El Capitan is an operetta in three acts by John Philip Sousa and has a libretto by Charles Klein (with lyrics by Charles Klein and Tom Frost). The piece was Sousa's first successful operetta and his most successful stage work. The march "El Capitan" became a standard work both for...
One of Sousa's more melodic, less military marches, it was composed for the annual Boston Food Fair of 1908. It is claimed that the memory of a pretty girl he had seen at an earlier fair inspired the composition. For 11 piece brass ensemble and percussion Instrumentation: Trumpet 1 &...
Sousa wrote the Presidential Polonaise in 1886 at the request of President Chester A. Arthur to keep visitors moving briskly through the White House receiving line. For 11 piece brass ensemble Instrumentation: Piccolo Trumpet 1 in B♭ Trumpet 2 in E♭ (alt. B♭ part provided) Trumpet 3 in B♭ Flugelhorn...
"The Liberty Bell" was written for Sousa's unfinished operetta "The Devil's Deputy," but financing for the show fell through. Shortly afterwards, Sousa and his band manager attended the Columbian Exposition in Chicago where they watched a show called "America". A backdrop in the show included the Liberty Bell and his...
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