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The Most Famous Band in History
Before The Rolling Stones.
Before The Beatles. 
Before Benny Goodman.

Before any of these, there was a band that remained the most popular musical act in the world for over 30 years. The first American musical organization to go on world tour. The first musical act to travel more than a million miles and perform for more than a million people. A band that whose members were the best in the world on their instruments. A band led by a world-famous composer and conductor.

Sousa's Band, Johannesburg, S. Africa, 1910-1911

The band was marketed under several names, but was known to people the world over as... Sousa's Band!

 
Famous Soloists with Sousa's Band

Pictures and stories of several of the most famous soloists with Sousa's band.

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Sousa Band Roster

Reference: Kenneth Berger, The March King and His Band. New York, Exposition Press, 1957. For a much more complete roster, check out Paul Bierley's The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa.

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The Clarinetists of the Sousa Band

A fascinating doctoral thesis by Jesse Daniel Krebs from Florida State's website.  Click here to download (PDF format).

 

Complete Works of Sousa

Lists the complete works of Sousa.
Listen to all of his marches!

Complete Works of Sousa

The most complete listing of Sousa's compositions available on the Internet.

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