Sousa | Sousa-Music For Wind Band 10 | CD

John Philip Sousa was an American bandleader, conductor and composer, and a founder of ASCAP, The American Society of Composers, Authors and Musicians. He was born in Washington DC on 6 November 1854 and died in Reading, Pennsylvania, on 6 March 1932. Known as the 'March King', he is most famous for his military marches, including 'The Stars and Stripes Forever', the official national march of the US. He led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 to 1892 and later conducted his own band, Sousa's Band.

This single-disc album from Naxos, Music for Wind Band 10, features Kongelige Norske Marines Musikkorps conducted by Keith Brion. The recording was made in April 2008 and released in 2011, with arrangements credited to John R. Bourgeois, Keith Brion, Loras Schissel and Stephanie Sugano. Mike Purton is credited as producer and editor, and the disc is classed as brass and military music.