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sousaphone

[soo-zuh-fohn, -suh-]

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noun

a form of bass tuba, similar to the helicon, used in brass bands.

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Origin:
1920–25; named after J. P. Sousa; see -phone

Related forms

sou·sa·phon·ist, noun

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sousaphone (ˈsuːzəˌfəʊn)

—n
	music a large tuba that encircles the player's body and has a bell facing forwards

[C20: named after John Philip Sousa]

'sousaphonist

—n

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sousaphone

1925, named for U.S. bandleader and composer John Philip Sousa (1854-1932).

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"The first sousaphone was made by C. G. Conn in 1899 expressly for Sousa's band and its bell opened directly upward. The present bell-front type was first made in 1908." ["International Cyclopedia of Music," 1939]

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