The incredible band of John Philip Sousa
Series: Music in American Life
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780252077814
Subjects: Composers, united states; Composers, biography
First sentence: It was curiosity about the colorful titles of John Philip Sousa‘s marches that led me down a long trail to become his biographer.
Description: John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) is an American icon. Most famous for his military marches, the composer-bandmaster led a disciplined group of devoted musicians on numerous American tours and around the world, shaping a new cultural landscape. Paul Edmund Bierley documents every aspect of the "March King's" band: its history, its star performers, its appearances on recordings and radio, and the problems members faced on their 1911 trip around the world. Enhanced by more than 120 images and photographs, The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa also contains six statistical appendixes detailing where the band played, a complete list of musicians, instrumentation of the band, program listings, and a discography. — Publisher
Notes: Includes 19 p. omitted from the hardback