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John Philip Sousa

1854 - 1932

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John Philip Sousa ( SOO-zə, SOO-sə, Portuguese: [ˈso(w)zɐ]; November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era known primarily for American military marches. He is known as "The March King" or the "American March King", to distinguish him from his British counterpart Kenneth J. Alford. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Philip Sousa has received more than 2,359,742 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia. John Philip Sousa is the 38th most popular conductor (down from 27th in 2019), the 2,593rd most popular biography from United States (down from 2,101st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Conductor.

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  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

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Among CONDUCTORS

Among conductors, John Philip Sousa ranks 38 out of 128. Before him are John Eliot Gardiner, Leif Segerstam, Václav Neumann, Charles Dutoit, Eliahu Inbal, and Simon Rattle. After him are Serge Koussevitzky, Pierre Monteux, Charles Munch, Riccardo Chailly, John Barbirolli, and Lovro von Matačić.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, John Philip Sousa ranks 44. Before him are Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Charles Webster Leadbeater, Jean-Marie Guyau, Thomas R. Marshall, Jacek Malczewski, and Lady Randolph Churchill. After him are Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, Stefan Stambolov, Konstantin Jireček, Benjamin Tucker, Patrick Geddes, and Sergei Korsakoff. Among people deceased in 1932, John Philip Sousa ranks 45. Before him are Emil Orlík, Begum Rokeya, Ovide Decroly, Reginald Fessenden, Ramon Casas, and Ivar Kreuger. After him are José Félix Uriburu, René-Louis Baire, Kenneth Grahame, Ignaz Seipel, Louis Anquetin, and Harriet Backer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Philip Sousa ranks 2,593 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Gates (1943), Roscoe Arbuckle (1887), Herbert Blumer (1900), Erle Stanley Gardner (1889), Miguel Ferrer (1955), and KRS-One (1965). After him are Matthew Ridgway (1895), George Kelly (1905), Ben Johnson (1918), John Glover (1944), Alicia Rhett (1915), and Cindy Sherman (1954).

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Among CONDUCTORS In United States

Among conductors born in United States, John Philip Sousa ranks 3. Before him are Herbert Blomstedt (1927), and James Levine (1943). After him are Kent Nagano (1951), Charles Mackerras (1925), Dennis Russell Davies (1944), Robert Craft (1923), Arthur Fiedler (1894), Alan Gilbert (1967), and Anton Coppola (1917).

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