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Author:   Trevor Herbert (Professor of Music, Professor of Music, Open University, UK) ,  Helen Barlow (Research Fellow in Music, Research Fellow in Music, Open University, UK)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.90cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 16.30cm
Weight:   0.672kg
ISBN:  

9780199898312

ISBN 10:   0199898316
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   15 August 2013
Audience:   General/trade ,  Adult education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 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

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The meticulous and exhaustive research, enormous depth of experience, and exemplary clarity informing Herbert and Barlow's account turn the British aristocracy and even royalty from philistines into diachronic patrons of music... A magnificent achievement. --CHOMBEC News

Author Information

Trevor Herbert was born in south Wales. He played trombone with many leading London orchestras and chamber and period instrument groups before joining the staff of the Open University, where he is now Professor of Music. He has published prolifically on the history, repertoire and performance cultures of brass instruments. He is also the author of numerous articles for the world's leading reference works. Helen Barlow was born in India and grew up in south Wales. She is a Research Fellow in Music at the Open University (UK), and her work focuses on literature and iconography as sources for music history. In addition to her published papers, she has written entries for several major reference works including the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

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