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Jon Philip Sousa
Jon Philip Sousa was born on November 6, 1854. His parents were Jon Antonio Sousa and Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus. He was the third of ten children. He grew up with music. His father even played trombone in a military band. At only age six Sousa began the study of violin, voice, piano, flute, cornet, trombone and the alto horn.
Jon Sousa enjoyed his studies of music. At age thirteen he tried running away to ....
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.... first successful operetta, El Capitan debuts.
In 1895 Sousa's first big tragedy hit. While on vacation with his wife in Europe, Sousa's promoter (David Blakely) died. This was hard for Sousa to face but it also inspired him to write the great Stars and Stripes Forever.
Through 1900-1905 Sousa and his band had three awesome tours in Europe. Finally, in 1910 he had his first world tour.
In 1917 World War I broke out and Sousa took a break from music to join the US Naval ....
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