The British Brass Band: A Musical and Social History / Edition 2

by Trevor Herbert

Overview

This is the definitive study of the history and music of the traditional British brass band. It explores the origins of the brass band, its unique and exclusive world, and its relevance for wider spheres of music and social history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198166986
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	08/10/2000
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 6.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Open University

Table of Contents

PrefaceNotes on ContributorsIntroductionNineteenth-Century Bands: Making a Movement, Trevor Herbert'What's Wrong with Brass Bands?': Cultural Change and the Band Movement, 1918- c.1964, Dave RussellThe Musical Revolution of the Mid-Nineteenth Century: From 'repeat and twiddle' to 'precision and snap', Vic & Sheila GammonInstruments and Instrumentation of British Brass Bands, Arnold MyersGod's Perfect Minstrels: The Bands of the Salvation Army, Trevor HerbertThe Brass Band in the Antipodes: Original Compositions for the British Popular Culture, Duncan BythellBuilding a Repertoire: Original Compositions for the British Brass Band (1913-98), Paul HindmarshAspects of Performance Techniques: The Brass Band and its Influence on Other Brass-Playing, Trevor Herbert & John WallaceAppendix 1. Prices of Brass Band InstrumentsAppendix 2. The Salvation ArmyAppendix 3. Contest RulesAppendix 4. Enderby Jackson's Crystal Palace ContestsAppendex 5. Open and National Championship ResultsA Note on Discographies and RecordingsSelect BibliographyIndex

Editorial Reviews

Here at last we have a history, as complete as human endeavour can make, of the birth, development, organization and repertoire of the brass band in the British sense of the term...This book, surely, is essentail reading for all those who take a serious interest in this branch of music-making.
—Times Literary Supplement

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