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11%OFFPatrick Warfield - Making the March King: John Philip Sousa´s Washington Years, 1854-1893 - 9780252081835 - V9780252081835
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Making the March King: John Philip Sousa´s Washington Years, 1854-1893

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Description for Making the March King: John Philip Sousa´s Washington Years, 1854-1893 Paperback. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 35 black and white photographs, 35 music examples, 11 tables. BIC Classification: AVH; AVRD; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 635.
John Philip Sousa's mature career as the indomitable leader of his own touring band is well known, but the years leading up to his emergence as a celebrity have escaped serious attention. In this revealing biography, Patrick Warfield explains how the March King came to be by documenting Sousa's early life and career. Covering the period 1854 to 1893, this study focuses on the community and training that created Sousa, exploring the musical life of late nineteenth-century Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia as a context for Sousa's development.

Warfield examines Sousa's wide-ranging experience composing, conducting, and performing in the theater, opera ... Read more

In particular, Making the March King demonstrates how Sousa used his theatrical training to create the character of the March King. The exuberant bandmaster who pleased audiences was both a skilled and charismatic conductor and a theatrical character whose past and very identity suggested drama, spectacle, and excitement. Sousa's success was also the result of perseverance and lessons learned from older colleagues on how to court, win, and keep an audience. Warfield presents the story of Sousa as a self-made business success, a gifted performer and composer who deftly capitalized on his talents to create one of the most entertaining, enduring figures in American music.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Music in American Life
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252081835
SKU
V9780252081835
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About Patrick Warfield
Patrick Warfield is an associate professor of music at the University of Maryland and the editor of John Philip Sousa: Six Marches.

Reviews for Making the March King: John Philip Sousa´s Washington Years, 1854-1893
"Making the March King is chock full of fresh and previously unpublished details about John Philip Sousa's early years, his influences, his formative experiences, and his strategies for promoting his career and reputation. Recommended for anyone interested in music history and the full story of one of the giants of early American popular culture."
Thomas L. Riis, author of Frank Loesser ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Making the March King: John Philip Sousa´s Washington Years, 1854-1893


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