In paragraph 4, how does Sousa’s description of writing his march differ from the italicized lyrics? A. Sousa’s description emphasizes uncertainty about the music, while the lyrics emphasize confidence.

B. Sousa’s description emphasizes the sound of the piece, while the lyrics emphasize ideas and values.

C. Sousa’s description emphasizes the solemn mood of the music, while the lyrics emphasize cheerfulness.

D. Sousa’s description emphasizes the difficulty of the piece, while the lyrics emphasize simplicity and ease.

Four years later, while on vacation in Europe with his wife, Sousa received word that his good friend and band manager, David Blakely, had died. Sousa quickly returned to the States aboard the S. S. Teutonic. Pacing the deck of the ship, the music of “The Stars and Stripes Forever” began to come to him, its first stirring notes being those of the “Dies Irae.” As he wrote in his autobiography, “… absorbed in thoughts of my manager’s death and the many duties and decisions which awaited me in New York. Suddenly, I began to sense a rhythmic beat of a band playing within my brain. Throughout the whole tense voyage, that imaginary band continued to unfold the same themes, echoing and re-echoing the most distant melody. I did not transfer a note of that music to paper while I was on the steamer, but when we reached shore, I set down the measures that my brain-band had been playing for me, and not a note of it has ever changed.” For twenty-five years Sousa’s Band played the march at almost every concert it held. Although the piece is always played as an instrumental, Sousa did set words—somewhat triumphalist by today’s standards—to it.

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