Sousa

Definition: Sousa

Sousa

Noun

1. A United States bandmaster and composer of military marches (1854-1932).

Date "Sousa" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1906. (references)

"Sousa" is a common misspelling or typo for: souse, soused, spouse.

Specialty Definition: Sousa

Domain	Definition
Biographical Satire	SOUSA, John P., American bandmaster who wrote books and shot pigeons between march compositions. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914.
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Specialty Definition: John Philip Sousa

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 - March 6, 1932), is probably the most famous marching band conductor and composer in history. He wrote well over 100 marches, including Stars and Stripes Forever, The Liberty Bell (best known as the theme song for Monty Python's Flying Circus), and The Washington Post. The marching tuba, or sousaphone, is named after him.

Sousa's musical education began when he was seven years old. At the age of 13, he was enrolled as an apprentice with Marine Band. He left it after several years to join a theatrical band. He soon began conducting, and returned to the Marine Band as its head in 1880.
Sousa organized his own band in 1892. It toured widely, and in 1900 represented the United States at the Paris Exposition before touring Europe. Sousa repeatedly refused to conduct on the radio, fearing the lack of personal contact with the audience; he was persuaded to do so in 1929, and was very successful.
In addition to hundreds of marches, Sousa wrote ten operas and a number of musical suites.
Sousa exhibited many talents aside from music. He authored three novels and a full length autobiography as well as a great number of articles and letters-to-the-editor on a variety of subjects. As a trapshooter, he ranks as one of the all time greats and his skill as a horseman met championship criteria.

The Operettas

The Queen of Hearts, 1885, also known as Royalty and Roguery.
The Smugglers, 1882.
Desiree, 1883.
El Capitan, 1895.
The Bride Elect, 1897, libretto by Sousa.
The Charlatan, 1898, also known as The Mystical Miss, lyrics by Sousa.
Chris and the Wonderful Lamp, 1899.
The Free Lance, 1905.
The American Maid, 1909, also known as The Glass Blowers.
Sousa also composed the music for six operettas that were either unfinished or not produced: The Devils' Deputy, Florine, The Irish Dragoon, Katherine, The Victory, and The Wolf.
Listen to an archival recording of Sousa's band performing "Stars and Stripes Forever" (2MB .ogg file)

External links

Project Gutenberg e-texts of works by John Philip Sousa:
The Experiences of a Bandmaster
The Fifth String
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "John Philip Sousa."

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Synonyms: Sousa

Synonyms: John Philip Sousa (n), The March King (n). (additional references)

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Modern Usage: Sousa

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Goodbye Sousa (1973)

Sousa Leal (1952)

Frei Luís de Sousa (1950)

Harry Thompson's Imitations of Sousa (1901)

Sousa and His Band (1901)

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Commercial Usage: Sousa

Domain	Title
Books	John Philip Sousa (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Composers) (reference) John Philip Sousa Marching Boy (reference) Marching With Sousa (The American Adventure) (reference) Nostalgic Happenings in the Three Bands of John Philip Sousa (reference) Studies in Portuguese Literature and History in Honour of Luis de Sousa Rebelo (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Strictly Sousa (reference) Sousa Original / United States Marine Band (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Photo Album: Sousa

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Freddy Tetteh (l), Betty Overton and Evon Helena Sousa (r) prepare USDA commodity peaches at the T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, VA., for the school lunch program. Credit: USDA.		John Philip Sousa standing with Camille Saint-Saëns. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Paris Exposition 1900 Sousa Band "Stars & Stripes forever". Credit: Library of Congress.		Sousa, John P., Mr., portrait photograph. Credit: Library of Congress.
	John Philip Sousa. Credit: Library of Congress.		Sousa at Chautauqua. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Sousa

"Quinta das Torres" by Luis Alves
Commentary: "This estate was given to D. Maria da Silva and D. Pedro D'Eça as a wedding present. As there were no direct heirs, the property passed to another family branch, the Corte-Real family, then to the Saldanha family, and then to the Melo family, Lords of Murc"

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Sousa

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Mozambique	USAID Mission--107 Rua Faria de Sousa; Tel: (258-1) 49-07-26, after hours (258-1) 49-16-77; Fax: (258-1) 49-20-98. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Sousa

"Sousa" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Sousa" is used about 33 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (proper)	100%	33	60,273

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Sousa

The following table summarizes the usage of "Sousa" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Sousa	Last name	6,000	2,156
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Sousa

Expression using "Sousa": John Philip Sousa. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Sousa

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
sousa philip john	173	de frei luís sousa	5
sousa	111	john philip sousa award	5
de marjorie sousa	90	de sousa	5
john phillip sousa	79	adelaide sousa	5
sammy sousa	27	paulo sousa	4
de melissa sousa	20	boaventura de sousa santos	4
amadeu cardoso sousa	14	de desnuda marjorie sousa	4
de frei luis sousa	13	boaventura santos sousa	4
david sousa	12	bay hotel sousa	4
sousa marches	11	miguel sousa tavares	4
de de fotos marjorie sousa	10	marco santos sousa	4
john phillips sousa	9	john music philip sousa	4
china e in mail portugal sousa	8	sousa music	4
de fotos marjorie sousa	8	lisa sousa	4
john sousa	7	de e saulo sousa tarso	4
jesus solange sousa vicente	7	e ecuador in mail portugal sousa	3
aristides de mendes sousa	6	biography john phillip sousa	3
croatia e in mail portugal sousa	6	mp3 sousa	3
biography john philip sousa	6	player sousa	3
cruz e sousa	5	de maurício sousa	3
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Bible Trace: Sousa

Language	Date	Source	2 Samuel Chapter 20, Verse 25
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai sousa grammateuV kai sadwk kai abiaqar iereiV
Latin	405	Vulgate	Sia autem scriba Sadoc vero et Abiathar sacerdotes
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Siba forsothe a scribe; forsothe Sadoch and Abiathar prestis;
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And Sheva was scribe: and Zadok and Abiathar were the priests:
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And Sheva was the scribe, and Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
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Matched Bible Translations: Sousa

Language	2 Samuel Chapter 20, Verse 25
Cebuano	Ug si Seba maoy escriba; ug si Sadoc ug si Abiathar mga sacerdote.
Croatian	Seraja je bio državni pisar. Sadok i Ebjatar bijahu sveæenici.
Danish	Sjeja var Statsskriver, Zadok og Ebjatar Præster;
Dutch	En Seja was schrijver; en Zadok en Abjathar waren priesters.
Finnish	Seja oli kirjurina, ja Saadok ja Ebjatar olivat pappeina.
French	Scheja était secrétaire; Tsadok et Abiathar étaient sacrificateurs;
German	Seja war Schreiber. Zadok und Abjathar waren Priester;
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Sekretaris negara: Seya. Imam: Zadok dan Abyatar.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	dan Seya itu jurutulis, dan Zadok dan Abyatar, keduanya imam;
Maori	Ko Hewha te kaituhituhi: a ko Haroko raua ko Apiatara nga tohunga:
Norwegian	Seja var statsskriver, og Sadok og Abjatar var prester.
Portuguese	Seva era escrivão; Zadoque e Abiatar, sacerdotes;
Rumanian	Weia era logofqt: Yadoc wi Abiatar erau preoyi;
Russian	уХУБ--РЙУГПН; уБДПЛ Й бЧЙБЖБТ--УЧСЭЕООЙЛБНЙ;
Spanish	Seva era el escriba. Sadoc y Abiatar eran los sacerdotes.
Swedish	Seja var sekreterare, och Sadok och Ebjatar voro präster.
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Derivations: Sousa

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Sousa": sousaphone, sousaphones. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Sousa

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-o-s-s-u"
	-1 letter: ossa, sous.
	-2 letters: ass, sau, sos, sou.
	-3 letters: as, os, so, us.
	Words containing the letters "a-o-s-s-u"
	+1 letter: sajous.
	+2 letters: arouses, assuror, ausubos, caseous, gaseous, mucosas, oquassa, ossuary, outasks, outpass, rugosas, sanious, sapours, sarcous, savours, souaris, soucars, soudans, spousal, suasion, suasory, upsoars.
	+3 letters: abomasus, anserous, arousals, arousers, arsenous, arsonous, assurors, astomous, astounds, ausforms, busloads, carouses, coassume, crusados, curassow, espousal, fashious, fastuous, gashouse, housesat, mosasaur, moussaka, nauseous, oquassas, osmundas, outcasts, outclass, outfasts, outlasts, outsails, outsoars, outspans, outstays, outtasks, robustas, rousseau, sabulose, sabulous, saguaros, sahuaros, santours, sapajous, saporous, sautoirs, saviours, savorous, scabious, scabrous, scarious, scopulas, seascout, sepalous, sequoias, sfumatos, soapsuds, solanums, soutanes, spacious, spousals, squalors, squamose, squamous, stannous, stratous, suasions, subatoms, subgoals, subsolar, supposal, surcoats, washouts.
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