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Semper Fidelis March

Sousa, John Philip

Semper Fidelis March by: John Philip Sousa

Original Copyright: 1888 By: Carl Fischer

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ear

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185

4, S

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in th

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of h

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in th

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ousa

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stu

died

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ohn

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le a

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his

first

mar

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Sal

utat

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ra

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ter l

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ous

for h

is m

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es, S

ousa

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pose

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oth

er s

tyle

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wel

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clud

ing

wal

tz, "

Moo

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ht o

n th

e P

otom

ac";

a ga

llop,

"The

Cuc

koo"

(bot

h in

186

9); t

he o

rato

rio "M

essi

ah

the

Nat

ions

" (19

14);

and

scor

es fo

r Bro

adw

ay m

usic

als

The

Sm

uggl

ers

(187

9), D

esire

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884)

, TG

lass

Blo

wer

s (1

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apita

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ch w

as h

is fi

rst r

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corin

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cces

s), A

mer

ican

Mai

(191

3), a

nd m

ore.

S

ousa

form

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is s

tern

ly o

rgan

ized

mar

chin

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nd in

189

2, le

adin

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em th

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mer

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U.S

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urs,

a w

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an

appe

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how

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also

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man

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for t

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p th

roug

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is m

ost

fam

ous

mar

ches

incl

ude

"The

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rs a

nd S

tripe

s Fo

reve

r" (1

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, "U

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ield

Arti

llery

Mar

ch,"

"Sem

per F

idel

is" (

writ

ten

in 1

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it b

ecam

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e M

arin

e C

orps

ant

hem

), "W

ashi

ngto

n P

ost M

arch

(188

9), "

Kin

g C

otto

n" (1

895)

, "E

l Cap

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(189

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nd m

any

mor

e. In

add

ition

to w

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g m

usic

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so w

rote

boo

ks, i

nclu

ding

the

best

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nd h

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utob

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long

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lifto

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portr

ayed

Sou

sa in

the

mov

ie a

bout

his

life

ent

itled

Sta

rs a

nd S

tripe

s Fo

reve

r. Th

e in

stru

men

t the

sou

saph

one

was

nam

ed a

fter t

his

fam

ous

com

pose

r and

ban

dlea

der.

~ Jo

slyn

La

All

Mus

ic G

uide

Se

mpe

r Fid

elis

(mar

ch).

The

mar

ch w

as c

opyr

ight

ed in

188

8 by

the

Car

l Fis

cher

Com

pany

of N

Yor

k (N

ew Y

ork)

. Thi

s m

arch

take

s its

title

from

the

mot

to o

f the

Uni

ted

Sta

tes

Mar

ine

Cor

ps -

“Sem

per F

idel

is” -

Alw

ays

Faith

ful.

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trio

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n ex

tens

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of J

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Phi

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