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“To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false.”
 
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Name:   John Philip Sousa
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   Nov 6, 1854
 
Date of Death:   Mar 6,  1932
 
Profession:   Musician
 
 
 
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