John Philip Sousa: Intermediate Sheet Music

Our Heritage of the Concert Band Series brings you another march from the man known as America's "March King." March of the States quotes some familiar American melodies and is even more memorable for...

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One of many masterful but little-known works of John Philip Sousa, the overture to The Charlatan is representative of the composer at his melodic peak. This arrangement by Loras John Schissel has dram...

The Thunderer is among the early set of marches Sousa sold outright to the Philadelphia publisher, Harry Coleman, for thirty-five dollars apiece. Its unusual second strain, music taken from Sousa's "T...

The Gallant Seventh honors the 107th Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard. One of the 'March King's' finest efforts, it contains the traditional 'trumpet and drum' writing associated with...

John Philip Sousa wrote music in a variety of styles and was particularly adept at dance music, which, of course, was the original purpose of the march. The Gliding Girl is a tango, and its relaxed te...

The 'March King' wrote this in honor of the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Schissel has prepared this edition for the modern concert band with corrected pitches, unified dynamics, and articulations. A bri...

The musical comedy The Yankee Girl (1909) needed a march and Sousa was asked to provide one. The result was one of his most melodic efforts, with wonderful euphonium countermelodies and a great piccol...

In addition to his well known marches, Sousa was also a prominent composer of operettas and musical comedies.  This delightful work was originally written as an opening to the first act of an un-...

The Gallant Seventh honors the 107th Infantry Regiment of the New York National Guard. One of the 'March King's' finest efforts, it contains the traditional 'trumpet and drum' writing associated with...

John Philip Sousa wrote music in a variety of styles and was particularly adept at dance music, which, of course, was the original purpose of the march. The Gliding Girl is a tango, and its relaxed te...

The 'March King' wrote this in honor of the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Schissel has prepared this edition for the modern concert band with corrected pitches, unified dynamics, and articulations. A bri...

No one does Sousa better than Schissel! Here is another of his expert contributions to his own 'Heritage of the Concert Band' series, with extended historical notes, modern instrument parts and a full...

A stunning original work by our beloved "March King," America paints a beautiful and exciting picture of the building of a great nation. Complete with clanging steel, burnished axes clearing the fores...

Sousa wrote much more than marches. This particular work arranged by Loras John Schissel is from a suite entitled Camera Studies---Music for an Imaginary Film. It is clearly Sousa but not the Sousa of...

Nathaniel Dett was one of John Philip Sousa's favorite composers, even in a time when racial relations in the United States were less than optimal. Dett's music is filled with melodic charm and harmon...