Talk:John Philip Sousa

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Portuguese Pronounciation
Shouldn't "Sousa" be pronounced s-ô-z-a rather than s-oo-s-a (ô as in french 'eau')? It is, after all a Portuguese name, no matter the nationality of the person. 4ndrepd (talk) 21:58, 27 February 2013 (UTC)


 * There's a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znUKyIv4Yrk Bryard (talk) 23:37, 22 April 2020 (UTC)

Sousa's Bands
How are Sousa's bands characterized? Did he use trumpets or cornets? Were his bands more in the style of British military bands or were they symphonic in nature? Virgil H. Soule (talk) 11:50, 2 April 2014 (UTC)

T. M. Turner
Supposedly Sousa and T. M. Turner were friends. Should I suspect, if they did meet, it was in Baltimore? Cake (talk) 14:13, 10 July 2015 (UTC)

The Oolah
In writing The Oolah, it appears that Sousa probably wrote the orchestration; see my text in progress there if you have any interest or think it a fact worth mentioning in this article. Sousa apparently did other work for Francis Wilson (actor), who is not currently mentioned in the article.--Milowent • hasspoken 14:51, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 20:20, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

JPS award
I wasn't sure how to mention in an edit that this article implies the JPS Foundation began issuing awards in the 1980s. But I received the JPS Award in 1978, and I think it was around long before that. Maybe someone can research this further and make a formal edit. Thanks. ````Jason Ford, El Cajon, Calif. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8801:8903:D100:F42B:6AFC:63AF:CFD3 (talk) 16:45, 10 September 2017 (UTC)

the liberty ship
can someone with prose abilties work in the subtle reference to SS John Philip Sousa !!!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dave Rave (talk • contribs) 06:36, 29 December 2019 (UTC)

Edits to lead
I have been bold and done some re-wording in the lead. To me, it seemed to read rather like "From 1880 until his death, he focused exclusively on conducting and writing music, and after his death he eventually rejoined the Marine Band", so I moved the "From 1880 until his death" bit to later in the paragraph. Also, I could see no reason to say "eventually" when we know the exact year, so I changed it ti 1880, and also added that he performed on the violin in the years in between.

I also took out "who is also known as 'The March King" from the sentence, "He is known as 'The March King' or the 'American March King', to distinguish him from his British counterpart Kenneth J. Alford who is also known as 'The March King, as I consider it redundant. 2001:BB6:4713:4858:8DBE:E82E:BB6:69C8 (talk) 14:28, 9 September 2020 (UTC)

Controversy
Why is there no mention of any of the minstrel songs his band played? Also why no mention of his “Indian” music? Maybe make this entry look less like a list of accomplishments and more like an encyclopedia article? 173.81.120.144 (talk) 03:58, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

Bavaria Wikilink
In the Early life and education section, Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus is listed as German and from Bavaria, with the link to the present-day Free State of Bavaria. Since she lived from May 20, 1826 – August 25, 1908, shouldn't this link to Kingdom of Bavaria (1806-1918) instead? Theodore Kloba (☎) 15:38, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, good catch. Something like that I think you can just go ahead and fix without discussion. GA-RT-22 (talk) 16:41, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Columbia recordings conducted by Sousa
Regarding this: "The Columbia Phonograph Company produced 60 recordings of the Marine Band conducted by Sousa". I believe there is some disagreement about this among scholars. Sousa hated the phonograph and legend is that the Columbia recordings were conducted by someone else. Here's a source: "Sousa’s Band also made recordings for the Columbia, Edison, and Berliner labels, but Sousa very rarely conducted his ensemble during those sessions." GA-RT-22 (talk) 13:18, 20 July 2024 (UTC)