The Incredible Band Of John Philip Sousa

Author : Paul E. Bierley
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252031474
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa written by Paul E. Bierley and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most famous for his military marches, John Philip Sousa led a group of devoted musicians around the world and shaped a new cultural landscape. This book documents almost every aspect of the "March King's" band: its history, its star performers, its appearances on recordings, and the problems the group faced on their 1911 trip around the world.

Author : Patrick Warfield
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252095073
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making the March King written by Patrick Warfield and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2013-10-16 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Philip Sousa's mature career as the indomitable leader of his own touring band is well known, but the years leading up to his emergence as a celebrity have escaped serious attention. In this revealing biography, Patrick Warfield explains how the March King came to be by documenting Sousa's early life and career. Covering the period 1854 to 1893, this study focuses on the community and training that created Sousa, exploring the musical life of late nineteenth-century Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia as a context for Sousa's development. Warfield examines Sousa's wide-ranging experience composing, conducting, and performing in the theater, opera house, concert hall, and salons, as well as his leadership of the United States Marine Band and the later Sousa Band, early twentieth-century America's most famous and successful ensemble. Sousa composed not only marches during this period but also parlor, minstrel, and art songs; parade, concert, and medley marches; schottisches, waltzes, and polkas; and incidental music, operettas, and descriptive pieces. Warfield's examination of Sousa's output reveals a versatile composer much broader in stylistic range than the bandmaster extraordinaire remembered as the March King. In particular, Making the March King demonstrates how Sousa used his theatrical training to create the character of the March King. The exuberant bandmaster who pleased audiences was both a skilled and charismatic conductor and a theatrical character whose past and very identity suggested drama, spectacle, and excitement. Sousa's success was also the result of perseverance and lessons learned from older colleagues on how to court, win, and keep an audience. Warfield presents the story of Sousa as a self-made business success, a gifted performer and composer who deftly capitalized on his talents to create one of the most entertaining, enduring figures in American music.

Author : Susan Zannos
Publisher : Mitchell Lane
ISBN 13 : 1545748942
Total Pages : 71 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Life and Times of John Philip Sousa written by Susan Zannos and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2019-12-05 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most famous of the bandmaster-composers was John Philip Sousa (1854-1932), who in 1880 became leader of the U.S. Marine band. In 1892, he organized his own band that toured throughout the world. Known as The March King, Sousa was a highly skilled composer of marches. He wrote more than one hundred of them, including the famous Stars and Stripes Forever that became the official United States march in 1987. A strong-willed child, Sousa s first memories of his childhood include the time he was not permitted to eat as many donuts as he wanted, so he ran away in the rain and laid outside for a half an hour. He got so sick he almost died. But the best story Sousa tells is the one where he almost ran away to join the circus band!

Author : Paul E. Bierley
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Philip Sousa; American Phenomenon written by Paul E. Bierley and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1973 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles Sousa's life and career paying particular attention to his life-long efforts to realize his ideal of an American popular music.

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Publisher : Scholastic Library Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780516207612
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Philip Sousa written by and published by Scholastic Library Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a biography of John Philip Sousa

Author : Carol Greene
Publisher : Children's Press(CT)
ISBN 13 : 9780516042268
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Philip Sousa written by Carol Greene and published by Children's Press(CT). This book was released on 1992 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple biography of the famous band leader and composer who was known as the March King.

Author : Paul E. Bierley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Works of John Philip Sousa written by Paul E. Bierley and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kimberly K. Archer
Publisher : GIA Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781579997397
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Composers on Composing for Band written by Kimberly K. Archer and published by GIA Publications. This book was released on 2002 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each composer addresses the following topics: Biographical information, The creative process ... how a composer works, Orchestration, Views from the composer to the conductor, Commissioning new works, The teaching of composition, Influential individuals, Ten works all band conductors at all levels should study, Ten composers whose music speaks in especially meaningful ways, The future of the wind band, Other facets of everyday life, Comprehensive list of works for band.

Author : Jennifer Blizin Gillis
Publisher : Heinemann-Raintree Library
ISBN 13 : 9781403467515
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.1X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John Philip Sousa written by Jennifer Blizin Gillis and published by Heinemann-Raintree Library. This book was released on 2005-08-09 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Philip Sousa helped to create some incredible music. Learn about his life in this exciting title.

Author : Bob Gruen
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683356772
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Green Day written by Bob Gruen and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-08-27 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celebrating 25 years of Green Day, from renowned photographer Bob Gruen It’s been 25 years since the breakthrough album Dookie put punk rock pioneers Green Day on the musical map, and renowned photographer Bob Gruen has been taking photos of the band ever since. Green Day includes behind-the-scenes photos as well as concert images from their international tours, many of which are previously unpublished—along with photographs from their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in 2015 and in the recording studio. The book has the full support of the band, with quotes and commentary from Billie Joe Armstrong, TreÌ? Cool, and Mike Dirnt throughout.