John Philip Sousa working on the score for his waltz "Love Light" while waiting for the train

Unknown


Item type:
photographic object
Date of creation:
1909
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 80: John Philip Sousa working on "Love Light", October 27, 1909. Digital image accession file: 2007-1209094-080.tif

Description

Image of John Philip Sousa in the process of composing the waltz referred to as "Love Light" (music not legible).

People as subjects

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

Iconclass

48C711
composer at work

Musical works

Sousa, John Philip -- Love lightillegible music notation
Title of work as provided by Sousa Archives. Distance from the camera, natural light glare, and angle of shot make the music illegible.

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

Bibliographic references

Bierley, Paul Edmund. The incredible band of John Philip Sousa (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2006) 217. ISBN 0252031474. RILM 2006-04359.

Notes

Photograph source: Hoyt Sisters Collection, 1901-10 Photos Notebook. Frances and Grace Hoyt were soprano soloists that toured with the Sousa Band in 1909 (Bierley). The piece "Love Light" mentioned here may be related to the waltz-like duet "Love, light of my heart" from Sousa's 1897 operetta "The Bride-Elect".

RIdIM record id

4779