Title: Brass bands of the world : militarism, colonial legacies, and local music making /
Authors: Reily, Suzel Ana, 1955-; Brucher, Katherine,
Year: 2013
Subjects: Brass bands History.; Band music Social aspects.
Contents: Introduction: the world of brass bands / Katherine Brucher and Suzel Ana Reily -- Western challenge, Japanese musical response : military bands in modern Japan / Sarah McClimon -- Battlefields and the field of music : South Korean military band musicians and the Korean War / Heejin Kim -- From processions to Encontros : the performance niches of the community bands of Minas Gerais, Brazil / Suzel Ana Reily -- The representational power of the New Orleans brass band / Matt Sakakeeny -- Soldiers of God : the spectacular musical ministry of the Christmas bands in the Western Cape, South Africa / Sylvia Bruinders -- Composing identity and transposing values in Portuguese amateur wind bands / Katherine Brucher -- Playing away : liminality, flow and Commuunitas in an Ulster flute band's visit to a Scottish orange parade / Gordan Ramsey -- From village to world stage : the malleability of Sinaloan popular brass bands / Helena Simonett.