History

The music of John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) will be played and heard all over the US today. He was a musical prodigy, already playing violin (which is interesting because he later composed entirely for wind instruments) in theater orchestras at the age of 13. He wanted to join the… pic.twitter.com/Ayu6knbbXZ

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