The Washington Post March AUDIO

Washington Post March 64Kbps MP3 1.23 mb, Washington Post March VBR MP3 2.45 mb, Washington Post March OGG format 2.17 mb which is a free, open standard container format maintained by the Xiph.Org Foundation. The OGG format is unrestricted by software patents and is designed to provide for efficient streaming and manipulation of high quality digital multimedia.

The Washington Post march was composed by John Philip Sousa (November 6, 1854 – March 6, 1932) in 1889.

In 1889 the Washington Post newspaper requested the leader of the Marine Band to compose a march for the newspaper's essay contest awards ceremony. Sousa obliged, it was first performed on June 15, 1889 and was an instant hit.



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Keywords: Washington Post March; John Philip Sousa
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