[pianotech] Who knew that John Philip Sousa's last name wasNOT Sousa ?

[Bill Fritz]

Here are some links on John Philip Sousa & his life:

http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/portam/sousa.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Philip_Sousa

Kind of hard to argue w/ these two sources...   Bill Fritz, St Louis





From:
Don Mannino <donmannino at ca.rr.com>

To:
pianotech at ptg.org

Subject:
Re: [pianotech] Who knew that John Philip Sousa's last name wasNOT Sousa ?

Date:
Tue, 1 May 2012 21:13:40 -0400



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
ntonio Sousa and Maria Elisabeth Trinkhaus
The name is Portuguese.
Don Mannino
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