What instruments are asked for in this original Sousa score?

1. What was Sousa favorite instruments?
2. What instrument did Sousa create?
3. Why did Sousa not like records?
4. What are the easiest Sousa marches?

What was Sousa favorite instruments?

There he studied piano and most of the orchestral instruments, but his first love was the violin. John Philip Sousa gained great proficiency on the violin, and at the age of 13 he was almost persuaded to join a circus band.

What instrument did Sousa create?

Sousa aided in the development of the sousaphone, a large brass instrument similar to the helicon and tuba.

Why did Sousa not like records?

Sousa was concerned that recording would cause “social decline,” he writes, as people stopped making music together. “As a composer of military music, Sousa was concerned that soldiers would be led into battle by machines rather than marching bands,” Roads writes.

What are the easiest Sousa marches?

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