[pianotech] Who knew that John Philip Sousa's last name was NOT Sousa ?

[Don Mannino]

Duane,

I think someone was doing an April First joke.

John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D.C., on November 6, 1854, to John
Antonio Sousa and Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus

The name is Portuguese.

Don Mannino

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Who knew that John Philip Sousa's last name was NOT Sousa ?

MUSICAL AMERICA - 12 August 1916

It was Philipso. The German version of his name was Sigismund Ochs.

Sousa was derived from the shipping trunk, when he emigrated to America,
marked S. O., U. S. A., therefore the name.

Taken from the AMICA Bulletin - Mar/Apr 2012