Word: sousa
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...successor to John Philip Sousa as top U.S. bandmaster, Goldman finds the world far less attuned to blown music than in Sousa's heyday. The broadcast subtleties of symphonic music and of modern jazz arrangements have eclipsed the concert band. But Conductor Goldman's faith is not shaken. Says he of band music: "I don't believe it's inferior; I just believe it's different...
Died. Arthur Pryor, 71, veteran bandmaster, once-famed trombonist, composer of some 300 marches, operettas, "novelties" (The Whistler & His Dog, Jingaboo, On Jersey Shore); of a stroke; in West Long Branch, N.J. A boy musician, he played an estimated 10,000 solos with Sousa's Band, took over his late father's band, became Sousa's closest competitor...
...John Philip Sousa and his Marine Band...
...York City's Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia is guest-conducting the National Symphony at its final sunset concert in Washington this week. His responsibilities: two Sousa marches and the Star-Spangled Banner. His father was an Army band leader...
Married. Jane Priscilla Sousa, granddaughter of the late great military Bandmaster John Philip Sousa; and James G. Gillon, of Thompson Automatic Arms Corp.; in Manhattan...