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Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa

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Iconic American composer-bandmaster John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) led a disciplined group of devoted musicians on numerous American tours and around the world. Paul Bierley documents every aspect of the ''March King's'' band: its history, its star performers, its appearances on recordings and radio, and the problems members faced on their 1911 trip abroad. The book is enhanced by more than 120 photographs, a discography of recordings, and six statistical appendixes detailing the band's travels, personnel, instrumentation, and repertoire. Paul Edmund Bierley is the world's leading Sousa authority. He is the author of The Works of John Philip Sousa, John Philip Sousa: American Phenomenon, and other books on Sousa and band music.
''The premier Sousa authority, Bierley caps his forty-year career with this admirably comprehensive tome on hisoand many Americans'ofavorite subject ... Highly recommended.'' Choice ''A remarkable array of carefully arranged and meticulously detailed data ... Bierley opens doors to new arenas of American music research...With this remarkable book, Sousa research is now ready to really begin.'' Nineteenth-Century Music Review ''If your personal library is missing this book, you cannot have a complete music section.'' Circus Fanfare
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