The Transit of Venus March Span: 1769-2003 English web presentation In June of 2004, the Library of Congress joined with NASA in celebrating this rare celestial event (the silhouette of the planet Venus again crossing the face of the Sun) by providing access to the score and band parts of John Philip Sousa's "Transit of Venus March." In addition to this music, which can be printed directly from this Web site, a recording, sheet music--for solo piano and for banjo accompanied by piano--and other material relating to the transit of Venus are also available. Sheet music, Sound recordings, Drawings/engravings Transit of Venus March Sousa’s famous score and other material related to this rare celestial event. Wind Band Music Sousa, John Philip Performing Arts Encyclopedia sousa scdb Music Division, Library of Congress http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/venus/venus-home.html IHAS 080109 loc.natlib.scdb.200033719