabinets, ...