John Philip Kemble

fact, the costume depicted in Hamilton’s sketch also resembles the costume shown in Sir Thomas Lawrence’s famous painting of Kemble as Hamlet. According to most stage histories of the play, Kemble was the first actor to wear ‘period dress’ while playing Hamlet rather than the ‘modern court dress’ that Garrick and other actors had worn before him. Alan R. Young explains, Kemble broke with tradition and wore a costume suggestive of Elizabethan dress, the so-called Vandyke costume, that included […]

Abstract American school bands came into being after the Civil War. How did they come into being? Who were the men, and what were the circumstances that started the school instrumental music program? Patrick S. Gilmore and John Philip Sousa were great showmen, and their bands were known around the world. Their fame inspired children to learn instrumental music, which led to the beginnings of the school band movement. They were just two of the men who were responsible for the

John Philip Sousa Fine Arts Musical-Online 1/30/2012 John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era. Sousa was born in Washington, D.C. on November 6, 1854, to John Antonio Sousa and Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus. Born of both Portuguese and Bavarian ancestry. His father was Portuguese, and his mother of Bavarian ancestry. Sousa started his music education by playing the violin as a pupil of John Esputa and George Felix Benkert for harmony and musical composition

In the short story, The Kid Nobody Could Handle, by Kurt Vonnegut, the main character of the story is George Helmholtz. He lives in a small town with his wife, is the head of the music department at the local high school and the director of the band. He is the most important person in the story because he is the only one, not psychiatrists, and foster parents, to make a difference in Jim’s life. Throughout the story, George is determined and hopeful, lonely, and fixated with the beauty of music.

marching band shows at football games and competitions, as well as playing march-style music for concert band.  One very well-known person who influenced marching band and its music is John Philip Sousa.  Because of his involvement with theater orchestras, the Marine Band, and eventually his own band, John Philip Sousa composed many famous marches, along with other music, and took the Marine Band to new heights, earning him the title “The March King.”     March music is a fairly old style music that

My Grandfather was one of the biggest inspirations in my life, and without him I would not be where I am today. He was a very well rounded man, and was very talented musically. This lead him to join the Ohio State Marching Band, also known as TBDBITL (The Best Damn Band In The Land), which lead to him having a few outstanding experiences and lots of interesting stories to go along. One interesting event in particular was when he got the opportunity to dance with actress, Elizabeth Taylor. One New

Do you want to become famous like John Philip Sousa? John Philip and he Sousa became quite successful in life. Sousa had a lot of strength to do what he did. There are a couple skilled Sousa had to get this famous in life. Sousa resigned from the military corps to become a musician. In first passage, paragraph 1, line 2-4 it states “On July 30, 1892, he resigned from the marine corps to start his own band. But what kind of band would it be”. He is thinking about what kind of band he wanted to be

Devin Reddy USSO290Z: Soccer: The Global Game 20 November 2016 Origin and Themes of Popular Soccer Chants The lyrics “Walk on, Walk on, With hope in your hearts” are belted out by a sea of red as a Liverpool match is about to start. Even though the intonation of the singing might make a choral director cringe, there is no doubt that everyone wearing Liverpool’s red jersey knows every word to the song. Sung in unison, the undeniable passion of Liverpool’s fans is overwhelming, when they wear their

John Philip Sousa is a famous American composer. He is known as “The March King”He was born in Washington , D.C. on November 6, 1854. neither of his parent were born in the United States. His father John Antonio de Sousa, who played the trombone in the U.S. Marine Band, was born in spain and his mother Maria Elisabeth Trinkaus was born in Germany. Sousa was the third child of ten, having 5 sisters and 4 brothers. Sousa began studying music at age six. wanting to be in a band ever so badly sousa tried

First Selection: "The Stars and Stripes Forever”- John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) First Hearing- Cheerful, Eventful, Very Exciting Second Hearing- Sousa created a marching band that was organized like the European marching band. The music makes me feel exciting like I am at a parade, and they have a marching band perform this song. Third Hearing- A marching band of numerous brass instruments (piccolos, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, saxophones, trumpets, coronets, euphoniums, trombones, Sousaphones