130 years ago today, #JohnPhilipSousa's operetta "El Capitan" premieres on Broadway at Broadway Theatre, NYC.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #EssentialClassics John Philip Sousa, The Band of the Coldstream Guards & Major Roger G. Swift: 🎵 The Liberty bell - march #BBCRadio3 #JohnPhilipSousa #TheBandoftheColdstreamGuards #MajorRogerGSwift

"The Liberty Bell" (1893) is an #AmericanMilitaryMarch composed by #JohnPhilipSousa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXuhX7CQpK0

On March 6th, 1932: #JohnPhilipSousa, American #composer and march king (Stars & Stripes Forever), died at 77.
#RIP 🪽

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #MusicMatters John Philip Sousa, Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra & Keith Brion: 🎵 Presidential Polonaise #BBCRadio3 #JohnPhilipSousa #RazumovskySymphonyOrchestra #KeithBrion ▶️ Track on #Spotify:

The Presidential Polonaise

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #Radio3sAmericanRoadtrip John Philip Sousa, Eastman Wind Ensemble & Frederick Fennell: 🎵 The Liberty bell #BBCRadio3 #JohnPhilipSousa #EastmanWindEnsemble #FrederickFennell

#OnThisDay in 1896, Patriotic march "The Stars and Stripes Forever" is composed by #JohnPhilipSousa.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #InTune John Philip Sousa, Christopher Hart, Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Kristjan Järvi: 🎵 Humoresque on 'Swanee' #BBCRadio3 #JohnPhilipSousa #ChristopherHart #RoyalScottishNationalOrchestra #KristjanJärvi

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on BBC #Radio3's #FridayNightIsMusicNight John Philip Sousa, BBC Concert Orchestra & Anna-Maria Helsing: 🎵 Liberty Bell #BBCRadio3 #JohnPhilipSousa #BBCConcertOrchestra #AnnaMariaHelsing ▶️ 🪄 Automagic 🔊 show 📻 playlist on Spotify ▶️ Track on #Spotify:

Sousa: The Liberty Bell March

#OnThisDay in 1854, #JohnPhilipSousa, American #composer and march king (Stars & Stripes Forever), born in Washington, D.C. (d. 1932).
#HappyBirthday #RIP 💐