John Philip Sousa wrote 136 marches. Many of the marches are patriotic, with names like The Stars and Stripes Forever, The Liberty Bell and Hail to the Spirit of Liberty.
Sousa also composed music for the stage. He wrote 70 songs and 15 operettas, and on this week's Learning to Listen, you'll hear Sousa's other music.
Fun Sousa fact: Did you know there are lyrics for John Philip Sousa's most famous march, The Stars and Stripes Forever?
Hurrah for the flag of the free!
May it wave as our standard forever,
The gem of the land and the sea,
The banner of the right.
Let despots remember the day
When our fathers with mighty endeavor
Proclaimed as they marched to the fray
That by their might and by their right
It waves forever.
Program Playlist
John Philip Sousa
El Capitán - March
The Wallace Collection
John Wallace
Nimbus 5129
John Philip Sousa
The Bride Elect: People Who Live In Glass Houses
Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
Keith Brion
Naxos 559008
John Philip Sousa
Our Flirtations "Overture"
Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
Keith Brion
Naxos 559008
John Philip Sousa
The Last Days of Pompeii Suite
ACC Heritage of America Band
Lt Col Lowell E Graham
USAF 8818
John Philip Sousa
The Stars and Stripes Forever
The Wallace Collection
John Wallace
Nimbus 5129
John Philip Sousa
El Capitán Suite
Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra
Keith Brion
Naxos 559008
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