John Philip Sousa was born in 1854 in Washington, D. C. His father was a band trombonist. As a teenager, he played in the U. S. Marine Corps Band, and he became its greatest and most famous conductor. To this day, Sousa is considered "The March King," because he had composed one hundred and thirty-six marches. One of his most famous marches is The Stars and Stripes Forever March, which he composed on a steamship while returning from a vacation in Italy. People on the ship said that he paced the deck of the ship a hundred times while trying to figure out the music until it was just right. Sousa was also known for suggesting the bell design of the "Sousaphone. " The Sousaphone is a tuba that members of a marching band use. The Sousaphone's bell is curved, it is easier to carry, and the sound tr
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U.S. Marine Corps Band
Green Day
Hands Across the Sea Band
Trombone Band
Sousaphone Band
The March King
The greatest and most famous conductor of the U.S. Marine Corps Band
Inventor of the Sousaphone
The composer of over one hundred marches
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The Thunderer
Hands Across the Sea
El Capitan
The Stars and Stripes Forever
King Cotton
A telephone that John Philip Sousa used
A phone that people called John Philip Sousa on
A marching tuba that is easy to carry, with a curved bell so the sound travels directly ahead
A saxophone that John Philip Sousa used
A tuba whose bell points straight up in the air.
Washington, D.C.
Italy
On a steamship on his way home from a vacation in Italy
At a rehearsal
On the Sousaphone
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