A second blog post from guest blogger Tracey Chessum: Here’s a question: If John Philip Sousa wrote at least 10 comic operas, most of which were well received not only on Broadway but on tour around the United States, and if he has been identified as a composer who filled the void between Gilbert & Sullivan and Victor Herbert, why have most of us never heard of his musicals? The obvious reason is that …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 06:50AM on September 30, 2011