The Penn State Blue Band
Subtitle: A Century of Pride and Precision
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: July 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780271019604
Subjects: Brass band, patriotic, military & ceremonial music; History of specific subjects; Musical instruments & instrumental ensembles; 20th century; Band Music; College Life; Music; History - U.S.; Pennsylvania; United States - State & Local - General; Genres & Styles - Military & Marches; Organizations & Institutions; History; Penn State Blue Band
Description: "This history opens with the story of how marching bands came to be so popular in America, from their early nineteenth-century beginnings at West Point to the tremendous growth of their appeal into the present day. The story continues by explaining how that popularity and the importance of music in student military training at Penn State eventually led to establishment of the Cadet Bugle Corps, the Blue Band's precursor, in 1899."--BOOK JACKET.

"Ten chapters follow, each devoted to a single decade covering the major events in the band's development over the next hundred years, such as the adoption of the name "Blue Band" in 1923."--BOOK JACKET.