「永恆的星條旗」（The Stars and Stripes Forever）進行曲的樂譜封面 Cover of score for Stars and Stripes Forever

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Sousa Band performing "The Stars and Stripes forever"

「永恆的星條旗」(The Stars and Stripes Forever)

「永恆的星條旗」是美國官方正式認可的進行曲，也是約翰菲利普蘇沙最知名的作品，您應該曾經聽過這個曲子、只是不知道曲子的名字罷了。

他的一生都鍾愛音樂與自己的國家美國，想當然爾他會寫出這樣的愛國經典曲目，蘇沙成長於內戰時期的華盛頓，孩童時期就喜愛當時在大街小巷裡都聽得到的軍隊樂團演奏，也很喜愛父親吹奏的長號，因為父親在軍隊樂團中演奏，蘇沙也很快地跟隨父親腳步進入軍中樂團；蘇沙入伍時是小提琴演奏學徒的角色，之後成為樂團的指揮。在演奏的時間之外，蘇沙喜愛音樂寫作，包括「永恆的星條旗」就是他在1890年代寫出的膾炙人口的曲目，也因而獲得「進行曲之王」的暱稱。

"The Stars and Stripes Forever." It's the official march of the United States and it's John Philip Sousa's most famous composition. You've probably heard it before, even if you don't know it by name.

All of his life, John Philip Sousa loved music and loved America, so it's no surprise that he wrote this patriotic classic. Sousa grew up in Washington, D.C., during the Civil War. As a kid, he enjoyed hearing the Civil War military bands that filled the streets of Washington as well as the sounds of his father's trombone. His father played in the U.S. Marine Band and Sousa quickly followed in his footsteps. Sousa first enlisted in the Marine Band as an apprentice violinist and later became the bandleader. When Sousa wasn't playing with a band, he was writing music, like "The Stars and Stripes Forever." By the 1890s he had written enough popular marches to be nicknamed the "March King."

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CREDIT: John Philip Sousa, a€œStars and Stripes Forever,a€ published in Cincinnati, Ohio, 1898. Reproduction No.: Music B-367; Repository: Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library, Duke University. This item is not in the Library of Congress collections. For additional information about reproductions, contact the Rare Book, Manuscript and Special Collections Library of Duke University.)

AUDIO CREDIT: Sousa, John Philip (author) Sousa's Band (performer) . "Stars and stripes forever." [United States]: E. Berliner's Gramophone , [189-]. Emile Berliner and the Birth of the Recording Industry from the Library of Congress.