Word: band
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kemble, Assistant Professor of Physics, to defray the expenses of experimental investigation of the influence of a magnetic field on band spectra...
...concert was made possible when the famous conductor offered to make a complimentary appearance with his band at the University. Final arrangements were completed late last Spring. Sousa has long followed with close attention the progress of music at Cambridge under Dr. Davison's leadership...
John Philip Sousa is recognized as one of the most gifted and authoritative band conductors in the country and his spirited and tuneful melodies have won a deserved popularity the world over. He early showed evidence of marked musical talent and started his work as a conductor at the age of 17. In 1880 he became the leader of the United States Marine Band and heled that position until 1892, when he organized and directed his own personal organization...
Sousa and his band have gone on many extensive tours, several times to Europe and, two times around the world. During the way Lieutenant Sousa joined the navy and became the director of a band at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. Great Lakes, III. At one time his band there was the largest group of musicians that had ever played under the direction of one conductor and became nationally known...
Each season Lieutenant Sousa and his band make an extended four of the United States, playing in all the larger cities. His band, while known chiefly for its rendition of March tunes, included in its programs more pretentious compositions from the operas and symphonies. Lieutenant Sousa is known chiefly as a composer of marches; of these his "Stars and Stripes Forever" is perhaps the most famous...