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Maverick9

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Grapeshot said:
A trained and accomplished violinist, composes some of the best military march music ever.

Give a listen to the stirring music of John Phillip Sousa as offered by the president's own - USMC band.

http://www.marineband.marines.mil/Audio-Resources/The-Complete-Marches-of-John-Philip-Sousa/

What rocks your boat?
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It's Philip, one "l", and what floats your boat, to mix a metaphor, and yes, we played this at football games when I was in the marching band. Rousing. Writing a march is quite formulaic.

Trivia: He wrote The Liberty Bell in 1893, used as the theme for Monty Python's Flying Circus credits roll at the end.
 
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