Vintage 6 x 8 newspaper photo of an artist’s impression of Sousa conducting, signed vertically in fountain pen, with Sousa adding a four bar AMQS to “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Photo has been affixed to a slightly larger card, which in turn is affixed by its corner tips to a 6.25 x 8.5 card. Irregular left edge, uniform overall toning, and some light pooling to Sousa’s signature due to excess ink flow, otherwise fine condition.
“Stars and Stripes Forever” is Sousa’s masterpiece and, per an Act of Congress, the United States’ National March, traditionally played in band concerts across the country to celebrate the Fourth of July. Sousa composed the piece in his head on Christmas Day 1896 while on a European ferry, having just learned of the death of his band’s manager, and committed it to paper when he arrived home in the States. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RRAuction COA.
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