Sousa
Bandmaster surname, Portuguese
Sousa is a Portuguese surname, most famously associated with John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), the American composer and conductor known as "The March King." His military marches—The Stars and Stripes Forever, Semper Fidelis—remain staples of American band music.
The sousaphone, a large brass instrument that wraps around the player's body, was designed at his suggestion for marching bands.
Rhythmic group walk
- bandGroup playing music together
- brassCopper-zinc metal mixture
- patrioticDevoted to homeland
- militaryArmed forces collectively
Washington Post · Semper Fidelis · Liberty Bell · El Capitan · operetta · sousaphone · American · bandmaster
march
Rhythmic group walk
military · Washington Post · Semper Fidelis · Liberty Bell · El Capitan · operetta · sousaphone · American · bandmaster · conductor
- Iberian RiversTagus, Aragon, Lima, Martin, Ferreira
- military bandsmarching bands, marching band, brass bands, pipe bands, drum corps
- Dolphin Genera
- marching bandmarching band, military bands, drum lines, parade music, color guard
- light classicalwaltz, polka, march, operetta, overture
SousaDebussy
French impressionist composer
Chopin · ambient music · chamber music · lullaby · nocturne
SousaJohn Cage
Prepared piano inventor
requiem · dirge · elegy · protest song · Pete Seeger