Well, you may think that this is the end. BE KIND TO YOUR WEB-FOOTED FRIENDS (ATTRIBUTED TO FRED ALLEN) Is the flag of flags, the flag of Freedom’s nation. Other nations may deem their flags the bestīut the flag of the North and South and West Sousa even set words to it: THE STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER! (LYRICS BY JOHN PHILIP SOUSA) John Philip Sousa The Stars and Stripes Forever for Baritone Horn, Clarinet, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone or Trumpet Musicnotes Edition: This digital sheet music was either arranged by 's staff of professional arrangers and composers or it is a new engraving of the composition's original printed arrangement. I did not transfer a note of that music to paper while I was on the steamer, but when we reached shore, I set down the measures that my brain-band had been playing for me, and not a note of it has ever changed.The march was an immediate success – Sousa’s Band played it at almost every concert until his death over 35 years later. Throughout the whole tense voyage, that imaginary band continued to unfold the same themes, echoing and re-echoing the most distinct melody. Suddenly, I began to sense a rhythmic beat of a band playing within my brain. As the vessel (the Teutonic) steamed out of the harbor I was pacing on the deck, absorbed in thoughts of my manager’s death and the many duties and decisions which awaited me in New York. Here came one of the most vivid incidents of my career. Sousa tells the rest of the story in his autobiography, Marching Along: Recollections of Men, Women and Music : The band was scheduled to begin another cross-country tour soon, and Sousa knew he must return to America at once to take over the band’s business affairs. While there, Sousa received word that the manager of the Sousa Band, David Blakely, had died suddenly. In late 1896, Sousa and his wife took a much-deserved vacation to Europe. MIDI, YouTube video and additional info can be found on the Stars And Stripes Forever page in our database.
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