John Philip Sousa's El Capitan: Political Appropriation and the Spanish-American War

Hess discusses John Sousa's comic opera "El Capitan' and the "us" vs "them" dichotomy of the 1890s. The symbolic association between "El Capitan" and the Spanish-American War transcended the theater when the U.S. Navy destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American music (Champaign, Ill.) Ill.), 1998-03, Vol.16 (1), p.1-24
1. Verfasser:	Hess, Carol A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Choirs Composers Hispanics Legends Music Musical aesthetics Musical bands Opera Operetta Operettas Pianos Politics Social aspects Sousa, John Philip Sousa, John Philip (1854-1932) Spanish Spanish-American War Theater United States history War
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Zusammenfassung:	Hess discusses John Sousa's comic opera "El Capitan' and the "us" vs "them" dichotomy of the 1890s. The symbolic association between "El Capitan" and the Spanish-American War transcended the theater when the U.S. Navy destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila.
ISSN:	0734-4392 1945-2349
DOI:	10.2307/3052673