{"product_id":"the-marching-chiefs-of-florida-state-university-9781476668321","title":"The Marching Chiefs of Florida State University","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   The history of Florida State University''s Marching Chiefs is chronicled, from early efforts to found a band before the program''s 1939 establishment at Florida State College for Women, to the Chiefs'' attainment of world renowned status. The band''s leaders, shows, and music are discussed, along with the origins of some of their venerable traditions, game-day rituals, and school songs. This story of the Chiefs takes into account the growth of FSU and its School of Music, the rise of Big Football in Tallahassee, and the transformations on campus and in American society that affected them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBill Faucett writes about one of the great university band programs with a historian’s care for detail and a band member’s insight and passion. The historical moments come to life, the personalities are critically and sympathetically portrayed, and the band’s music resonates. Most of all, the book tells a significant and engaging story\"\" - Douglass Seaton, Warren D. Allen Professor of Music, Florida State University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\"Bill F. Faucett’s superb chronicle of one of the country’s best-known (and best, period) marching bands is written with the concise prose of a journalist, the narrative sweep of a novelist, the thoughtful objectivity of a historian, the deeper-digging obsession of a musicologist, and the \u003ci\u003eHymn to the Garnet and Gold\u003c\/i\u003e–singing heart of a Marching Chief. Though Faucett is himself an FSU grad and Marching Chiefs alum (Flush and drum major) who now claims offspring among the Chief’s current ranks, this doesn’t skew his vision or keep him from shining his light into a shadowy nook and cranny or two. If anything, it may only fortify his resolve to get the story right. This is a rich and interesting tale, very well told.\"\" - Robert S. Thurston, former Chief Arranger-Composer, United States Air Force Band, Washington D.C.","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040414826839,"sku":"9781476668321","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476668321.jpg?v=1750946670","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-marching-chiefs-of-florida-state-university-9781476668321","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}