Marching to the drums
Subtitle: a history of military drums and drummers
By: John Norris
Publisher: Spellmount
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Stroud, Gloucestershire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9780752468792
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: Drummers (Musicians); Music and war; Drum and bugle corps; Drum
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-156) and index.
Table of contents: title: Echoes from the past; title: In the beginning; title: The spread of the military drum; title: Drummers in the seventeenth century; title: Marching and drill; title: The corps of drums is established; title: The rise of the regiments; title: The Napoleonic period; title: After Napoleon; title: The American Civil War; title: Into a new era; title: Drums go to sea; title: Drums in the world wars; title: Regimental customs and battle honours.