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    The Washington Post (march)

    Composition by John Philip Sousa

    "The Washington Post" (often called "The Washington Post March") is a march composed by John Philip Sousa in 1889. Since then, it has remained as one of his most popular marches throughout the United States and many other countries.

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    In 1888, the recent purchasers of The Washington Post newspaper—Frank Hatton, a former Postmaster General, and Beriah Wilkins, a former Democratic congressman from Ohio—requested that Sousa, the leader of the United States Marine Band, compose a march for the newspaper's essay contest awards ceremony, in conjunction with a campaign to promote the newspaper under new ownership. Sousa obliged; "The Washington Post" was introduced at a ceremony on June 15, 1889, "with President Benjamin Harrison in attendance" before "a huge crowd on the grounds of the Smithsonian Museum".[1] It quickly became quite popular in both the United States and Europe[1]&#

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    Three Marches by Sousa:The Washington Post, Semper fidelis, and The Stars and Stripes Forever!

    In the last half of the 1800s, Austria had its waltz king - Johann Strauss Jr. - and America had its march king - John Philip Sousa (1854-1932). Sousa was known the world over as a band leader and the composer of dozens of marches, as well as operettas, orchestral suites, and songs. Interestingly, Sousa started his musical studies on the violin, but soon he became proficient on wind instruments, so that by age 13 he was playing in the Marine Band. Before he was 18, he was leading an orchestra in a vaudeville theater in his native Washington, D.C.

    Sousa's band activities began in earnest in 1880, when he was appointed leader of the Marine Band; twelve years later he resigned to organize a band of his own, with which he gave concerts around the world. In addition to his musical activities, Sousa was a novelist with five books to his credit, and he also published an autobiography tit

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    John Philip Sousa

    American composer and conductor (1854–1932)

    "John Sousa" redirects here. Not to be confused with John Souza.

    John Philip Sousa (SOO-zə, SOO-sə,[1][2]Portuguese:[ˈso(w)zɐ]; November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and ledare of the late Romantic era known primarily for American military marches.[3] He is known as "The March King" or the "American March King", to distinguish him from his British counterpart Kenneth J. Alford. Among Sousa's best-known marches are "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (National March of the United States of America), "Semper Fidelis" (official march of the United States Marine Corps), "The Liberty Bell", "The Thunderer", and "The Washington Post".

    Sousa began his career playing violin and studying music theory and composition under John Esputa and George Felix Benkert. Sousa's father enlisted him in the United States Marine Band as an apprentice in 1868. Sousa left th