The rise & development of military music / by Henry George Farmer ; with an introduction by Lieut. Albert Williams.
| Author/creator | Farmer, Henry George |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | London : Wm. Reeves, [1912] |
| Description | xxi, 156 pages : frontispiece, illustrations ; 20 cm |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Rise and development of military music |
| Contents | Early England. Origin of warlike music ; The drum, horn and trumpet of antiquity ; Organisation with the ancient Egyptians ; The Greeks and their special marching instrument, the flute ; The variety of Roman military musicians ; The ancient Britons and their war songs ; The Saxons, Danes, Normans ; The court and army minstrels under the Normans and Plantagenets ; Early musical signals and fanfares -- Revival of the military art. Influence of the Crusades ; Adoption of side drum and kettledrum ; Origin of the band of minstrels ; Trumpeters and drummers attached to cavalry and infantry ; Regular musical signals adopted ; The origin of the modern march ; The old English drum march ; The drum major -- Military music (1500-1700). The bagpipe, its rise and fall ; The adoption of the fife ; Rules and requirements for drummers and fifers ; Earliest music for drums and fifes ; The Commonwealth and its check to musical progress ; The Restoration and the rise of the standing army ; Adoption of cavalry kettledrums ; Impressment of military musicians ; The Royal Sergeant Trumpeter ; The life guards and cavalry ; Requirements for trumpeters ; Music for trumpets ; Unique kettledrums ; Music for kettledrums -- Hautboys. Origin of the modern military band ; French bands of hautboys ; Their music ; Introduced into England ; Superiority of German bands ; Adoption of the bassoon and French horn ; Invention of the clarinet ; Organisation of British bands ; Civilian bandsmen ; Revival of drum and fife bands ; Mounted and dismounted bands for cavalry -- Bands of music. Revival of interest in bands ; Reorganisation by Frederic the Great of Prussia ; Royal Artillery Band, 1762 ; Instructions for bands ; Uniforms ; Music for bands ; Adoption of the serpent and trombone ; The importance of British bands of the period: a defense ; The opinion of Burney ; Parke's description of the bands of the Foot Guards ; Pohl's commendation -- Turkish music. The music of the Jannissaries and its influence on military bands ; Introduced in Austria, France, Prussia and England ; The fashion for negro drummers ; The importance of "Jannissary music" on the march ; The bass drum, cymbals, triangle, tambourine and "Jingling Johnnie" ; The dress of the negro drummers ; Their abolition -- The influence of the French revolution. The band of the National Guard ; Origin of the Paris Conservatoire ; Bands under Napoleon ; Superiority of militia and volunteer bands in England ; Noted bandmasters ; Some special combinations ; The influence of French bands ; Mounted bands ; Invention of the key-bugle ; The Peninsular War and Waterloo ; The Foot Guards bands in Paris ; Invention of the ophicleide -- Forty years' peace. The development of the military band ; Official encouragement and augmentation ; The civilian bandmaster ; Diverse bands organisation ; The king's military band ; Comparison of British and Continental bands ; Band music ; Beethoven's band scores ; Invention of the valve ; First adopted in Germany ; Introduced into England by second life guards band ; Invention of the cornet -- Reorganisation. The faulty system of band organisation ; No uniform instrumentation ; Reform in Germany under Wieprecht ; In Belgium under Servais ; Austria ; France's great reforms ; The sax and other inventions ; Reform in England ; The band journals ; Disorganisation during the Crimean War ; Proposals for repair ; Establishment of a military school of music -- The Renaissance. Why the Renaissance? ; The music of the "masses" ; Jullien and bands ; First military band concerts, etc. ; Instrumentation of bands ; Government recognition of bands, 1863 ; The staff bands ; Famous instrumentalists from army bands ; The volunteer movement ; More staff bands ; The military school of music ; Some celebrated army bandmasters ; Continental bands ; Belgium, Austria, France, Prussia ; International Band Contest at Paris, 1867 ; Some world-famous bands: the Royal Artillery Band, Grenadier Guards, Garde Republicaine (France), Gilmore's Band (U.S.A.), Belgian Guides ; Latest tribute of military bands -- List of staff bandmasters. |
| General note | At head of title: Military music and its story. |
| General note | Relates chiefly to the history of military music in England. |
| General note | "Staff bandmasters [of England] (1800 to present time)": pages 143-150. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages xv-xviii) and index. |
| LCCN | a 12001362 |
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