The Stars and Stripes Forever (Sousa, John Philip)

		Movements/Sections 1 Composition Year 1896-97 Genre Categories Marches; For military band; Scores featuring military band; For orchestra without strings; For wind band (arr); Scores featuring wind band; For brass (arr); Scores featuring brass ensemble; For 2 violins, viola, cello (arr); Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; For 4 players; For piano 6 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the piano 6 hands; For 3 players; For voice, piano (arr); For voices with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; For clarinet, piano (arr); Scores featuring the clarinet; For 2 players; For piano (arr); For 1 player

Performances

• Recordings (2)
• Synthesized/MIDI (1)

Recordings

 Complete Performance
*#76506 - 4.78MB - 3:34 -  7.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (11) - - !N/!N/!N - 6203x⇩

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Carolus (2010/8/26)

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United States Marine Band (Band)

Performers:

Col. Michael J. Colburn (conductor)

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Washington, DC: United States Marine Band

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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]

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 Complete performance
*#94063 - 3.33MB - 3:38 -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (7) - - !N/!N/!N - 2087x⇩

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Mikemoral (2011/2/26)

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Washington, D.C.: United States Navy Band

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United States Navy Band

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Synthesized/MIDI

 Complete Performance
*#267157 - 3.32MB - 3:38 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - - !N/!N/!N - 152x⇩

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Gerald Gardner (2013/1/23)

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Sibelius 5.4.0

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Gerald Gardner

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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]

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Gardner edition

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Sheet Music

• Scores (2)
• Parts (3)
• Arrangements and Transcriptions (10)

Scores

 Full Score
*#18027 - 1.87MB, 8 pp. -  3.3/10 2 4 6 8 10 (10) - V/V/V - 15226x⇩

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Romanov76110 (2008/7/3)

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Composer's autograph manuscript
Boston: April 26, 1897.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Color scan

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 Condensed score, octavo
*#176438 - 0.26MB, 5 pp. -  5.2/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - V/V/V - 4884x⇩

PDF scanned by rgirsberger
rgirsberger (2012/2/6)

Publisher Info.:

Cincinnati: John Church, 1897.

Reprinted:

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., n.d.(after 1930). Plate 34002.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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black and white, 300 dpi

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Parts

 Complete Parts
*#272386 - 2.23MB, 20 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1125x⇩

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Cypressdome (2013/3/6)

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First edition

Publisher Info.:

Cincinnati: The John Church Co., 1897. Plate 12340–5.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Original images: 300dpi, color tif files approx. 2680 by 3430 pixels.
Editing: converted to black and white tif files, de-skewed, re-sampled to 600dpi, and set uniform margins. Source of files: Library of Congress

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 Complete Parts
*#27139 - 1.54MB, 30 pp. -  8.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 14570x⇩

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Carolus (2009/1/24)

Publisher Info.:

Cincinnati: John Church Co., 1897.

Reprinted:

Philadelphia: Theodore Presser Co., n.d.(after 1930). Plate 34002-6.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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 Bassoons
*#82873 - 0.14MB, 1 pp. -  6.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - !N/!N/!N - 1145x⇩

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Editor (2010/10/25)

Editor:

Bibliotecario RWO Contrabasso

Publisher Info.:

Japan: Nellafonte Music Press, n.d.

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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 [tag/del]

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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Wind Band (Gardner)

 Complete Score
*#267486 - 6.02MB, 14 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 626x⇩

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Gerald Gardner (2013/1/26)

 Complete Parts
*#267155 - 7.15MB, 45 pp. -  7.6/10 2 4 6 8 10 (5) - !N/!N/!N - 782x⇩

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Gerald Gardner (2013/1/23)

Arranger:

Gerald Gardner

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Gerald Gardner

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Arranged for an expanded marching or concert band

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For Brass Band (Colmer)

 Complete Score and Parts
*#121426 - 0.67MB, 78 pp. -  2.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - !N/!N/!N - 2696x⇩

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arranger (2011/9/10)

Arranger:

Geoff Colmer

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Geoff Colmer, 2010.

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For String Quartet (Epstein)

 Score and parts
*#269370 - 0.26MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 304x⇩

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Ravpapa (2013/2/12)

Arranger:

Yoel Epstein

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Yoel Epstein

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For Piano 6 hands

 Complete score
*#14777 - 0.54MB, 10 pp. -  7.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (2) - V/V/V - 3755x⇩

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Peter (2007/9/30)

Publisher Info.:

Cincinnati: John Church, 1897. Plate 30113.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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Plate 30113 is probably from Theodore Presser, who absorbed Church in 1930.
This file is from the MIT archive project.

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For Voice and Piano (Sousa)

 Complete score
*#14779 - 0.17MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - V/V/V - 1481x⇩

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Peter (2007/9/30)

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First edition (reprint)
John Philip Sousa (1854–1932), lyrics

Language:

English

Publisher Info.:

Cincinnati: John Church, 1898. Plate 12675.

Reprinted:

Sousa's Great Marches
New York: Dover Publications, 1975.

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Public Domain [tag/del]

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This file is from the MIT archive project.

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For Clarinet and Piano (Gokan)

 Complete Score
*#102079 - 0.21MB, 16 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 657x⇩

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Yuji Gokan (2011/5/14)

 Clarinet Part
*#102080 - 0.14MB, 5 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 859x⇩

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Yuji Gokan (2011/5/14)

Arranger:

Yuji Gokan

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Yuji Gokan

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For Piano solo (Sousa)

 Complete score
*#14778 - 0.20MB, 4 pp. -  10.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (1) - V/V/V - 4555x⇩

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Peter (2007/9/30)

Editor:

First edition (reprint)

Publisher Info.:

Cincinnati: John Church, 1897. Plate 12187.

Reprinted:

Sousa's Great Marches
New York: Dover Publications, 1975.

Copyright:

Public Domain [tag/del]

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This file is from the MIT archive project.

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 Complete score
*#02397 - 0.08MB, 4 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 2317x⇩

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Carolus (2006/12/15)

Editor:

Benjamin Bloomfield

Publisher Info.:

Mutopia Project, 2005

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Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial 3.0 [tag/del]

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Source: Original edition (Church)

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Free Recordings

• Sousa's Band, Henry Higgins (conductor), recorded in New York in August, 1897.

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General Information

Work Title	The Stars and Stripes Forever
Alternative Title

Composer	Sousa, John Philip
Key	E♭ major
Movements/Sections	1
Year/Date of Composition	1896-97
First Performance	1897-05-14 near Philadelphia, Willow Grove Park The Sousa Band, John Philip Sousa (conductor)
First Publication	1897 – Philadelphia: Church
Average Duration	3-4 minutes
Piece Style	Romantic
Instrumentation	Military Band, also arranged for Orchestra, Piano by the composer
External Links	Wikipedia article

Misc. Comments

Nearly all of Sousa's marches were issued simultaneously in versions for Band, Orchestra, and Piano solo.