Sousa's Band, World Tour, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Item type:
photographic object
Date of creation:
1911
Technique / Medium:
photography
Place of creation:
Johannesburg (South Africa)

    Item location

  • Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
    Location Details -- Paul E Bierley Papers, 1864-2015 > Series 6: Photographs, 1864-2013 > Sub-Series 6: Sousa Band Photographs and Sousa with Others > Box 143 > Folder 5: Sousa Band world tour, 1910-11. Digital image accession file: 2010-1209094-022.tif

Description

Posed photograph of the Sousa Band during the 1910-1911 World Tour. All members and their instruments can be clearly seen, along with a pair each of snare drums and timpani mounted on stands adjacent to the group. Joseph Marthage's harp is centered in the front of the band, with Sousa sitting to the right of it.

People as subjects

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

Iconclass

48C753
more than one musician with instrument

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

Notes

The Sousa Band visited Johannesburg several times during the World Tour between March 29th, 1911 and April 10th.

RIdIM record id

4824