John Philip Sousa (1854-1932)

Sousa research and other information

For more in-depth information on Sousa's life and work, visit some of these sites.

Web Link	Hits
Saxophone Soloists with Sousa Introduction to Michael Hester's doctoral thesis on the saxophone soloists of Sousa's Band. Includes links to several photos of Sousa's sax section.	221
International Music Score Library Project A WIKI (online encyclopedia) of public domain musical scores. Several Sousa scores available.	342
The Sousa Archives for Band Research	763
Timeline of Sousa's Life From the Sousa Archives at the University of Illinois	754
Wikipedia entry for Sousa The Wikipedia is a fantastic free online encyclopedia.	541
Sousa Biography From Naxos Records' website	583
America's Story from the America's Library site	540
U.S. Code designates "The Stars & Stripes Forever!" National March of U.S.A.	428
The John Philip Sousa Foundation A non-profit organization that sponsors projects to promote band music and the memory of Sousa. Honor bands, awards (such as the Sudler scroll and flag), etc.	563
The Story of the Sousaphone (J.W. Pepper)	506
Project Gutenberg - Works by John Philip Sousa Includes full text to his novel "The Fifth String" and an article entitled "Experiences of a Bandmaster"	488
Archive.org: Sousa Band recordings Lots of MP3 downloads of Sousa Band recordings, 1895-1918	538
Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project Over two dozen audio downloads of early cylinder recordings of Sousa's Band	403
The Clarinetists of the John Philip Sousa Band, 1892-1931 Doctoral thesis by Jesse Daniel Krebs from Florida State's website	406

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

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

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