Transit of Venus March, Available Online

Notated Music

Transit of Venus march vocal score | 1 score (12 p.) + 23 parts; 8 1/2" x 11" | March first performed on April 19, 1883 by the United States Marine Band, Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C. Revised and arranged by Loras John Schissel Printed score and band parts. Vocal Score (Form). Vocal Score (Form). Musical Score And Parts (Form).

Contributor: Sousa, John Philip - Schissel, Loras John

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Transit of Venus sheet music | 5 p. of music | "As played by Sousa's Peerless Band"--Cover. (General). Title from cover. (General). Arr. for piano solo. (General). Page [2] is blank. (General). Sheet Music (Form).

Contributor: J.W. Pepper - Sousa, John Philip
Date: 1896

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Venus march Instrumental parts | 16 parts; 8 1/2" x 11" | "J.W. Pepper's Twentieth Century Journal" Instrumental Parts (Form).

Contributor: J.W. Pepper - Sousa, John Philip
Date: 1902

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Audio Recording

Transit of Venus march sound recording | 1 compact disc | Sound Recording (Form).

Contributor: Sousa, John Philip - Schissel, Loras J. - Virginia Grand Military Band
Date: 2003

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What is the Transit of Venus? Article. There have been fifty-two transits of Venus across the face of the Sun since 2000 B.C., but until 1643 A.D., no human was known to have observed this astronomical rarity.

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Transit of Venus March Transit of Venus The Library of Congress joins with NASA in celebrating the second "transit of Venus" since December 6, 1882, by providing access to the score and band parts of John Philip Sousa's "Transit of Venus March." In addition to the score and parts, which can be printed directly from this Web site, we also provide a recording, additional sheet music, and other...

Contributor: Sousa, John Philip
Date: 1769

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Image Gallery Many images depicting the Transit of Venus can be found in the collections of the Library of Congress. For this Web presentation, we selected several historic engravings and drawings as well as a printing of an article published by Benjamin Franklin in the journal of the Royal Society of London.

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Benjamin Franklin's Royal Society of London Article In 1769 Benjamin Franklin published an article in the prestigious journal of the Royal Society of London presenting the transit of Venus observations of Messrs. Biddle and Bayley. Some historians credit this account from pre-revolutionary America as the first occasion on which American science went on display before the international community, an occasion made all the more propitious for involving a natural phenomenon that...

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