John Philip Sousa was born on November 6, 1854, in Washington, D.C. He is celebrated as an American composer and conductor. His vibrant marches continue to echo through the halls of history and have ...
What Scott Joplin did for ragtime and Jelly Roll Morton for jazz, John Philip Sousa achieved for another expression of the American spirit – the march. But unlike Joplin and Morton, who helped create ...
What did Americans do before they twerked, twisted, hully-gullied, moonwalked, strolled, shimmied, madisoned, cha-cha'd, charlestoned, lindy-hopped, nae-naed, or did it Gangnam Style? They marched.