English brass bands and their music, 1860-1930
By: by Dennis Taylor
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 198
ISBN-13: 9781443826419
Subjects: Brass bands; Blechblasinstrumentenmusik; Blaskapelle; Blechblasinstrument; Brass band music; History and criticism; Heilsarmee; History
Description: "This book is an addition to the British music culture as it traces the history, growth and environmental, social and musical conditions of the brass band movement during the Victorian era, and the influences of the 'Romantic Period'"--Publisher's description, p. [4] of dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: Short history of the birth and growth of the brass band movement; title: Environmental conditions : social and musical; title: Music publishing houses; title: The brass band music, 1860-1930; title: Salvation Army bands; title: Brass band music and the spirit of 'Romanticism', 1860-1930 and beyond; title: Appendix 1. Catalogue of th secular brass band music, 1860-1930; title: Appendix 2. Catalogue of music in use by Salvation Army brass bands, 1860-1930; title: Appendix 3. List of classical composers.