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Band Music in American Life
J-S41


     

Create classroom excitement with music by 19th-century military, professional and amateur bands, the compositions of Sousa, music of today’s school bands, traditional sounds of ethnic bands, gospel and New Orleans brass, through 15 varied selections on a special, audio-document cassette. Students will be amazed by early band instrument prices in the hands-on documents, and they’ll be able to hear Sousa speak on the cassette. The colorful history, variety and importance of American bands from post Civil War to the 1980’s is presented in this social history. Historian: Michelle K. Smith, Smithsonian Institution. The contents of this Jackdaw feature:

Broadsheets
  • Brass Instruments and Brass Bands
  • The Town Band Around 1900
  • The Professional Band: Gilmore and Sousa
  • The School Band Movement
  • Ethnic Bands
  • New Orleans Brass Bands
Historical Documents
  • Ad, Marceau instruments, Sears catalog, 1899.
  • Article on the bands of Honesdale, Penna., 1881.
  • Page from solo cornetist’s part book, c. 1899.
  • Parade band postcard, Vinalhaven, Maine, c. 1900.
  • Collage of bandstand photographs.
  • Newspaper article on a firemen’s parade, 1898.
  • Program, Patrick S. Gilmore, conductor, 1892.
  • Tour schedule, Sousa Band, 1896.
  • Ad, school band instruments, Sears catalog, 1940.
  • Interview with John Paynter, band director, 1991.
  • Article on Italian festivals in New York, 1901-02.
  • Interview, leader of Dirty Dozen Brass Band, 1990.
Study Guide / Lesson Plan – Reproducible Activities

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