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John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932), popularly known as "The March King", was an American composer and conductor of Portuguese heritage, from the late Romantic era, known particularly for American marches. .

Band led by John Phillip Sousa starting in the 1890's. They had a number of successful early recordings. Sousa's Band was rather famous at the time. Some considered it the world's most famous band before Benny Goodman. After leaving the military, Sousa formed the band. They toured from approximately 1892-1935, and specialized in patriotic marches. .

Pianist and composer Tiago Sousa has become, in the last six or seven years, one of the most interesting and intriguing Portuguese musicians. Having been the main force behind pioneering local netlabel Merzbau, Tiago’s first solo release, Crepúsculo (2006) paved the way for an intuitive approach to composition whose evolution was dazzling: after Noite/Nuit (2007), a collaboration effort with French artist Sandra Reignoux, The Western Lands (2008), composed after William S. Burroughs’ homonymous novel, signaled Tiago’s first foray into a conceptual sphere that has been one of his trademarks ever-since. The Western Lands, released on the German label Resting Bell,...