List of compositions by John Philip Sousa

This is a list of compositions by John Philip Sousa.

Musical works

This list is organized roughly by date of composition, but the table can be re-ordered by clicking on the triangles at the top of each column.

Name of work with link to article (if available)	Year or range when written	Click to play (if available)	Lyricist	Genre	Wikipedia Article? (Y/N)
Mallie	1860-1870?		J. W. Heysinger	song	N
My Sweet Sweetheart	1860-1870?		Jack Nilpon	song	N
Sea Nymph	1860-1870?		B.P. Wilmot	song	N
[corrupted entry]	1860-1870?		James Adams		N
Fall Tenderly, Roses	1860-1870?		Sousa	song	N
An Album Leaf	1863			violin	N
Moonlight on the Potomac	1872			waltz	N
Cuckoo	1873			galop	N
Day And Night	1873		Emma M. Swallow	song	N
Review	1873			march	N
Salutation	1873			march	N
Wilt Thou Be True	1873		E. Cook	song based on poem	N
O, My Country	1874		B. Lowlaws	song	N
Te Deum In Bb	1874		Sousa	hymn	N
The Phoenix	1875			vocal	N
The Phoenix March	1875				N
On Wings of LIghtning	1876			galop	N
Ah, Me!	1876		Emma M. Swallow	song based on poem	N
Matt Morgan's Living Pictures	1876			vocal	N
Only A Dream	1876		Mary A. Denison	song	N
Only Thee	1876		Charles Swain	song based on poem	N
Revival March	1876			march	N
The Honored Dead	1876			march	N
The Song Of The Sea	1876		Emma M. Swallow	song	N
Myrrha	1877			gavotte	N
'Deed I Has To Laugh	1877		Sousa	song	N
Across The Danube	1877			march	N
Hoping	1877		Jefferson H. Nones	song based on poem	N
Lonely	1877		Jefferson H. Nones	song based on poem	N
Love Me Little, Love Me Long	1877		Sousa	song	N
Rivals	1877			overture	N
The Free Lunch Cadets	1877		Sousa	song	N
The Magic Glass	1877		Charles Swain	song based on poem	N
Esprit De Corps	1878			march	N
Silver Spray	1878			schottische	N
Mavourneen Asthore	1878		Albert S. Nones	song	N
Smick, Smack, Smuck	1878		Sousa	song	N
Globe And Eagle	1879			march	N
Katherine	1879			operetta	N
La Reine d'Amour	1879			cornet	N
On The Tramp	1879			march	N
Resumption March	1879			march	N
Nymphalin	1880			violin	N
Our Flirtation	1880			march	N
Our Flirtations	1880			vocal	N
Recognition March	1880			march	N
When He Is Near	1880		Mary A. Denison	song	N
A Rare Old Fellow	1881		Barry Cornwall	song based on poem	N
Florine	1881			operetta	N
Guide Right	1881			march	N
In Memoriam: Garfield's Funeral March	1881			march	N
President Garfield's Inauguration March	1881			march	N
Pretty Patty Honeywood	1881		Cuthbert Bede	song based on poem	N
Right Forward	1881			march	N
Yorktown Centennial	1881			march	N
Congress Hall	1882			march	N
Star Of Light	1882		Bessie Beach	song based on poem	N
The Smugglers	1882			operetta	N
Bonnie Annie Laurie	1883			march	N
Mother Goose	1883			march	N
Pet Of The Petticoats	1883			march	N
Right-Left	1883			march	N
Transit Of Venus	1883			march	Y
Four Marches For Regimental Drums And Trumpets	1884			trumpets and drums	N
The White Plume	1884			march	N
We'll Follow Where The White Plume Waves	1884		Edwin M. Taber	song	N
Belle Mahone	1885			saxophone	N
Mother Hubbard March	1885			march	N
Sound Off	1885			march	N
Tally-Ho!	1885		Joaquin Miller	song based on poem	N
The Queen Of Hearts	1885			operetta	N
Triumph Of Time	1885			march	N
Presidential Polonaise[1]	1886			Polonaise	N
Funeral March	1886			trumpets and drums	N
Gallant And Gay We'll March Away	1886			trumpets and drums	N
Good Bye, Sweet Nannie Magee	1886			trumpets and drums	N
Hannah, My True Love	1886			trumpets and drums	N
Here's To Your Health, Sir!	1886			trumpets and drums	N
Hurrah! We Are Almost There	1886			trumpets and drums	N
La Reine de la Mer	1886			waltz	N
Tally-Ho!	1886			overture	N
The Gladiator	1886			march	Y
The Rifle Regiment	1886			march	N
Vautour: Sans Souci	1886			overture	N
Waltz	1886			trumpets and drums	N
My Own, My Geraldine	1887		Francis C. Long	song based on poem	N
O, Ye Lillies White	1887		Francis C. Long	song based on poem	N
Sweet Miss Industry	1887		S. Conant Foster	song based on poem	N
The Occidental	1887			march	N
The Window Blind	1887		Edward M. Taber	song	N
The Coquette	1887			dance	N
Ben Bolt	1888			march	N
I Wonder	1888		Edward M. Taber	song	N
National Fencibles	1888			march	N
Semper Fidelis	1888	(performed 1989) (performed 1909)		march	Y
The Crusader	1888			march	N
The Wolf	1888			operetta	N
The Bride Elect: The Wolf	1888-1897			operetta	N
Queen of the Harvest	1889			quadrille	N
Do We? We Do	1889		Sousa	song	N
Love That Comes When May-Roses Blow	1889		Sousa	song	N
O'Reilly's Kettledrum	1889		Edward M. Taber	song	N
The Picadore	1889			march	N
The Quilting Party March	1889			march	N
The Thunderer	1889			march	Y
The Washington Post	1889			march	Y
There's Something Mysterious	1889		Hunter MacCulloch	song	N
2:15	1889		Edward M. Taber	song	N
Hurray	1890			march	N
Corcoran Cadets	1890			march	N
Nail The Flag To The Mast	1890		William Russell Frisbie	song based on poem	N
Reveille	1890		Robert Jones Burdette	song based on poem	N
The Chariot Race	1890			Tone poem	N
High School Cadets	1890			march	Y
The Loyal Legion	1890			march	N
You'll Miss Lots Of Fun When You're Married	1890		Edward M. Taber	song	N
Sheridan's Ride	1891			Tone poem	N
The Wolverine March	1891			march	N
Homeward Bound	1891 or 1892			march	N
March Of The Royal Trumpets	1892			march	N
On Parade: The Lion Tamer	1892			march	N
The Belle Of Chicago	1892			march	N
The Triton	1892			march	N
Désirée	1890			operetta	Y
Manhattan Beach	1893			march	Y
The Beau Ideal	1893			march	N
The Devil's Deputy	1893			operetta	N
The Last Days Of Pompeii: In The House Of Burbo And Stratonice	1893			suite	N
The Last Days Of Pompeii: Nydia, The Blind Girl	1893			suite	N
The Last Days Of Pompeii: The Destruction Of Pompeii And Nydia's Death	1893			suite	N
Liberty Bell	1893			march	Y
Stuffed Stork	1894		Sousa	song	N
The Directorate	1894			march	N
El Capitan	1895			operetta	Y
King Cotton	1895			march	Y
Three Quotations: The King Of France With Twenty-Thousand Men Marched Up The Hill And Then Down Again	1895			suite	N
Three Quotations: I, Too, Was Born In Arcadia	1895			suite	N
Three Quotations: In Darkest Africa	1895			suite	N
El Capitan	1896			march	N
Stars And Stripes Forever	1896	(performed 1999) (performed 1909)		march	Y
The Colonial Dames	1896			waltz	N
With Steady Step	1896			trumpets and drums	N
Maid Of The Meadow	1897		Sousa	song	N
The Bride Elect	1897			march	N
The Charlatan	1898			march	N
The Charlatan (operetta) (a.k.a. "The Mystical Miss")	1898			operetta	Y
The Trooping Of The Colors	1898			extravaganza	N
Chris And The Wonderful Lamp	1899			operetta	N
Hands Across The Sea	1899			march	Y
O, Why Should The Spirit Of Mortal Be Proud?	1899		William Knox	hymn	N
The Man Behind The Gun	1899			march	N
Hail To The Spirit Of Liberty	1900			march	N
It's A Thing We Are Apt To Forget	1900 or after		Sousa	song	N
The Invincible Eagle	1901			march	N
The Pride Of Pittsburgh: Homage To Pittsburgh	1901			march	N
The Summer Girl	1901			idyll	N
Imperial Edward	1902			march	N
Looking Upward: By The Light Of The Polar Star	1902			suite	N
Looking Upward: Beneath The Southern Cross	1902			suite	N
Looking Upward: Mars And Venus	1902			suite	N
The Messiah Of Nations	1902		James Whitcomb Riley	hymn based on poem	N
Jack Tar	1903			march	N
At The King's Court: Her Ladyship, The Countess	1904			suite	N
At The King's Court: Her Grace, The Duchess	1904			suite	N
At The King's Court: Her Majesty, The Queen	1904			suite	N
The Diplomat	1904			march	N
The Free Lance	1905			operetta	N
The Free Lance	1906			march	N
I've Made My Plans For The Summer	1907		Sousa	song	N
Powhattan's Daughter	1907			march	N
Fairest of the Fair	1908			march	Y
The American Maid: The Glass Blowers	1909			operetta	N
The Glory Of The Yankee Navy	1909			march	N
People Who Live In Glass Houses	1909			suite	N
Dwellers Of The Western World: The Red Man	1910			suite	N
Dwellers Of The Western World: The White Man	1910			suite	N
Dwellers Of The Western World: The Black Man	1910			suite	N
The Federal	1910			march	N
Tales Of A Traveler: The Kaffir On The Karoo	1911			suite	N
Tales Of A Traveler: In The Land Of The Golden Fleece	1911			suite	N
Tales Of A Traveler: Grand Promenade At The White House	1911			suite [later replaced]	N
Tales Of A Traveler: Easter Monday On The White House Lawn	1928			suite [this replaced “Grand Promenade At The White House”]	N
The Belle Of Bayou Teche	1911		O. E. Lynne	song based on poem	N
The Gliding Girl	1912			tango	N
With Pleasure, Dance Hilarious	1912			ragtime	N
From Maine To Oregon	1913			march	N
It Was Really Very Fortunate For Me	1913		Charles Brown	song	N
The Irish Dragoon	1913			operetta	N
Columbia's Pride	1914			march	N
The Lambs' Gamble	1914			overture	N
The Lambs' March	1914			march	N
The Milkmaid	1914		Austin Dobson	song based on poem	N
We March, We March To Victory	1914		Gerard Moultrie	processional hymn	N
Hip Hip Hooray	1915			vocal	N
The New York Hippodrome	1915			march	N
The Pathfinder Of Panama	1915			march	N
The Victory	1915			operetta	N
America First	1916			march	N
Boots	1916		Rudyard Kipling	song based on poem	N
Boy Scouts Of America	1916			march	N
Come Laugh And Be Merry	1916		unknown	song	N
I Love Jim	1916		Helen Sousa Abert	song	N
March Of The Pan Americans	1916			march	N
The Song Of The Dagger	1916		Sousa	song	N
Willow Blossoms	1916			Concert piece [subtitled "legend", meaning "in a romantic, narrative style"]	N
Blue Ridge, I'm Coming Back To You	1917		Sousa	song	N
Liberty Loan	1917			march	N
The Love That Lives Forever	1917		George P. Wallihan	song	N
The Naval Reserve	1917			march	N
The White Rose	1917			march	N
U.S. Field Artillery March	1917			march	Y
Wisconsin Forward Forever	1917			march	N
Anchor And Star	1918			march	N
Flags Of Freedom	1918			march	N
In Flanders Fields The Poppies Grow	1918		John McCrae	song based on poem	N
Lovely Mary Donnelly	1918		William Allingham	song based on poem	N
Pushing On	1918		Guy F. Lee	song	N
Sabre And Spurs	1918			march	N
Solid Men To The Front	1918			march	N
The Chantyman's March	1918			march	N
The Volunteers	1918			march	N
Though Dolly Is Married	1918		R. H. Burnside	song	N
USAAC March	1918			march	N
We Are Coming	1918		Edith Willis Linn	song based on poem	N
Wedding March	1918			march	N
When The Boys Come Sailing Home!	1918		Helen Sousa Abert	song	N
Bullets And Bayonets	1919			march	N
The Fighting Race	1919		J. I. C. Clarke	song based on poem	N
The Golden Star	1919			march	N
Camera Studies	1920			suite	N
Comrades Of The Legion	1920			march	N
Non-Committal Declarations	1920		Sousa	trio for voices	N
On The Campus	1920			march	N
The Last Crusade	1920		Anne Higginson Spicer	ballad based on poem	N
Who's Who In Navy Blue	1920			march	N
Yale Marching Song	1920		Joseph Grant Ewing	song	N
Keeping Step With The Union	1921			march	N
Impressions At The Movies: The Serenaders	1922			suite	N
Impressions At The Movies: The Crafty Villain And The Timid Maid	1922			suite	N
Impressions At The Movies: Balance All And Swing Partners	1922			suite	N
Leaves From My Notebook: The Genial Hostess	1922			suite	N
Leaves From My Notebook: The Campfire Girls	1922			suite	N
Leaves From My Notebook: The Lively Flapper	1922			suite	N
The Dauntless Battalion	1922			march	N
The Gallant Seventh	1922			march	Y
March Of The Mitten Men: Power And Glory	1923			march	N
Nobles Of The Mystic Shrine	1923			march	N
While Navy Ships Are Coaling	1923		Wells Hawks	song based on poem	N
A Serenade In Seville	1924		James Francis Cooke	song	N
Ancient And Honorable Artillery Company	1924			march	N
Marquette University March	1924			march	N
The Black Horse Troop	1924			march	N
The Journal	1924		Sousa	song	N
Cubaland: Under The Spanish Flag	1925			suite	N
Cubaland: Under The American Flag	1925			suite	N
Cubaland: Under The Cuban Flag	1925			suite	N
The National Game	1925			march	N
Universal Peace	1925 or 1926			march	N
A Mingling of the Wets and the Drys	1926			humoresque	N
Crossing The Bar	1926		Alfred Tennyson	song based on poem	N
Old Ironsides	1926			march	N
Sesqui-Centennial Exposition March	1926			march	N
The Gridiron Club	1926			march	N
The Pride Of The Wolverines	1926			march	N
There's A Merry Brown Thrush	1926		Lucy Larcom	song based on poem	N
Forever And A Day	1927		Irving Bibo and Sousa	song	N
Magna Charta	1927			march	N
Riders For The Flag	1927			march	N
The Atlantic City Pageant	1927			march	N
Minnesota March	1927			march	Y
Among My Souvenirs	1928			humoresque	N
Golden Jubilee	1928			march	N
Love's Radiant Hour	1928		Helen Boardman Knox	song	N
New Mexico	1928			march	N
Prince Charming	1928			march	N
University Of Nebraska	1928			march	N
Daughters Of Texas	1929			march	N
Foshay Tower–Washington Memorial March	1929			march (written for dedication of Foshay Tower)	N
La Flor De Sevilla	1929			march	N
The Royal Welch Fusiliers, Nr. 1	1929			march	Y
University Of Illinois	1929			march	N
George Washington Bicentennial	1930			march	N
Harmonica Wizard	1930			march	N
The Legionaires	1930			march	N
The Royal Welch Fusiliers, Nr. 2	1930			march	N
The Salvation Army	1930			march	N
The Wildcats: Salute To Kansas	1930 or 1931			march	N
A Century Of Progress	1931			march	N
Annabel Lee	1931		Edgar Allan Poe	song based on poem	N
Kansas Wildcats	1931			march	Y
The Aviators	1931			march	N
The Circumnavigators Club	1931			march	N
The Northern Pines	1931			march	N
Library Of Congress	1932			march (unfinished, reconstructed in 2003 by Steve Bulla)[2]	N

Other works

In addition to his original compositions Sousa also wrote hundreds of arrangements of his own music and other people's music. Here are some examples of Sousa's arrangements of music composed by other musicians:

Name of work with link to article (if available)	Year or range when arranged	Click to play (if available)	Composer	Genre	Wikipedia Article? (Y/N)
Mikado March	1885		Arthur Sullivan	song	N

References

1. President Chester A. Arthur requested this as a replacement for Hail to the Chief, but he died before it was performed. See Sousa: Marching Along, p.85 Integrity Press, 1994
2. “Library of Congress March [article”

External links

• The Works of John Philip Sousa, The Dallas Winds