"Semper Fidelis"

The March King, John Philip Sousa

At Sometimes a Song I often find myself writing about prodigies. Have you noticed? And our song today, written in 1888 for the United States Marine Corps Band, is the work of a musical prodigy, John Philip Sousa. Sousa has something else in common with many of the musicians who gave us the great flourishing of American music in the 20th century: he w…