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Bibliography
Bibliography for the history of the Marine Band, Marine Band Directors, and Music at the White House.

John Philip Sousa

Bierley, Paul E. John Philip Sousa, American Phenomenon. Columbus, OH: Integrity Press, revised edition c.1973. Available from C. L. Barnhouse Co.

Bierley, Paul E. The Works of John Philip Sousa. Columbus, OH: Integrity Press, 1984. Available from C. L. Barnhouse Co.

Music Division, The Library of Congress. Perspectives on John Philip Sousa. Washington, DC: The Library of Congress, 1983.

Sousa, John Philip. Marching Along: Recollections of Men, Women, and Music. (Autobiography) Boston: Hale, Cushman and Flint, 1st edition 1928, 2nd edition 1941. Revised edition edited by Paul E. Bierly: Westerville, OH: Integrity Press, 1994.

Warfield, Patrick. “Salesman of Americanism, Globetrotter, and Musician: The Nineteenth-Century John Philip Sousa, 1854-1893.” Ph.D dissertation. Indiana University, 2003.*

*Available from University Microfilms International, Dissertation Information Service, P.O. Box 1764, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-9976. Order no. 7105721.

 

History of the Marine Band

Carpenter, Kenneth William. "A History of the United States Marine Band." Ph.D. dissertation. Iowa City: University of Iowa, 1970

(Available from University Microfilms International, Dissertation Information Service, P.O. Box 1764, Ann Arbor, MI 48106-9976. Order no. 7105721.)

Marine Band Directors

Byrne, Frank. "The Santelmann Legacy." Journal of Band Research. 22/1 (Fall 1986) 29-44.(Concerning former directors William H. and William F. Santelmann)

Ingalls, David M. "Francis Scala: Leader of the Marine Band from 1855 to 1871."
M.A. dissertation. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America, 1957.

LeClair, Paul Joseph. "The Francis Scala Collection: Music in Washington, DC at the time of the Civil War."
Ph.D. dissertation. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America, 1973.

Music at the White House

Kirk, Elise K. Music at the White House: A History of the American Spirit. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1986.

Kirk, Elise K. Musical Highlights from the White House.
Malabar, FL: Krieger, 1992.