American Experience
Season 5 Episode 7 - If You Knew Sousa
John Phillip Sousa became America's favorite bandmaster, but band music wasn't Sousa's only passion. He was the first to bring the classics -- Verdi, Wagner, Puccini -- to a burgeoning American middle class. Wildly popular, his was the first large musical organization to go on tour and make music pay. He helped give birth to that great American institution, the small town marching band.
Episodes in Season 5
The Kennedys (1): The Father, 1900-61
55 min
The Kennedys (2): The Sons, 1961-80
55 min
The Donner Party
55 min
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
55 min
George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
55 min
Last Stand at Little Big Horn
55 min
If You Knew Sousa
55 min
Simple Justice
55 min
Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish
55 min
Sit Down And Fight
55 min
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
55 min
Goin' Back to T-Town
55 min
Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian
55 min