John Sousa

John Sousa

John Sousa was born American in 1854 and he died in 1932. He became the world's most famous Military Bandmaster. When he left the Army he formed a band of his own and toured the world delighting everyone with his smart tone and bright rhythm. He said that a march "should make a man with a wooden leg step out" and the stirring Marches he composed would have made good marchers out of a wooden-legged regiment. Among his more famous works are The Stars and Stripes Forever and The Washington Post. [AW] {JO}