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Index Page numbers referring to illustrations are in italics. à Becket, Thomas, Jr., 75, 83, 86 Abt, Franz, 69 Academy of Music (Philadelphia), 83, 173, 177, 178–79, 189, 192, 263 Accardi, Edward, 275n22 Accardi, Salvador, 275n22 “Across the Danube” (Sousa), 81, 83–84, 237, 238 Adam, Adolphe, 122 Adams, John, 4 Adams, Stephen, 97 Adamsonia (Sousa), 97 African Americans: churches and religion of, 56, 59–60, 61; Colored American Opera Company, 56–60, 279n21; education of, 57, 60–61; minstrel shows depicting, 67, 80–81, 84, 98, 99; post–Civil War status of, 56, 67; slavery of, 4–5, 13, 56, 58; Sousa’s racial views on, 154, 288n13; in Washington, D.C., 13, 56–61, 279n21 “Ah Me!” (Sousa), 75, 79, 83, 84, 280n15 Alabama, 42 Albany, N.Y., 187 Albaugh’s Opera House (Washington, D.C.), 132, 135 An Album Leaf (Sousa), 30, 54, 277n11 “Alexander” (Sousa), 281n21 Alexandria, Va., 4–5, 273n3 (ch. 1) Alice Oates Opera Company, 27, 28 Amateur Authors’ Association, 167 Amateur Opera Company (Philadelphia), 86–87, 96–97 Amateur Orchestral Union (Washington, D.C.), 52, 54, 63 amateur performers, as audience, 31, 37, 39, 127, 128, 135, 146, 159, 197 “America First” (Sousa), 244 American Amateur Trapshooters’ Association , 93 American Bandmasters Association, 271 American Graphophone Company, 156, 164 The American Maid (Sousa), 146, 226, 244 American Pharmaceutical Association, 110 American School Band Directors Association , 256 American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, 165 “Ancient and Honorable Artillery” (Sousa), 244 Andre (publisher), 83 Andrews, Charles D., 79 “Annie Rooney,” 48, 177, 215 Arch Street Theatre (Philadelphia), 73, 79, 83 Arlington National Cemetery, 118 Arnold, Richard, 125 Arth family, 19 Arthur, Chester A., 107, 109, 110, 150–51 Association of Oldest Inhabitants, 125 Atchison, Kans., 42 athletics and sports, Sousa’s interest in, 93–96, 163 AtLee, John Y., 156 At the King’s Court (Sousa), 292n44 Auber, Daniel, 72, 73, 281n15 Audran, Edmond, 133–34 Australia, 47, 254 “Awake, Awake” (Sousa), 34, 277n16 Bach, Johann Sebastian, 176 Balfe, Michael, 84, 281n15 Baltimore, Md., 122, 125; theaters in, 27, 28, 45, 89, 129–30 Baltimore Letter Carriers’ Association, 122 314 index Barbarin, Francis Sinclair, 125–26 Barnes, Joseph, 111 Barnett, John Francis, 128 Barotti, Felix, 55, 56, 62 Bartholdi, Frederic Auguste, 81 Bartlett, J. P., 85 baseball, Sousa’s interest in, 94, 96 Beach, Bessie (M. D. Lincoln), 140 “The Beau Ideal” (Sousa), 219, 247, 293n69 Bede, Cuthbert, 141 Beethoven, Ludwig van, xv, 52, 54, 72, 128 Behne, Minnie, 217 Belle Mahone (Sousa), 83 “The Belle of Chicago” (Sousa), 200, 209, 237, 238, 292n36 Bellis, Jane van Middlesworth, 89–90, 91, 282n38 Bellstedt, Herman, 49 Beloit, Wis., 208 “Ben Bolt” (Sousa), 171, 289n51 Benkert, George Felix, 52–53, 54, 63, 85, 278–79nn5–10 Berlin, Edward, 253 Berlioz, Hector, 71, 122, 178, 185, 189 Bernays, Robert Camp, 128, 136, 274n10 Bijou (theater), 133, 276n4 Bizet, Georges, 97, 135, 185 “The Black Horse Troop” (Sousa), 247, 283n10 Blaine, James G., 137, 242 Blakely, Ada, 270 Blakely, David, 180, 181; death of, 264; financial considerations of, 184–85, 189–90, 199–200, 204, 205, 210, 212, 263, 270; Marine Band tours and marketing arranged by, xviii, 182–98; Sousa Band formation and management by, 198–217, 219–25, 258, 261, 263–64, 270; Sousa promotion by, 191–98, 258; Sousa relationship with, xviii, 181–225, 258, 261, 263–64, 270; Strauss tour organization by, 180–82 “The Blending of the Blue and the Gray” (Sousa), 170, 240 Bloomington, Ill., 42 “Bludso” (Sousa), 45, 278n35 “Blue Ridge, I’m Coming Back to You” (Sousa), 244 Bode, Albert, 216 Boidi, Frank, 100 “Bonnie Annie Laurie” (Sousa), 110, 112, 241 Boosey, William, 161, 162, 163 Booth, John Wilkes, 27 Boston, Mass.: Bijou (theater) in, 133, 276n4; exhibition in, 255; Columbian Musical Festival in, 219; Gilbert and Sullivan operettas in, 86, 88; Gilmore in, 69; Sousa Band in, 211, 217, 219 Boston Symphony Orchestra, 221 Bower, James McKesson, 274n10 boxing, Sousa’s interest in, 93–94, 95, 163 Bradley, Edward (Cuthbert Bede), 141 Brahms, Johannes, 53, 54, 176 Brand, Michael, 294n78 “The Bride Elect” (Sousa, march), 244 The Bride Elect (Sousa, operetta), 136, 226, 244 Bridgeport, Conn., 187 Brighton Beach resort, xv Bristow, George, 52 Broad Street Theatre (Philadelphia), 89 Broadway Opera House, 88 Broadway Theatre, 87, 88, 136 Brown, Imogen, 127 Bruckner, Anton, 53 Buck, Dudley, 70, 171, 182 Buckstone, John Baldwin, 110 Buffalo, N.Y., 258 Bulwer-Lytton, Edward, 102, 218 Burdette, Robert Jones, 141 Burkholder, Peter, 240 Burnand...

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