The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa (Music in American Life)
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (729 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0252031474 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 480 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A remarkable array of carefully arranged and meticulously detailed data. With this remarkable book, Sousa research is now ready to really begin."--Nineteenth-Century Music Review . Bierley opens doors to new arenas of American music research
Most famous for his military marches, the composer-bandmaster led a disciplined group of devoted musicians on numerous American tours and around the world, shaping a new cultural landscape. John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) is an American icon. Paul E. Enhanced by more than 120 images and photographs, The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa also contains six statistical appendixes detailing where the band played, a complete list of musicians, instrumentation of the band, program listings, and a discography. Bierley documents every aspect of the "March King's" band: its history, its star performers, its appearan
"Sousa. Loved by schooled traditional musicians. Disdained by effete snobs. Whom are you?" according to T.A.S.. Outstanding reference for Sousa aficionados.. Roger Kennedy said Sousa the Great!. This author has written extensively about Sousa and his band before. Much of that information is repeated here, but there are some new additions as well. The author has nicely highlighted each aspect of Sousa's career which makes for easy reading.The problem with Sousa is that we tend to exclude all other band composers and their music. There were many other great band composers around including R. B. Hall, Karl King, and Henry Fillmore to name some of the prominent American ones. Their music deserves notice as well, as Sousa often played their. David Lovrien said A long-needed reference work!. This book is primarily a reference work for those looking for deeply detailed information from primary sources. It has other excellent background material as well, but if you want to see a nice cross-section of actual Sousa Band programs, or you want to find out if your great-grandfather actually played in Sousa's Band like your grandmother always told you, this is the most definitive reference available.