Front:
JOHN PHILLIP SOUSA
PUB. BY J.I.AUSTEN CO.CHI
Back:
John Philip Sousa, the greatest American
Composer and Band Master, was born in 1854
at Washington, D. C.; at the age of eleven
made his first public appearance as Violin
Soloist, and after conducting for various
opera companies, was appointed leader of
band of United States Marine Corps in 1880;
resigned from the United States service in
1892 and organized the now World's Famous
Sousa's Band, which has appeared before the
Crowned Heads of Europe and in almost
every place in this country. His many com-
positions all struck the popular Chord. He
is
now familiarly known the "March
King."
as
A-326
Pub, by J. I. Austen Co., Chi.
