He occasionally returned to the Marine Band to be the conductor.

他偶尔会回到海军乐队担任指挥。

Sousa wrote many of the songs that the Marine band played.

苏萨写了海军乐队演奏的许多歌曲。

Sousa eventually himself became the bandmaster, or leader of the band, of the Marine Band.

Sousa 最终自己成为了 Marine Band 的乐队指挥或乐队领袖。

One of his last public performances before his death was with the Marine Band at a yearly military ceremony.

他死前最后一次公开表演是在一年一度的军事仪式上与海军乐队一起演出。

The Marine Band was created way back in 1798 and has played music for each U.S. president since then.

海军乐队创建于 1798 年，从那时起就为每一位美国总统演奏音乐。

When he was 13 years old, Sousa's father enlisted, or signed him up, to join the Marine Band as what we would call an apprentice.

在他 13 岁那年， Sousa 的父亲让他入伍，或者说是让他报名参加海军乐队， 成为我们所说的学徒。

The U.S. Marine Band is an organization of musicians that plays music for the president of the United States and the commandant, or leader, of the Marine Corps.

美国海军陆战队乐队是一个音乐家组织，为美国总统和海军陆战队指挥官或领导人演奏音乐。

As he grew up, Sousa's house was full of music – specifically, military band music, because of his father's job as a musician for the Marine Band.

随着他的成长， Sousa 的家里充满了音乐——特别是军乐队音乐，因为他父亲是海军乐队的音乐家。

Under Sousa's direction, the Marine Band changed from being a very good band into one that was known all around the world as one of the best bands, especially of the kind of music that it played.

在 Sousa 的指导下，Marine Band 从一支非常优秀的乐队变成了全世界都知道的最好的乐队之一， 尤其是在他们演奏的音乐方面。