John Philip Sousa Band

Unknown


Item type:
photographic object
Date of creation:
1898
Height:
20.3 cm  (8 in.)
Width:
25.4 cm  (10 in.)
Technique / Medium:
photography, gelatin silver print

    Item location

  • Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
    Location Details -- Paul E Bierley Papers, 1864-2015 > Series 6: Photographs, 1864-2013 > Sub-Series 1: Digital Photographs, 1864-1964 > Box 131 > Folder 1: Digital Photographs > Item 56: John Philip Sousa Band, 1898. Digital image accession file: 2007-1209094-056.tif

Description

Photograph of John Philip Sousa posing with his band on large entryway stone stairs. Distance between members allows for good view of their held instruments.

People as subjects

Sousa, John Philip (1854-1932) (Conductor)

Iconclass

48C753
more than one musician with instrument

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Flute [3955] (Immediately behind and around Sousa)
Clarinet [3836] (Left side of band)
Bassoon [3795] (Between clarinets on left side and flutes in the center-front)
Cornet [3860] (Front-right of band)
Saxophone [4346] (Rear of band; partially obscured)
Trumpet [4446] (Right side of band)
Horn [4118] (Middle-right of band; partially obscured)
Euphonium [4463] (Center of band, behind woodwinds; partially obscured)
Trombone [4369] (Rear-right of band; partially obscured)

RIdIM images


Paul E Bierley Papers, 1864-2015, Sousa Archives and Center for American Music, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Image URLs

image link 1
Sousa Archives data and image

RIdIM record id

4774