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MUSIC LISTENING LOG

MUSIC LISTENING LOG. September. E ach month, we will listen to a musical selection from a different time period. Details about the monthly listening selection will be logged in your music listening log. SEPTEMBER’S LISTENING SELECTION. Stars and Stripes Forever By: John Philip Sousa.

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MUSIC LISTENING LOG

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  1. MUSIC LISTENING LOG September

  2. Each month, we will listen to a musical selection from a different time period. Details about the monthly listening selection will be logged in your music listening log.

  3. SEPTEMBER’S LISTENING SELECTION Stars and Stripes Forever By: John Philip Sousa

  4. JOHN PHILIP SOUSA • Born: November 6, 1854 • Died: March 6, 1932

  5. FACTS ABOUT JOHN PHILIP SOUSA • American Composer and conductor of the late Romantic era (1820-1910) • Enlisted in the United States Marine Band from 1868-1875 • From 1880 on, began focusing on conducting and composing “marches” • Rejoined the USMB in 1880 and served as the director for the next 12 years • Developed the sousaphone (similar to a tuba) • Led the “President’s Own” band under the term of 5 presidents (From Rutherford B. Hayes – Benjamin Harrison) • Nicknamed “The March King” and “The American March King

  6. Stars and Stripes Forever • Composed on Christmas Day in 1896 while Sousa was on an ocean liner • First performed in Philadelphia on May 14, 1897 and was hailed immediately • Adopted as the National March of the United States

  7. NEXT MONTH: Danse Macabre

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