Collection Items
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Notated MusicBrass Band Journal Instrumental Parts. print | 1 score ; 12 x 14 cm. | Print (Form).
- Contributor: Firth, Pond, & Co.
- Date: 1853-01-01
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Notated MusicDodworth's Brass Band School Score. print | 1 score ; 23 x 30cm. | Print (Form).
- Contributor: H. B. Dodworth & Co.
- Date: 1853-01-01
- Resource: - 82 pages
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Notated MusicEaton's Series of National and Popular Songs Score. print | 1 score ; 36 x 23cm. | Print (Form).
- Contributor: Henry Tolman
- Date: 1853-01-01
- Resource: - 14 pages
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Notated MusicTwelve Pieces of Harmony for Military Brass Bands of Seventeen Instruments Score. print | 1 score ; 36 x 23cm. | Print (Form).
- Contributor: Firth, Hall, & Pond
- Date: 1846-01-01
- Resource: - 78 pages
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Notated MusicMilitary Band Music Instrumental Parts. print | 1 score ; 27 x 33cm. | Print (Form).
- Contributor: John F. Stratton
- Date: 1866-01-01
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Notated Music[Manchester cornet band books] Instrumental Parts. microfilm | 16 microfilm reels ; 16 mm. | Reproduction of 58 ms. parts housed in the Manchester N.H. Historic Association. Includes 2 sets of brass band partbooks and "Band...
- Contributor: : Manchester N.H. Historic Association
- Date: 1900-01-01
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Notated MusicPeters Saxhorn Journal Instrumental Parts. print | 12 x 14 cm. | Print (Form).
- Contributor: Peters
- Date: 1859-01-01
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Audio RecordingHunters' Chorus, from The Rose of Erin sound recording | Performed by band playing brass instruments from collections of the Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Fennell, conductor. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Benedict, Julius - Fennell, Frederick
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingO Summer Night from Don Pasquale sound recording | Performed by band playing brass instruments from collections of the Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Fennell, conductor. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Donizetti, Gaetano - Fennell, Frederick
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingAh! May the Red Rose Live Alway sound recording | Performed by Merja Sargon, soprano; Bernard Rose, piano. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records in LP, cassette, and compact disc format...
- Contributor: Sargon, Merja - Library of Congress - Foster, Stephen Collins - Rose, Bernard
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingThe Herdsman's Mountain Song sound recording | Performed by Merja Sargon, soprano; Bernard Rose, piano. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records in LP, cassette, and compact disc format...
- Contributor: Sargon, Merja - Library of Congress - Lindblad, Adolf Fredrik - Rose, Bernard
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingCaptain Shepherd's Quickstep sound recording | Performed by band playing brass instruments from collections of the Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Fennell, conductor. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Grafulla, C. S. (Claudio S.)
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingCaptain Finch's Quickstep sound recording | Performed by band playing brass instruments from collections of the Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Fennell, conductor. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Grafulla, C. S. (Claudio S.)
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingIndiana Polka sound recording | Performed by band playing brass instruments from collections of the Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Fennell, conductor. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Jaeger, Edmund - Fennell, Frederick
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingOld Memories sound recording | Performed by Merja Sargon, soprano; Bernard Rose, piano. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records in LP, cassette, and compact disc format...
- Contributor: Sargon, Merja - Library of Congress - Foster, Stephen Collins - Rose, Bernard
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingThe Moonbeam Waltzes sound recording | Performed by band playing brass instruments from collections of the Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Fennell, conductor. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Farmer, Henry
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingLa Fontaine sound recording | Performed by Bernard Rose, piano. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records in LP, cassette, and compact disc format (Our Musical Past,...
- Contributor: Rose, Bernard - Library of Congress - Bovy-Lysberg, Charles-Samuel
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingUpon a Summer's Day sound recording | Performed by Merja Sargon, soprano; Bernard Rose, piano. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records in LP, cassette, and compact disc format...
- Contributor: Sargon, Merja - Library of Congress - Lindblad, Adolf Fredrik - Rose, Bernard
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingSlow March: Midnight! sound recording | Performed by band playing brass instruments from collections of the Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Fennell, conductor. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Noeren, J. M
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingScots Wha Hae: Variations sound recording | Performed by Bernard Rose, piano. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records in LP, cassette, and compact disc format (Our Musical Past,...
- Contributor: Rose, Bernard - Library of Congress - Wallace, William Vincent
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingGeneral Taylor Storming Monterey sound recording | Performed by band playing brass instruments from collections of the Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Fennell, conductor. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Knaebel, Simon
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingLilly Bell Quickstep sound recording | Performed by band playing brass instruments from collections of the Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Fennell, conductor. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Friederich, G. W. E
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingDoor Latch Quickstep sound recording | Performed by band playing brass instruments from collections of the Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Fennell, conductor. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Goodwin, George H.
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingThe Heart Bow'd Down sound recording | Performed by Merja Sargon, soprano; Bernard Rose, piano. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records in LP, cassette, and compact disc format...
- Contributor: Sargon, Merja - Library of Congress - Rose, Bernard - Balfe, M. W. (Michael William)
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingWhy, No One to Love? sound recording | Performed by Merja Sargon, soprano; Bernard Rose, piano. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records in LP, cassette, and compact disc format...
- Contributor: Sargon, Merja - Library of Congress - Foster, Stephen Collins - Rose, Bernard
- Resource: - 1 page
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Audio RecordingFree and Easy sound recording | Performed by band playing brass instruments from collections of the Smithsonian Institution; Frederick Fennell, conductor. Recorded Sept. 1974, Coolidge, Auditorium, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Published as commercial records...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Downing, David L.
- Resource: - 1 page
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Notated MusicO Summer Night from Don Pasquale A popular tune found in many collections of the time, including Stephen Foster's Social Orchestra (1854), it serves, in this simple arrangement, as a good demonstration piece for the solo E-flat tenorhorn...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Donizetti, Gaetano - Fennell, Frederick
- Resource: - 13 pages
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Notated MusicCaptain Shepherd's Quickstep This arrangement is from the manuscript band books of the Manchester Cornet Band (founded in 1854), second set, no. 120, in the Walter Dignam Collection at the Manchester Historic Association, Manchester, N.H....
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Grafulla, C. S. (Claudio S.)
- Resource: - 25 pages
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Notated MusicCaptain Finch's Quickstep We know of no published version; the probable date of composition is sometime between 1850 and 1860. This arrangement, presumably Grafulla's, is from the manuscript band books of the Third New Hampshire...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Grafulla, C. S. (Claudio S.)
- Resource: - 39 pages
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Notated MusicThe Moonbeam Waltzes From the manuscript band books of the Manchester Cornet Band (founded in 1854), second set, no. 67. Piano arrangement published in America (Troy, N.Y.: Edward P. Jones, 1859). Downing's arrangement is in...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Farmer, Henry
- Resource: - 53 pages
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Notated MusicGeneral Taylor Storming Monterey From the manuscript band books of the Manchester Cornet Band (founded in 1854), first set, no. 17. This is a curious composition. While we do not know its date, it was probably...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Knaebel, Simon
- Resource: - 18 pages
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Notated MusicLilly Bell Quickstep From the Brass Band Journal (New York: Firth, Pond & Co., 1854). The trio of this march is an up-tempo version of a sentimental ballad, "Lilly Bell," by Charles Mueller, published in...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Friederich, G. W. E
- Resource: - 12 pages
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Notated MusicDoor Latch Quickstep From the manuscript band books of the Manchester Cornet Band (founded in 1854), second set, no. 15. Goodwin was leader of the Manchester Cornet Band for several years but apparently did not...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Goodwin, George H.
- Resource: - 29 pages
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Notated MusicFree and Easy From the manuscript band books of the Manchester Cornet Band (founded in 1854), second set, no. 82. The medley consists of six tunes, which are identified in the first E-flat soprano part:...
- Contributor: Library of Congress - Fennell, Frederick - Downing, David L.
- Resource: - 53 pages
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Notated MusicSquire's Cornet Band Olio No. 3 Instrumental Parts. print | 14 parts ; 27 x 19cm. | Print (Form).
- Contributor: A. Squire
- Date: 1875-01-01
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CollectionBand Music from the Civil War Era On September 27, 1974, the Music Division of the Library of Congress re-created a typical concert of brass band and vocal music from mid-nineteenth-century America. That concert has become the starting-point for...
- Contributor: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program - Library of Congress. Music Division
- Date: 2000
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Web PageRelated Resources In American Memory Civil War Maps The Civil War Map collection of the Geography and Map Division consists of reconnaissance, sketch, coastal, and theater-of-war maps which depict troop activities and fortifications during...
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Web PageRights and Access The Library of Congress is providing access to these materials for educational and research purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or other rights holders (such as holders of publicity and/or...
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ArticleArticles and Essays Articles and galleries detailing the American brass band movement, contemporary recordings of works, photos of civil war bands and instruments.
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ArticleA Concert for Brass Band, Voice, and Piano On September 27, 1974, the Music Division of the Library of Congress recreated a typical concert of brass-band and vocal music from mid-nineteenth-century America. Recorded selections from that concert are presented here.
- Date: 1974