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PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press

ISBN-100806154799

ISBN-139780806154794

eBay Product ID (ePID)220512406

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Number of Pages264 Pages

Publication NameSound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums : Horse-Mounted Bands of the U. S. Army, 1820-1940

LanguageEnglish

SubjectMusical Instruments / Brass, Genres & Styles / Military & Marches, Genres & Styles / General, United States / 19th Century, Military / United States

Publication Year2016

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaMusic, History

AuthorBruce P. Gleason

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight19.7 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2016-004193

Reviews"An army without a band was not a real army--at 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."-- Durwood Ball, author of Army Regulars on the Western Frontier, 1848-1861

IllustratedYes

SynopsisStemming 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberML1311.4.G54 2016