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Book SynopsisThe first book to explore the contribution made by the military to British music history, Music & the British Military in the Long Nineteenth Century shows that military bands reached far beyond the official ceremonial duties they are often primarily associated with and had a significant impact on wider spheres of musical and cultural life.
Trade ReviewThe meticulous and exhaustive research, enormous depth of experience, and exemplary clarity infomring Herbert and Barlow's account turn the British aristocracy and even royalty from philistines into diachronic patrons of music...This book is a magnificent achievement. * CHOMBEC News, Univeristy of Bristol *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; Historical preface ; Introduction ; Chapter 1 Trumpets, drums and fifes ; Chapter 2 Bands of musick ; Chapter 3 Soldiers and musicians ; Chapter 4 Musical identities and infrastructures 1770-1857 ; Chapter 5 Military music in the British provinces 1770-1840 ; Chapter 6 Recruitment, training and the Kneller Hall project ; Chapter 7 Amateurs, brass bands and the 1859 Rifle Volunteers ; Chapter 8 Concerted performances and instrumentation ; Chapter 9 Military culture, the music profession and the question of status ; Chapter 10 Ritual, performance style and musical patriotism ; Chapter 11 The empire and other foreign fields ; Appendix 1 Regulations, standing orders and circular memoranda, etc., addressing ; music ; Appendix 2 Printed (Harmonie) repertoire for bands of music, c.1800, an indicative ; list ; Appendix 3 The Duke of Cumberland's Band Archive ; Appendix 4 Indicative list of band instrumentations in the late eighteenth and ; nineteenth centuries ; Appendix 5 The objects of the Military School of Music ; Bibliography
