SOUSA The Stars and Stripes Forever (1896) - "The President's Own" United States Marine Band

"The President's Own" United States Marine Band presents The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa, a multi-year project to record and publish scores for all of Sousa's Marches. Sousa, known as "The March King," was director of the Marine Band from 1880 to 1892. Recording directed by Lieutenant Col. Jason K. Fettig. www.marineband.marines.mil/
John Philip Sousa actively composed over a span of nearly sixty years but it was during his time as leader of the Marine Band followed by the early years of his leadership of his civilian band that Sousa wrote some of his most famous marches, those that earned him the title “The March King.” His most famous composition was written during this time, conceived while he was abroad and the product of homesickness caused by his nearly constant travel. Since its première in Philadelphia on May 14, 1897, “The Stars and Stripes Forever” has secured its place as the most popular and widely recognized march of all time. It has captured the spirit of American patriotism perhaps better than any other composition for more than a century. Former Sousa Band members testified that, during the popularity of the Sousa Band, “The Stars and Stripes Forever” was performed on every concert. Audiences expected, and sometimes even demanded to hear the march and eventually began to stand upon recognizing its opening bars as if it were the national anthem. It didn’t succeed in becoming the national anthem but, in 1987, President Ronald Reagan signed an act of Congress designating “The Stars and Stripes Forever” the national march of the United States.
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[@Wackaflaka89]

Imagine being in that marching band that first played this, so epic

[@Capcoor]

www.imdb.com/title/tt0045187/

[@eddarby469]

Yes, because I would have known J.P. Sousa. On the other hand, life was a little harder back then. His marches are epic "symphonies on the march."

[@jacobruiz97]

Yeah but they were all sitting down when recording this lol

[@esthercerpa1351]

Yes I appreciate so much glory and beauty

[@animatorandgtagamer137]

In an army of alternates

[@nelsonsoto741]

I played this today for my twin grand babies, almost a year old. I marched around for them and they loved it, joining in waving their arms. Bring this music to your little ones.

[@brendaann727]

What a happy memory you made, marching w/ your grandbabies! I think they will never forget such a wonderful grandma!❤ The first time I remember singing was in church with adults towering above me. Everyone was standing & all I could see was the back of the pew & their backs! But I thought it was the most new & wonderful place in the world. 🕊

[@beeenn649]

May God bless you and your grandchildren!

[@Caannnnoonn]

God bless John Philip Sousa and God bless America!

[@nelsonsoto741]

I consider John Philip Sousa an American hero, his music had stirred up massive patriotic passion. He was king of the military March .

[@LeotheTiger1234]

I have to second you on that

[@dbyers3897]

Not bad for the son of an immigrant father from Spain.

[@juansanabria6794]

I wish I had found this earlier.This is the cleanest and most well-played performance I’ve ever heard recorded of this piece, much love!

[@bobpierce115]

It is, except for the f'n piccolo overkill. Hate that.

[@teteeheeted]

This is literally the official USMB channel, obviously it’s clean

[@godIikesheep]

This version is faithful to the version that John Philip Sousa wrote, it’s supposed to be like that

[@flintonpaws1]

WE’RE GETTING OUT OF MANDELA COUNTY WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥

[@John-Laird]

My favorite march.

[@pumpknhd]

This sounds really good for being recorded in 1896!

[@Jupichan]

It's really impressive! Digital recorders were hard to come by back then.

[@theflutedude2007]

i hope y'all are being sarcastic right now...

[@Jupichan]

@@theflutedude2007 Nooooo~

[@pumpknhd]

@@theflutedude2007 - A sign of a good trolling remark is when people aren't sure if you're serious. ;-)

[@johncrapper6883]

@@pumpknhd LOL. Funny and classy.

[@smwca123]

In his 1928 autobiography, aptly entitled "Marching Along", Sousa related that he was on vacation in Europe when he got word that his band's manager Blakely had died. The march composed itself in his head during the voyage home, to finalize arrangements for an upcoming tour. The 1952 movie took a liberty with this: an epidemic of some sort sent him to sea.

[@edisonmirandilla7017]

smwca123 A very brilliant Man of Integrity John Philip Sousa Composer of US Military Marches !! The King of Marches !!

[@notabandkid3912]

I played this in night school Such great memories!

[@renatonunes2550]

On every INDEPENDENCE DAY ( July 4th 1776) I play John Philip Spousa marches. His military marches are the best and I am proud of him and of his great Love for The United States of America, my adoptive country since 1975. The Land I Love.,.

[@StevenBe]

This really is by far the best performance

[@tzaluke1968]

Played this today in my highschool band, sounded so good with the whole group playing

[@pumpknhd]

I love this song so much. I love how it starts out with one part, then goes to another part, then onto the other parts before weaving them all together at the end. It really is exquisite.

[@deadlybladesmith3093]

If you like that, listen to King Cotton. Very similar in that regard. Although if you listen to this, you probably have already heard the other as well.

[@pumpknhd]

@@deadlybladesmith3093 - Thanks for the tip! I'd never actually listened to that song, so that was new for me. I love it! :-)

[@amcdonaldscoffee2076]

@@pumpknhd how was it? it’s one of my favorites and i got it down pretty good on the piano

[@pumpknhd]

@@amcdonaldscoffee2076 - King Cotton? I thought it was pretty awesome, actually. Not as good as Stars and Strips Forever, but still good.

[@deewesthill1213]

What an energizing piece of music!!!

[@leukocyte7784]

this is a banger

[@LeotheTiger1234]

What is not to love about this march, especially the fun piccolo part in the major section's countermelody?

[@steverman2312]

Im playing this in symphonic band, the baritone part is fun but jesus christ the range needed is hell on earth

[@RayFerreiraMartins]

Excelent Philip Sousa..!!

[@dr.pastor]

Now this is music

[@colinwest741]

yes I liked the trombone part

[@dr.pastor]

@@colinwest741 How did you find this?

[@colinwest741]

@@dr.pastor I was listening to sousa marches and then I saw you

[@DYSakura]

This Music is the winner of 2019 wow

[@kevint.hurlbut2924]

Love the flute and piccolo part at the end! Our band featured me and the other flute players when we played this at a summer concert, although unfortunately our band didn't have any piccolo players.

[@bigredmatt1011]

The piccolo obligato.

[@classified9668]

that sucks

[@ianboard544]

Whoever the piccolo player is is very good. Great articulation.

[@thomascollins4325]

The best song ever written! Period! (Trombone and Baritone Horn player.)

[@samuelsong3115]

Thomas Collins i played 1st trombone. But dont u play euphonium part?

[@Adam-tr3tj]

Sousaphone for life!!! Live for this song.

[@PubicGore]

It's not a song, and it's not nearly as good as what other composers have written.

[@PubicGore]

@@Adam-tr3tj It's not a song.

[@pumpknhd]

I'm with you. I'll listen to it several times in a row at very high volume.

[@TomBear78]

That was the wedding march on our wedding about four and half years ago.

[@carolyncolebeck6945]

This is awesome music

[@YouTube-Channel01]

Beautiful

[@AndrewKosinskicomposer]

Did anybody else hear this and get extremely excited when there was a harp part???

[@Tokkemon]

I sure did. That adds a delightful elegance to the trio!

[@Scripted_Neon]

epic

[@michaelsousa4632]

My great great uncle

[@Res94_72]

We gettin' out of mandela county with this one !!!11!1!!!!!!!!11 🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥

[@user-lz3ii3mc5s]

It's not worth the risk

[@ezekielsung4032]

God bless america

[@gmnotyet]

This should be our national anthem.

[@luisreyes1963]

Only if we get to blast it outside the gates of the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC. 😆🇺🇸

[@graceskerp]

It is our national march.

[@welitoncavalcantilacerda1817]

Em homenagem aos Estados Unidos da América: The Stars and Stripes Forever

[@liubomyrjamil9630]

Ukraїnian congratulations to the whole planet) You can treat the USA differently ... but Souza is really a strong composer in his profile. One of his best marches the planet has received.

[@SavageGreywolf]

Sousa's marches are all amazing

[@unaffiliateduser8995]

2:05

[@rhyddidroselouw3896]

GO PICCOLO, GO!

[@Greg-qh7sq]

That last part

[@FCACCREATOR]

1:37 the clarinet part right here is so beautiful

[@slay7225]

This song is great if ur not a french horn😍😍😍💞💞💞

[@Chunklenuts]

bro that euphonium part tho

[@tompanzilius2628]

Can anyone explain to me why Sousa hated French Horns? Basically in every march the French Horns play the intro and the dogfight sections, but everywhere else, they are turned into a rhythm section. Playing nothing but afterbeats or some rhythmic da da dat repeat. Annoying

[@williamsanborn9195]

I’m not sure, but I’ve seen the bassoon part for King Cotton, and the same can be said for them too. It’s really a shame because both French horn and bassoon are beautiful instruments.

[@soooooowhat4604]

I can explain. there are two ways you can think of this. one way is like a gun, the low woodeinds and low brass (sometimes bass trombone or trombone 3 and euphonium is doubling tuba( being the 1 and 2 being the trigger and the horns being the two ands being the shot. the other way is military march form. low woodwinds and brass being the left (the initial step) and the horns being the right. Now, it 3:42 is limiting these instruments to these roles good. No. but is it used a lot because of tradition. yes.

[@totalchaos63]

Every march hates us. I’ve learned to live with it and be happy that we aren’t blowing lips every rehearsal

[@tylercurtis789]

Because French horns ain’t American

[@ally3824]

bc woodwinds are more important😂

[@janicejames899]

Happy 4th of July beat patriotic music of all time

[@chrisr8159]

Reminds me of 4th of July rodeo’s in the middle of January

[@z1ynz400]

This is the song I blast every morning when the stock market bell rings

[@luisreyes1963]

Typical GQP horse hockey. 🐴

[@angelitojr.artizada4280]

I think there's a 1896 stars & stripes forever recording by the Edison phonograph

[@deewesthill1213]

JPS greatly distrusted recorded music because he rightly foresaw that it would tend to discourage a lot of people from learning to play and sing in live performances.

[@cngld]

Anyone here on July 4?

[@eliherzer3078]

No it’s July 5th

[@daxtonortizspace2008]

I’m here

[@michaelveis8990]

The Stars and Stripes Forever is the official march of the United States.

[@richardcleveland8549]

I don't dis-like S&SF, but I get tired of hearing it when there are sooooooooooooo many really great Sousa marches that could be played - as per these wonderful CDs by the USMCB.

[@anthonycaro2582]

although lot of em are bangers i can say the s&sf is probably the best composed but in my opinion i like king cotton and semper fidelis more

[@matheoantoniobotello9504]

@@anthonycaro2582 I agree that there a re better Sousa marches and that S&SF is overplayed...but I also think is overplayed bevause ot was literally named the national march of the U.S..

[@LeotheTiger1234]

You have KZbin to help you listen to the other Sousa marches, or marches of any composer for that matter. (I have even written a couple myself.)

[@Nebulae-KUN]

GOD BLESS AMERICA RAHHHH 🦅🦅🦅💯💯💯🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@takemi8184]

¿Como que murieron 2 personas y un boliviano? 1:41

[@takemi8184]

Argentina, no lo entenderías

[@YouTube-Channel01]

1:09

[@Santymansilla18]

La canción de cronica

[@animatorandgtagamer137]

Alternates

[@RowdyGT]

A marching band came through my town playing this the other day. Oddly enough they were all using saxophones but you could still hear every other instrument somehow. Not a single one of them would sign my petition to make whiny congressmen play violent video games. 0/10

[@user-tg9mn7ne5r]

De gustibus non est disputandum it has been wisely said, but I regard Sousa as America's greatest composer, more worthy of a Nobel Prize even than the great Dylan.

[@Jakob_TFG]

0:30 is the best

[@jetsettech8804]

I'm starting to think Sousa never knew what a Bass clarinet was.

[@stefanocardozo]

01:41 ¡ULTIMO MOMENTO! - Cronica (Canal Argentino 🇦🇷)

[@KumaFall]

🇺🇸

[@YouTube-Channel01]

🇺🇲🦅

[@mikatacalvin8230]

3:02

[@elpapufran999]

"fue por vino y ya bo vino "😂😂😂

[@theworstcontent9491]

YOU JUST GOT THINK PRINCIPLED!!!!111!!!

[@theworstcontent9491]

why is there 2?

[@jackstott8134]

Slice of Americana

[@ThatGreenSpy]

USA! USA!

[@williammcintire359]

This is the greatest song ever written, don't @ me.

[@jenniferyulfo]

1:38

[@diviardianda1284]

3:00

[@BlissfulEnspirit]

I FOUND IT YOO

[@DavidCB420]

If you see anyone who appears to be an alternate, run away and hide!

[@agentorange5167]

Shut the hell up

[@ludwigvonschumann5373]

I am a Malaysian but this song is cool than negaraku

[@Mike___Honcho]

this march is performed by many musical groups around the world and many of them change it up or shorten it. perhaps they think it will be better if they leave out a little something here or there, or they interpret it their own way, but that is a huge mistake. an original, full, and true rendition is the best and only way to perform this march ! i was so pissed off when keith lockhart, the anointed hip boy genius who replaced john williams as the conductor for the boston pops orchestra, decided to do a disjointed and shortened medley of sousa marches on the iconic and traditional 4th of july concert on the esplanade in boston. he would bring in featured 4th acts like cyndi lauper, which left out any listeners over the age of 30. i like cyndi lauper, but this was a show for all ages, not just hipster wannabes like keith lockhart. by herself on july 5th, she would have her own huge crowd, but on the 4th of july show, little keith left half of the crowd saying -- cyndi who ? then he mangled the music for the fireworks, including the 1812 overture.

[@guidovanhaalen4432]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🎶🎵🎺 #QPO #JMD

[@korhonenmikko]

Happy election night, my American friends!

[@pumpknhd]

Not so happy, as it turns out. Talk to us in four years. lol

[@ashangalhena2110]

@@pumpknhd Ok boomer

[@pumpknhd]

@@ashangalhena2110 - Stinging reply, Millie. Is that all you got?

[@ashangalhena2110]

@@pumpknhd It’s the most I can do without revealing my political opinions

[@pumpknhd]

@@ashangalhena2110 - LOL! Probably too late for that.

[@tilethio]

Well as the story goes, during John Philip Sousa's and his wife's memorable visit to Italy, the humourous Italians claimed that "The Stars and Stripes Forever March" was arranged by a well-known Italian composer named "Giovanni Filippo Sousa". This just goes to show that music can bridge the gap between different cultures and bring people together, no matter where they come from.

[@johnaustin209]

Right. And Meucci invented the telephone...

[@teanchaiploytumsingburetha1065]

Thailand royal

[@jwhitman2005]

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@jacobclemente7457]

I miss my girlfriend majjorete she is always exebition this piece but we broke up and her bday was today nov 15 hehe i really miss her

[@Pagalu036]

We are currently receiving countless reports about an unforeseen threat called an alternate.

[@rickswineberg]

Popeye's music

[@Ben_not_10]

If you’re not on your feet ready to march by the end of this piece either the band did something wrong or there’s something wrong with you 😂

[@esafueminotaverde]

Hammer Dash Tiny Toons Wacky Sports Challenge SNES.

[@mandarbamane4268]

3:01 (play at 2× speed), lol that murder game got me here

[@johnaustin209]

"lol". Idiot.

[@treelol_5997]

Everyone: I love this song ❤️ Me: 👁👄👁❓　I’m here for school purposes...

[@Brave_Aviator]

Do you like the song though?

[@amcdonaldscoffee2076]

@@Brave_Aviator this information is on a need-to-know basis

[@tylersmith232]

To the 9 of you who disliked the video Get the hell out

[@jm10014]

You are on AMERICAN territory.

[@BizsDustbin]

Dont worry they are the souls who got rekt and deserved it

[@shaggy_but_live]

I'm here cause of Popeye

[@slapshot68]

Lex Luger

[@okgoodgame]

detective fox

[@user-lx9bf7jm4f]

วงเขาบรรเลงดีมากเลยน่าจะเป็นต้นฉบับเดิมขอขอบคุณ

[@anthonyarguien7785]

USED CARS!

[@lordmolyneaux8675]

Kinda sad that America doesn't have any/many good marching songs.

[@loganperry6407]

So more research. There are plenty of great ones. Still nothing compared to German Marches but still

[@johnaustin209]

Ignorant fool.

[@Cannon__Fodder]

Every time I hear this song it just makes me think of Joe Brandon bumbling around on stage after his mumbled mess of a speech

[@williamliese6675]

I found my 6% BLACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@benstersvideostash6441]

wait what

[@elijahroberts3044]

I don’t like this anymore.

[@Taka-Musics-Labo]

Then, why do you listen again? You don't like this march, though.

[@johnaustin209]

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