“The Stars and Stripes Forever” demonstrates the full palette of instrumental effects in Sousa’s marches. Sousa was director of the US Marine Band, and in 1892 he founded his own ensemble, which played at the Chicago World’s Fair the following year. John Philip Sousa, the “March King,” built on a tradition of band music that had flourished during the Civil War. View the published score for "Stars and Stripes Forever." The recommended recording of this famous work is by the original Sousa band in a recording that dates from the 1890s, shortly after it was composed. "Stars and Stripes Forever" performed by Sousa's Band on Berliner Gramophone Company 78 rpm disc. Who and where are you? What is happening? What is your role? How do you feel? What are you thinking? What images does this march "paint"? Imagine this march being played in the late 1890s. What role do you think this march played in those developments? What global political developments were occurring around the time Sousa wrote this march? Spanish American War, the rise of the United States as a world power. What do these marches have in common? How do they differ? What makes a good march? What other kinds of marches are there? Wedding, funeral, Mardi Gras, military, graduation, demonstration.
What instruments do you hear in each section? Which predominate? What mood was Sousa trying to convey in each section? What strikes you first about this piece of music? Which section or "musical phrase" is especially memorable? Why? Home Unit Table of Contents Unit Timeline Historical Background
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