2016, ISBN: 0806154799

[EAN: 9780806154794], Neubuch, [PU: University of Oklahoma Press, Norman], BRUCE P. GLEASON, UNITED STATES HISTORY, MILITARY HORSE-MOUNTED BANDS, BAND MUSIC, Jacket, 264 pages. Hardcover with dustjacket. New book. MILITARY HISTORY. Stemming from the tradition of rallying troops and frightening enemies, mounted bands played a unique and distinctive role in American military history. Their fascinating story within the U.S. Army unfolds in this latest book from noted music historian and former army musician Bruce P. Gleason. Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums follows American horse-mounted bands from the nation's military infancy through its emergence as a world power during World War II and the corresponding shift from horse-powered to mechanized cavalry. Gleason traces these bands to their origins, including the horn-blowing Celtic and Roman cavalries of antiquity and the mounted Middle Eastern musicians whom European Crusaders encountered in the Holy Land. He describes the performance, musical selections, composition, and duties of American mounted bands that have served regular, militia, volunteer, and National Guard regiments in military and civil parades and concerts, in ceremonies, and on the battlefield. Over time the composition of the bands has changedÑbeginning with trumpets and drums and expanding to full-fledged concert bands on horseback. Woven throughout the book are often-surprising strands of American military history from the War of 1812 through the Civil War, action on the western frontier, and the two world wars. Touching on anthropology, musicology, and the history of the United States and its military, Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums gives a thorough and satisfying account of mounted military bands and their cultural significance. 39 black-and-white Illustrations, 1 table, 264 pages, 6.125" x 9.25". Bruce P. Gleason is Associate Professor of Music Education and Music History at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, and the founding editor of Research and Issues in Music Education. His numerous articles have been published in the Journal of Band Research, Military History Quarterly, National Guard Magazine, the Journal of Historical Research in Music Education, and other journals. "An army without a band was not a real armyÑat least that's what most nineteenth-century U.S. Army officers believed. The best commanders expended enormous energy and capital to secure musicians for their regimental and post bands. Bruce Gleason's superb history illuminates this little-known but highly significant corner of military history."ÑDurwood Ball, author of Army Regulars on the Western Frontier, 1848-1861 (Key Words: Bruce P. Gleason, United States History, Military History, Horse-mounted Bands, Band Music).

2016, ISBN: 0806154799

[EAN: 9780806154794], Neubuch, [PU: University of Oklahoma Press, United States], Language: English. Brand new Book. Stemming from the tradition of rallying troops and frightening enemies, mounted bands played a unique and distinctive role in American military history. Their fascinating story within the U.S. Army unfolds in this latest book from noted music historian and former army musician Bruce P. Gleason.Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums follows American horse-mounted bands from the nation's military infancy through its emergence as a world power during World War II and the corresponding shift from horse-powered to mechanized cavalry. Gleason traces these bands to their origins, including the horn-blowing Celtic and Roman cavalries of antiquity and the mounted Middle Eastern musicians whom European Crusaders encountered in the Holy Land. He describes the performance, musical selections, composition, and duties of American mounted bands that have served regular, militia, volunteer, and National Guard regiments in military and civil parades and concerts, in ceremonies, and on the battlefield. Over time the composition of the bands has changed - beginning with trumpets and drums and expanding to full-fledged concert bands on horseback. Woven throughout the book are often-surprising strands of American military history from the War of 1812 through the Civil War, action on the western frontier, and the two world wars. Touching on anthropology, musicology, and the history of the United States and its military, Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums is an unparalleled account of mounted military bands and their cultural significance., Books

ISBN: 0806154799

[EAN: 9780806154794], Neubuch, [PU: University of Oklahoma Press], New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days., Books

2016, ISBN: 9780806154794

Buch, Hardcover, [PU: University of Oklahoma Press], University of Oklahoma Press, 2016