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Portrait of John Philip Sousa

Composer

John Philip Sousa

1854–1932

881 works in the index

Born
1854
Died
1932
Birthplace
Washington, D.C.
Citizenship / historical state
United States
Period (estimated from birth year)
Romantic

Biography

Sousa wrote 136 marches and effectively defined what a concert band is. Everything he wrote is out of copyright in the United States, which is why the catalogue is thick with free editions.

The Stars and Stripes Forever, The Washington Post and Semper Fidelis are the ones everyone plays. Band sets are published complete with parts; individual instrument parts and piano reductions are separate purchases, and buying a "score" when you needed a full set of parts is the standard error here.

Modern editions sell on the editing rather than the music: the original parts have inconsistencies and errors that a century of performance has corrected, and a good recent edition incorporates them. For a school band, a graded simplified arrangement is usually the right choice over the original, which is harder than its familiarity suggests.

In this catalogue

Common listed instruments
Trumpet, Piano, Orchestra, Trombone, Flute
Genres represented
Classical, American, Pop, Jazz, Country
Works with composition dates
31 of 881

These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.

Catalogue

Works page 11 of 19

Years are composition dates where known. Instruments describe editions in our catalogue and may include arrangements. A dash means the detail is not recorded.

Works and available sheet music details
WorkYear composedCatalogue / opusKey in titleListed instrumentsGenreEditions
The Liberty Bellsheet music to download for band — —— —— —
The Thunderer, Full Score — —— —— —
The Thunderersheet music to download for band — —— —— —
Stars and Stripes Forever - Euphonium 2 BC/TC — —— —— —
Hands Across the Sea - Tuba 2 — —— —— —
Washington Post - Score and Parts — —— —— —
The Thunderer - Trumpet 1 — —— —— —
The Stars and Stripes Forever - Trombone — —— —— —
Manhattan Beach - Horn in F — —— —— —
Hands Across the Sea - B-flat Trumpet 2 — —— —— —
Washington Post March - Trumpet 2 — —— —— —
King Cotton - Horn in F — —— —— —
The Liberty Bell - Horn in F — —— —— —
Sound Off March - Tuba — —— —— —
Semper Fidelis - Trumpet 2 in B-flat — —— —— —
The Thunderer - Score and Parts — —— —— —
Washington Post March - Score — —— —— —
Semper Fidelis - Score — —— —— —
Semper Fidelis - Bass Clarinet in B-flat — —— —— —
Semper Fidelis - Flute 2 — —— —— —
Semper Fidelis - Percussion 2 — —— —— —
Semper Fidelis - Trumpet 3 in B-flat — —— —— —
The Gladiator - Flute 2 — —— —— —
The Gladiator - Bassoon — —— —— —
The Gladiator - Trumpet 2 in B-flat — —— —— —
The Gladiator - Baritone TC — —— —— —
The Gladiator - Percussion 2 — —— —— —
King Cotton - Oboe — —— —— —
King Cotton - Bassoon — —— —— —
King Cotton - Trumpet 2 in B-flat — —— —— —
King Cotton - Baritone TC — —— —— —
King Cotton - Percussion 2 — —— —— —
The Thunderer - Horn in F — —— —— —
Semper Fidelis - Tuba 1 — —— —— —
Stars And Stripes Forever - Score and Parts — —— —— —
Stars And Stripes Forever - Bassoon — —— —— —
The Crusader March — —— —— —
Stars and Stripes Forever - Tuba 1 — —— —— —
Hands Across the Sea - Score and Parts — —— —— —
The Thunderer - Trumpet 2 — —— —— —
The Stars and Stripes Forever - Tuba — —— —— —
Manhattan Beach - Trombone — —— —— —
Hands Across the Sea - Horn in F — —— —— —
Washington Post March - Horn in F — —— —— —
King Cotton - Trombone — —— —— —
The Liberty Bell - Trombone — —— —— —
Sound Off March - Score — —— —— —
Sound Off March - Score and Parts — —— —— —

Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. The biography above is our own. Authority record: VIAF 197714. Portrait: Elmer Chickering, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.