John Philip Sousa plays John Philip Sousa - "Amoureuse Waltz"

Artist: John Philip Sousa (and his band)
Title: "Amoureuse Waltz"

Label: Victor (Victrola)
Cat No: 17228-A
Release Year: 1912
Country: USA
Format: 10" Shellac Record

Category:

Music

Tags:

• John
• Philip
• Sousa
• Sousa's
• Band
• Amoureuse
• Waltz
• Berger
• Victrola
• Victor
• 78
• RPM
• Record
• Dual
• Turntable
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[Cowboycurtis888]

This isn't a Sousa Piece though...it's the Sousa BAND.

[VinylToVideo]

It must be just Sousa's arrangement or something because it says "(Sousa)" underneath the title which means they're saying he is the composer. You're probably right, I'm quite sure he didn't write this although he did compose some waltzes. Which ones, I have no clue.

[ViktorDragmire]

What turntable is that? is it electric and does it have a headphones-plug?

[VinylToVideo]

It's a Dual 1214. Is it electric? No, it's helium powered. And no it doesn't have a headphone plug although the receiver it's connected with does.

[daisenseiciccone]

awesome!

John Philip Sousa was an exceptional musician and composer.

[DwayneMadsen]

Those come with a nuclear power option, too, if I am not mistaken. Make sure you take the plug pattern with you or you will never get the right one for the flux capacitor.

[jimjiminy2001]

Thank you for sharing such a wonderful treasure.

[DMAlterman]

@Cowboycurtis888

The composer is listed as "Berger" in Wikipedia, music of 1905.

[MrXnews]

@vaibanez17 Wikipedia also says (in the Victor Orthophonic Victrola article, NY Times quote):

"John Philip Sousa [said] "Gentlemen [sic], that is a band. This is the first time I have ever heard music with any soul to it produced by a mechanical talking machine." ... The new instrument is a feat of mathematics and physics..." etc.

[vaibanez17]

@MrXnews "Sousa's antipathy to recording was such that he occasionally refused to conduct his band if it was being recorded. Nevertheless, Sousa's band made numerous recordings for the Victor Talking Machine Company (later RCA Victor), usually conducted by Arthur Pryor." That is directly from his Wikipedia, which is often not reliable about things, but in this case it's true...he hated recording and the idea that people could listen to music without coming out to see the people playing it.

[MrXnews]

@vaibanez17 Sousa died in the 1930s, and he was quite entusiastic about electrical recording.

[Keeper1st]

The statement to which you respond is along the lines of what Sousa had said about what recorded sound would do to music. He said it would allow the worst of music to be preserved forever, whereas previously only the best music would stand the test of time through continued demand for performance and sheet music. His actual words were much better than that, but I don't remember what they were exactly. They were quoted at a recent seminar about early music recording.

[Keeper1st]

While Sousa despised "canned music" (and he coined that term -- music cylinders were sold in cans), he allowed his band to record. My understanding, however, is that he took no part in the recording sessions. The early recordings of Sousa's band (I know of one from 1898) probably had Arthur Pryor in charge. I'm not sure who would have been in charge of the band for this 1912 recording.