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march
(1932)
John Philip Sousa, composer
To commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of George
Washington, a Bicentennial Commission held a gala celebration. The climax
of the celebration was an impressive ceremony at the Capital Plaza on
February, 22, 1932, for which Sousa composed the George Washington
Bicentennial March. In this affair, one of two final appearances before
his death, Sousa conducted the combined bands of the U.S. Army, Navy, and
Marine Corps in the new march. Although written at the very end of his
career, this brilliant and inventive march is one of Sousa’s finest
accomplishments.
Keith Brion, Yale University
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