The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa
The complete history of America's marching band marvel
Cloth – $125
978-0-252-03147-2
Paper – $32
978-0-252-07781-4
Publication Date
Cloth: 08/30/2006
Series: Music in American Life
About the Book
Iconic American composer-bandmaster John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) led a disciplined group of devoted musicians on numerous American tours and around the world. Paul Edmund Bierley documents every aspect of the "March King's" band: its history, its star performers, its appearances on recordings and radio, and the problems members faced on their 1911 trip abroad. The book is enhanced by more than 120 photographs, a discography of recordings, and six statistical appendixes detailing the band's travels, personnel, instrumentation, and repertoire.* Publication of this book was supported by a grant from the Henry and Edna Binkele Classical Music Fund.
About the Author
Paul Edmund Bierley is the world's leading Sousa authority. He is the author of The Works of John Philip Sousa, John Philip Sousa, American Phenomenon, and other books on Sousa and band music.Reviews
"The premier Sousa authority, Bierley caps his forty-year career with this admirably comprehensive tome on his--and many Americans'--favorite subject. . . . Highly recommended."--Choice"Solidly researched, the book provides a view of music in American life not found in other studies of Sousa or the period. Highly recommended."--Library Journal
"A remarkable array of carefully arranged and meticulously detailed data. . . . Bierley opens doors to new arenas of American music research. . . . With this remarkable book, Sousa research is now ready to really begin."--Nineteenth-Century Music Review
"If your personal library is missing this book, you cannot have a complete music section."--Circus Fanfare
Blurbs
"This is the first major scholarly work to minutely detail the four-decade-long existence of the greatest and most influential concert band ever. A magnificent resource brimming with intriguing and detailed information, it is one of the best books ever in the field of band scholarship."--Craig B. Parker, professor of music history, Kansas State University
Awards
• Winner, Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards (ARSC), 2007Related Titles
