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...Sousa...
...have heard various people say that the name Sousa means Symphony Orchestra United States America...
...Sousa" in Portugal is as common as "Smith" in the U. S. The late Bandmaster Sousa's forbears were driven from Portugal in the Revolution...
Died. John Philip Sousa, 77, bandmaster, composer, novelist, "March King of America"; of heart disease; in Reading, Pa. Born in Washington, D. C. of a Bavarian mother and a Portuguese father, he was a precocious instrumentalist. At 25 he became the leader of the U. S. Marine Band. The inadequate pay of its members later drove him to form his own band. A versatile musician, he composed over 300 pieces, 100 of them marches. His "The Stars and Stripes Forever" netted $300,000 in royalties. A crack shot and a finished equestrian, he also wrote The Transit of Venus...
...Sousa's power has consequently been infinite. A nation has risen to his call; the lowliest citizen has felt the irresistable challenge of the measured rhythms. In brightly lighted music halls throughout an urbane world, sophisticated audiences experience a breathless thrill at the rousing strains of a Sousa encore. In the gathering dusk of a weary day, the pledding step of a dogged doughboy is lightened, his heart quickened by the same inspiring tune. As long as music is played, as long as men march, Sousa will be immortalized as the Great March King...