John Philip Sousa

Una de las muchas obras maestras pero poco conocidas de John Philip Sousa, la obertura de El Charlatán es representativa del compositor en su apogeo melódico. Este arreglo de Loras John Schissel tiene...

El Directorio fue escrito por John Philip Sousa en agradecimiento por un premio que recibió del patronato de la Feria Mundial de San Luis en 1893. Fue una de las primeras piezas que Sousa compuso para...

The Thunderer is among the early set of marches Sousa sold outright to the Philadelphia publisher, Harry Coleman, for thirty-five dollars apiece. Its unusual second strain, music taken from Sousa's "T...

The Gallant Seventh honors the 107th Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard. One of the 'March King's' finest efforts, it contains the traditional 'trumpet and drum' writing associated with...

John Philip Sousa wrote music in a variety of styles and was particularly adept at dance music, which, of course, was the original purpose of the march. The Gliding Girl is a tango, and its relaxed te...

The 'March King' wrote this in honor of the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Schissel has prepared this edition for the modern concert band with corrected pitches, unified dynamics, and articulations. A bri...

La segunda década de Sousa escribiendo marchas comenzó con The Corcoran Cadets (1890). La pieza es una marcha de corcheas diseñada más para tocar sentados que para el campo de batalla. Parece como si...

The musical comedy The Yankee Girl (1909) needed a march and Sousa was asked to provide one. The result was one of his most melodic efforts, with wonderful euphonium countermelodies and a great piccol...

In addition to his well known marches, Sousa was also a prominent composer of operettas and musical comedies.  This delightful work was originally written as an opening to the first act of an un-...

The Gallant Seventh honors the 107th Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard. One of the 'March King's' finest efforts, it contains the traditional 'trumpet and drum' writing associated with...

John Philip Sousa wrote music in a variety of styles and was particularly adept at dance music, which, of course, was the original purpose of the march. The Gliding Girl is a tango, and its relaxed te...

The 'March King' wrote this in honor of the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Schissel has prepared this edition for the modern concert band with corrected pitches, unified dynamics, and articulations. A bri...

Nadie hace a Sousa mejor que Schissel. He aquí otra de sus expertas contribuciones a su propia serie 'Heritage of the Concert Band', con notas históricas ampliadas, partes para instrumentos modernos y...

America, una asombrosa obra original de nuestro querido "Rey de la Marcha", pinta una bella y emocionante imagen de la construcción de una gran nación. Completa con el tintineo del acero, hachas bruñi...

Sousa escribió mucho más que marchas. Esta obra en concreto, arreglada por Loras John Schissel, pertenece a una suite titulada Camera Studies---Music for an Imaginary Film. Es claramente Sousa, pero n...

Nathaniel Dett was one of John Philip Sousa's favorite composers, even in a time when racial relations in the United States were less than optimal. Dett's music is filled with melodic charm and harmon...