Introduction / Jon Newsom -- Semper fidelis / William Schuman -- John Philip Sousa and the culture of reassurance / Neil Harris -- Nineteenth-century American march music and John Philip Sousa / Pauline Norton -- The Sousa march : a personal view / Frederick Fennell -- Genesis of a march : The Stars and Stripes forever / James R. Smart -- David Blakely, manager of Sousa's Band / Margaret L.Brown -- A few observations and memories / John Philip Sousa III.