Military & Marches

Walton's two coronation marches - Crown Imperial, written for the coronation of George VI in 1937, and Orb and Sceptre, written for the coronation of Elizabeth II in 1953 - are both stirring marches with sweeping tunes, and famous examples of the genre...

Although military music was among the most widespread forms of music making during the nineteenth-century, it has been almost totally overlooked by music historians. Music & the British Military in the Long Nineteenth Century however, shows that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467129084Author Michelle BaheFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingDimensions(mm) 235mm * 166mm * 8mm

This monograph examines the relationship between music and memory as it relates to the Gallipoli Campaign (1915-6). Drawing upon a wide variety of sources in many languages, it explores the multiple ways in which music is employed to remember and to...

An advertisement in the sheet music of the song "Goodbye Broadway, Hello France" (1917) announces: "Music will help win the war!" This ad hits upon an American sentiment expressed not just in advertising, but heard from other sectors...

Composing Apartheid is the first book ever to chart the musical world of a notorious period in world history, apartheid South Africa. It explores how music was produced through, and was productive of, key features of apartheid's social and political...

The first cultural history of the Philippines during the twentieth century, Musical Renderings of the Philippine Nation focuses on the relationships between music, performance, and ideologies of nation. Spanning the hundred years from the...

At the turn of the twentieth century, the United States extended its empire into the Philippines while subjugating Black Americans in the Jim Crow South. And yet, one of the most popular musical acts was a band of "little brown men," Filipino...

In this, the first comprehensive study of the music of the Fourth of July, information on notable Independence Day compositions and performances is presented chronologically from 1777 through 2008. The book demonstrates the remarkable significance of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781275722002Author Frank MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Gale, Sabin AmericanaPublisher Gale, Sabin AmericanaWeight(grams) 726g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467103886Author John M. FisherFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia Publishing

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780571569304Author Kenneth HeskethFormat PaperbackPage Count 120Imprint Faber Music LtdPublisher Faber Music Ltd

This book can be used as an accompanying text for the collegiate marching band techniques course and to help build a successful marching band program at a high school. Topics include everything from developing a program handbook to student leadership and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781841507378Author Christopher KelenFormat HardbackPage Count 144Imprint Intellect BooksPublisher Intellect Books

An advertisement in the sheet music of the song "Goodbye Broadway, Hello France" (1917) announces: "Music will help win the war!" This ad hits upon an American sentiment expressed not just in advertising, but heard from other sectors...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781633916074Author V F SafranakFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Westphalia PressPublisher Westphalia PressWeight(grams) 186g

This long-awaited study explores the creation of NBC-TV's landmark 1952-53 WWII documentary series, with particular attention to its evocative Rodgers-Bennett score. Victory at Sea, NBC-TV's innovative 1952-53 WWII documentary, was eventually...

The Complete Marching Band Resource Manual is the definitive guide to the intricate art of directing college and high school marching bands. Supplemented with musical arrangements, warm-up exercises, and over a hundred drill charts, this manual presents...