About John Philip Sousa:
John Philip Sousa is known as "The March King" or the "American March King" due to his British counterpart Kenneth J. Alford also being known by the former nickname. Among his best-known marches are "The Liberty Bell", "The Thunderer", "The Washington Post", "Semper Fidelis" (Official March of the United States Marine Corps), and "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (National March of the United States of America).
No nation as young as America can be expected to become immediately a power in the arts.
John Philip SousaAnybody can write music of a sort. But touching the public heart is quite another thing.
John Philip Sousa