Newspapers, we all agree, are not what they were. The thing we don't agree on is why. Is it the internet? Or the decline in reading? Is it because reporters are biased? Or because reporters are so ...

John Philip Sousa, the king of the American march, used to slip transcriptions of classical composers into his concerts. It gave his players a break from the patriotic, heart-clutching, spirited romps ...

A popular song for bands to play nowadays is “The Stars and Stripes Forever,” the national march of the United States. John Philip Sousa wrote the iconic march on Christmas Day, 1896. He was on board ...

What's more American than the melodic, triumphant marches of the march king himself, John Philip Sousa? And let's toss in a world premiere of a heart-crossing, flag-waving piece written especially for ...

If you knew Sousa -- Sousa's Washington (1854-1874) -- There's no business like show business (1874-1881) -- Semper fi (1881-1892) -- Sousa's peerless concert band ...