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Stars and Stripes Forever, The
Sousa, John Philip
The Stars and Stripes Forever by: John Philip Sousa
Original Copyright: 1897 By: John Church
BandMusic PDF Library
Chester Nettrower Collection
Music Committee Members Tom Pechnik, Senior Archivist; Mary Phillips; Wayne Dydo; Bill Park, Director
North Royalton, Ohio www.bandmusicpdf.org
Jo
hn P
hilip
Sou
sa
D
OB
: N
ovem
ber 6
th, 1
854
(Was
hing
ton,
DC
)
DO
D:
Mar
ch 6
th, 1
932
(Rea
ding
, PA
)
John
Phi
lip S
ousa
wro
te th
e m
ost f
amou
s Am
eric
an m
ilitar
y m
arch
es o
f all
time,
incl
udin
g "S
tars
and
Stri
pes
Fore
ver,"
ea
rnin
g hi
m th
e ni
ckna
me
"the
Mar
ch K
ing"
; he
was
als
o kn
own
as a
gre
at b
andl
eade
r, an
d or
gani
zed
the
fam
ed
conc
ert a
nd m
ilitar
y gr
oup,
Sou
sa's
Ban
d. B
orn
in W
ashi
ngto
n,
D.C
., on
Nov
embe
r 6, 1
854,
Sou
sa fo
llow
ed in
the
foot
step
s of
hi
s fa
ther
, a m
usic
ian
in th
e U
.S. M
arin
e C
orps
, and
enl
iste
d by
th
e ag
e of
14.
Bef
ore
this
, Sou
sa h
ad s
tudi
ed v
iolin
with
Joh
n E
sput
a. W
hile
act
ive
in th
e M
arin
es, h
e co
mpo
sed
his
first
mar
ch, "
Salu
tatio
n."
Star
s an
d St
ripe
s Fo
reve
r (m
arch
) is
con
side
red
the
fines
t m
arch
eve
r w
ritte
n, a
nd a
t th
e sa
me
time
one
of t
he m
ost
patr
iotic
eve
r co
ncei
ved.
As
rep
orte
d in
the
Phi
lade
lphi
a Pu
blic
Led
ger
(May
15,
18
97)
“ ...
It i
s st
irrin
g en
ough
to r
ouse
the
Amer
ican
eag
le fr
om h
is c
rag,
and
set
him
to s
hrie
k ex
ulta
ntly
whi
le h
e hu
rls h
is a
rrow
s at
the
auro
ra b
orea
lis.”
(re
ferr
ing
to t
he c
once
rt t
he S
ousa
Ban
d ga
ve t
he p
revi
ous
day
at t
he A
cade
my
of M
usic
).1
The
mar
ch w
as n
ot q
uite
so
wel
l rec
eive
d th
ough
and
act
ually
got
an
over
ave
rage
rat
ing
for
a ne
w
Sous
a m
arch
. Ye
t, it
s po
pula
rity
grew
as
Mr.
Sou
sa u
sed
it du
ring
the
Span
ish-
Amer
ican
War
as
a co
ncer
t cl
oser
. Co
uple
d w
ith h
is T
roop
ing
of th
e Co
lors
, th
e m
arch
qui
ckly
gai
ned
a vi
goro
us
resp
onse
fro
m a
udie
nces
and
crit
ics
alik
e.
In f
act, a
udie
nces
ros
e fr
om t
heir
chai
rs w
hen
the
mar
ch
was
pla
yed.
M
r. S
ousa
add
ed t
o th
e en
tert
ainm
ent
valu
e of
the
mar
ch b
y ha
ving
the
pic
colo
(s)
line
up in
fro
nt o
f th
e ba
nd f
or t
he f
inal
trio
, and
the
n ad
ded
the
trum
pets
and
tro
mbo
nes
join
the
m o
n th
e fin
al r
epea
t of
the
str
ain.
The
mar
ch w
as p
erfo
rmed
on
alm
ost
all o
f M
r. S
ousa
’s c
once
rts
and
alw
ays
drew
tea
rs t
o th
e ey
es o
f th
e au
dien
ce.
The
auth
or h
as n
oted
the
sam
e em
otio
nal r
espo
nse
of a
udie
nces
to
the
mar
ch t
oday
. Th
e m
arch
has
bee
n na
med
as
the
natio
nal m
arch
of
The
Uni
ted
Stat
es.
Ther
e ar
e tw
o co
mm
enta
ries
of h
ow t
he m
arch
was
insp
ired.
Th
e fir
st c
ame
as t
he r
esul
t of
an
inte
rvie
w o
n M
r. S
ousa
’s p
atrio
tism
. Ac
cord
ing
to M
r. S
ousa
, the
mar
ch w
as w
ritte
n w
ith t
he
insp
iratio
n of
God
.
1 R
esea
rch
done
by
Eliz
abet
h H
artm
an, h
ead
of th
e m
usic
dep
artm
ent,
Free
Lib
rary
of P
hila
delp
hia.
Ta
ken
from
Joh
n Ph
ilip
Sous
a, D
escr
iptiv
e C
atal
og o
f His
Wor
ks (P
aul E
. Bie
rley,
Uni
vers
ity o
f Ill
inoi
s P
ress
, 197
3, p
age
71)
“I w
as in
Eur
ope
and
I go
t a c
able
gram
that
my
man
ager
was
dea
d. I
was
in I
taly
and
I w
ishe
d to
ge
t hom
e as
soo
n as
pos
sibl
e, I
rus
hed
to G
enoa
, the
n to
Par
is a
nd t
o En
glan
d an
d sa
iled
for
Amer
ica.
On
boar
d th
e st
eam
er a
s I
wal
ked
mile
s up
and
dow
n th
e de
ck, b
ack
and
fort
h, a
men
tal
band
was
pla
ying
‘Sta
rs a
nd S
trip
es F
orev
er.’
Day
afte
r da
y as
I w
alke
d it
pers
iste
d in
cra
shin
g in
to
my
very
sou
l. I
wro
te it
on
Chris
tmas
Day
, 189
6.”2
P
rogr
am n
ote
rese
arch
ed b
y M
arcu
s L.
Nei
man
M
edin
a, O
hio
A
dditi
onal
info
rmat
ion
on e
ither
the
com
pose
r or c
ompo
sitio
n w
ould
be
wel
com
ed.
Ple
ase
send
in
form
atio
n to
m
arcu
snei
man
@zo
omin
tern
et.n
et
2 T
aken
from
pro
gram
not
es fo
r the
wee
k be
ginn
ing
Aug
ust 1
9th,
192
3. B
ierle
y, J
ohn
Phili
p So
usa,
pa
ge 7
1.
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rtesy
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orth
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hio)
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