Making the march king
Subtitle: John Philip Sousa's Washington years, 1854-1893
By: Patrick Warfield
Series: Music in American life; Music in American life
Publisher: University Of Illinois Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
ISBN-13: 9780252037795
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Composers; Bandmasters; Biography; History
Other titles: John Philip Sousa's Washington years, 1854-1893
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prelude. A triumph on the waves; title: The apprentice. A capital boyhood ; Into the pit ; A nineteenth-century musical career; title: The professional. The centennial city ; A presidential musician ; Civilian music in Washington; title: The march king. America's court composer ; Making the Sousa Band ; Theater on the bandstand; title: Epilogue. Marching along.