Essays About John Philip Sousa

Weighing In on Copyright

by John Philip Sousa Anent the “Blurred Lines” controversy, an excerpt from Sousa’s (possibly prescient) rant “The Menace of Mechanical Music,” Appleton’s Magazine 8 (1906), 278–84. And now a word on a detail of personal interest which has a right to be heard because it voices a claim for… Read More

The Washington Post

Today is the 125th anniversary of The Washington Post march, premiered June 15, 1889, at the award ceremony for the Post‘s essay competition that year.John Kelly retells the story in… Read More