American Experience Season 5 Episode 7
Overview:
John Phillip Sousa became America's favorite bandmaster, but band music wasn't Sousa's only passion. He was the first to bring the classics -- Verdi, Wagner, Puccini -- to a burgeoning American middle class. Wildly popular, his was the first large musical organization to go on tour and make music pay. He helped give birth to that great American institution, the small town marching band.
Genre : Documentary
Actors : -
Release Date : 1993-01-11
Duration : 55 menit
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Other Episodes (Season 5)
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2. The Kennedys (2): The Sons, 1961-80
3. The Donner Party
4. Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
5. George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
6. Last Stand at Little Big Horn
7. If You Knew Sousa
8. Simple Justice
9. Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish
10. Sit Down And Fight
11. Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
12. Goin' Back to T-Town
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