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Music of War-Battle Music


This is a representative list which has connotations of War and Battles.

Name

Composer

Remarks
1812 Overture Tchaikovsky Classic Overture with Guns
633 Squadron Goodwin March Celebrates the famous Dam Busters Squadron
74th Farewell to Gibraltar Unknown Pipe Music
A Bridge To Far Anderson Arnhem Bridge/Movie
A Hundred Pipers Lady Naire Crimean War
A Life on teh Ocean Wave Russel/Sargeant Royal Marines
Abide With Me Monke/Lyte Fallen Comrades
Aces High Goodwin Battle of Britain
Aida Verdi Tel-el-kebir
Alamein (El) Stanley Alamein-March
All Through the Night Annon Welsh Folk Song
Alma Price
Amazing Grace hymn/Pipes and Drums
Anchors Away Miles/Zimmerman US  Navy
Army Goes Rolling Along Gruber/Sousa/Arberg Caissons /US Army
Auld Lange Syne Burns Remembrance
Balaklava Unknown Balaklava-The charge of the Light Brigade 1854
Battle Cry of Freedom Root
Battle Hymn of  the Republic Howe/Steffe US Civil War
Battle of Britain Goodwin Battle of Britain-RAF
Battle of the Somme Unknown Somme WW1
Blaze Away Holtzman Manila Bay
Blue Bomnnets o’er the Border Scott Piper Laidlaw
Bluebells of Scotland Traditional Folk Song-Tenting Song
Bonnie Blue Flag Macarthy US Civil War Song
Bonnie Dundee Scott Bonnie Prince Charley
Black Horse Troop Sousa US Cavalry March
Boots and Saddles Brigham
British Grenadiers Traditional British/Canadian Regimental March
By Land and Sea Alford Slow march
Cavalry of the Steepes Knipper The French Revolution
Celer Paratus Callidus Pando Canadian Mobile Command
Children of The Regiment Fucik Military March
Coburg March Haydn/Albert Slow march
Cock of The Nort Uknown Pipe Music Tirah Campaign
Cockleshell Heros Dunn Movie /Special Service Britain
Colditz March Farnon Castle Escape
Colonel Bogey Alford Traditional Military March
The Dam Busters Coates WW2 Raids on The Mohnesee
Dixie’s Land Emmett American Civil War
Dixie, Land of Cotton Hughes/Hewitt General Robert E Lee
Dumbarton’s Drums Unknown Many Regiments
El Capitan Sousa US Military march
Eternal Father Whiting/Dykes The Naval Hymn
Fare Thee Well Inniskilling Lever/Adams Spanish Civil War
Fehrbelliner Reitermarsch Henrion Battle of Fehrbellinger 1675
Garb of Old Gaul Reid/Brakin Slow March
Going Home Dvorak Symphonic/Pipes/
Golden Spurs Rhodes Slow March-Britain
Graf Zeppelin March Teike Lighter Than Air/Aircraft
Great Escape ( The) Bernstein WW2 Escape
Great Little Army Alford WW1 march
Hail to The Chief Scott/sanderson US Presidential Greeting March
Hands Across  The Sea Sousa Spanish American War 1898
Heart of Oak Boyce/Garrick Traditional Naval march
Here’s a Health unto her Majesty Barrow Medical Corps march-UK/Canada
High Flight Magee Poem with Airman’s Prayer
Highland Laddie Burns Traditional Pipesand Mil band
Hoch and Deutschmeister Ertl Regiment of Same name
Imjim River Gossip Korean War
Imperial Echoes Safroni-Middleton BBC-WW2
Invincible Eagle Sousa US Military march
Jack Tar Sousa US navy WW1
King Cotton Sousa Military march
Koniggrater March Piefke Austro/Prussian War 1866
Land of Hope and Glory Elgar Traditional -British Patriotic Song
Last Post Traditional Trumpet Call Remembrance
Let Erin Remember Bunting/Moore Irish Patriotic
Liberty Bell Sousa American Patriotic
Loch Lomand Traditional Cartisle 1745
March Lorraine Ganne French March
March Militarie Shubert Military March
Marching Through Georgia Sherman’s March to the Sea
Marine Corps Hymn(US) Unknown US Marines
Men of Action Heming Military march
Men of Harlech Regimental march/Britian/Canada
Minstrel Boy Moore Irish Patriotic Music
Mountbatten March Dunn Dedicated to Lord Mountbatten
National Emblem Bagley Patriotic March
New Colonial March Hall Military Street March
Nibelungen R. Wagner Concert March
Nijmegen march Kimberley WW2
Old Panama Alford Military march re Panama Canal
On the Quarter Deck Alford Naval march
Orb and Septre Walton British Royalty
Over There Cohan US Army WW1
Pathfinders Lockyear WW2 Aircraft
Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu Scott/Hummell Inverlochy 1431
Post Horn Galop Koenig Musical “special” for post horn
Preobrajensky March Donajowski Czarist March/UK Marines
Prussen Gloria March Austrian-German Military march
Radetsky March Strauss Sr. Austrian Army in Italy 1848
Ride of the Valkeries Wagner British parachute Regiments
Road to The Iles Popular Pipes March
Royal Welch Fusiliers Sousa The Boxer Rebellion
Rule Britannia Arne/Augustine British Naval and Patriotic Song
Sabres and Spurs Sousa US Cavalry March
Sambre et Meuse Cezino French Military march
Scotland the Brave Traditional Numerous Regiments
Scottish Soldier Traditional Patriotic Song
Screw Guns Kipling Artillery /Regimental Song
Semper Fidelis Sousa US Marines
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Unknown US Cavalry
Sink The Bismark Parker WW2 /Naval Encounter
Soldiers of the Queen Stuart Boer War
Soldier’s Chorus Gounod Opera
Sons of the Brave Bidgood Military march
Standard of St George Alford British Military march
Stars and Stripes Forever Sousa US March and Patriotic Song
Stedfast and True Tieke German patriotic March
Sunset Traditional Ceremony
Sussex by the Sea Ward-Higgs British Regiment 14/21 Sussex
Taps Butterfield US Trumpet Call
(The)Thin Red Line Alford Balaclava
Thunderer Sousa Military March
Trafalgar Zehle The Battle Thereof
Under The Double Eagle JF Wagner Austria
Under The White Ensign Dunn Royal Navy
US Air Force march-Wild Blue Yonder Crawford US Official  March
Vanished Army Alford WW1 1918-Poetic March
Village Blacksmith Longfellow/Weiss Ordnance Corp Canada
Vimy Ridge Bidgood 1917-Battle-WW1
Viscount Nelson Zehle Admiral Nelson
Voice of the Guns Alford WW1
Volga Boat Song Russian Traditional Battle of Leningrad WW2
Wait For the Wagon Knaff/Buckley Service Corps
Waltzing Matilda Paterson Australian Patriotic Song
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Gilmore US Civil War Song-March
When The Saints Go Marching In Black/Purvis Song of Hope
With Sword and Lance Starke Military march
Yankee Doodle American Revolution 1792
Ye Banks and Braes Burns and Miller Scottish Traditional
Yellow Rose of Texas Unknown Frontier Soldiers Song
Zachmi Dil(Wounded Heart) NW Frontier



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Community Bands


A list of community band and orchestras, with location, size, contact information. Updates eagerly solicited ..

Note Some Links may be broken or the site no longer available

We are not responsible for the upkeep of the sites.We will add new sites and bands if you write to us

thanks

    1. Adelaide [AUSTRALIA] Village Band
    2. Adult Musicians Ensemble [Montpelier, VT]
    3. Affton [MO] Community Band
    4. After Hours Community Band [St. Louis, MO]
    5. Alexander [NY] Fireman’s Band
    6. Allentown [PA] Band
    7. Allouez [WI] Village Band
    8. Alpharetta [Georgia, US] City Band
    9. Ambler [PA] Symphony Orchestra
    10. Alton [IL] Municipal Band
    11. Alton [IL] Symphony Orchestra
    12. American Band [Providence, RI]
    13. American Legion [Front Royal, VA] Community Band
    14. Amherst [MA] Community Band
    15. Ancient & Honorable Clam Lake Dock & Dredge Marching & Chowder Society Silver Cornet Band [Cadillac, MI]
    16. Ann Arbor [MI] Concert Band
    17. Annapolis [MD] Wind Symphony
    18. Apollo [PA] Regional Concert Band
    19. Argonotes – the Toronto Argonauts Band
    20. (Tuscon) Arizona Symphonic Winds
    21. Arkansas Valley Wind and Percussion Ensemble [Wiley, CO]
    22. Arkansas Winds Community Concert Band [Fayetteville, Arkansas]
    23. Arlington [MA] Philharmonic Orchestra
    24. Arlington [TX] Community Band
    25. Armadale City Concert Band [Australia]
    26. Armstrong [Kittanning, PA] Concert Band
    27. Aurora [IL] American Legion Band
    28. Australian Retired Persons Association Orchestra [Adelaide, SA]
    29. Ashland [OR] City Band
    30. Associazione Filarmonica di Pieve di Soligo (Italy)
    31. Associazione Filarmonica G.Verdi” & Gruppo Majorettes (Asciano, Italy)
    32. Atlanta [GA] Concert Band
    33. Atlanta [GA] Wind Symphony
    34. Atlantic Wind Ensemble [Spring Lake, NJ]
    35. Atugi [Japan] City Band (In Japanese)
    36. Auckland [NZ] Wind Orchestra
    37. Aurora [CO] Symphony Orchestra
    38. Austin-Area [Texas] Community Philharmonic
    39. Austin [Texas] Civic Orchestra
    40. Austin [Texas] Civic Wind Ensemble
    41. Austin [Texas] Symphonic Band - band of the manager of this list; make my day by visiting! :-)
    42. Aylesbury [UK] Community Concert Band
    43. Bakersfield (California) Adult Community Band
    44. Baldwin Pops Band [Fairhope, AL]
    45. Baldwinsville [NY] Community Band
    46. Ballarat [Victoria, Australia] Memorial Concert Band
    47. Banda La Guineu [Barcelona, Spain]
    48. Banda Musicale Alpina di Malesco [Italy]
    49. Banda Sinfonica da CSN [Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil]
    50. Band of Long Island [NY]
    51. Band of the Island of Jersey, Channel Isles [UK]
    52. Bangor [MN] Band
    53. Bath [ME] Municipal Band
    54. Baton Rouge [LA] Concert Band
    55. Baton Rouge [LA] Jazz Ensemble
    56. Bayfield [Ontario, Canada] Winds Concert Band
    57. Bayou Community Band
    58. Bay Winds Community Band [Annapolis MD]
    59. Beckenham [UK] Concert Band
    60. Bel Air [MD] Community Band
    61. Belchertown [MA] Community Band
    62. Bellevue [WA] Community Band
    63. Bergenfield [NJ] Community Band
    64. Bethlemen [PA] Municipal Band
    65. Birmingham [AL] Community Concert Band Association
    66. Birmingham [MI] Concert Band
    67. Birmingham [UK] Symphonic Winds
    68. Birmingham [UK] WEA Sinfonia
    69. Black Gold Community Band [Leduc, Alberta, Canada]
    70. Blacksburg [Virginia] Community Band
    71. Blacksburg [VA] Community Strings
    72. Blasmusik Texas [San Antonio TX]
    73. Blawenburg [NJ] Band
    74. Bloomfield [NJ] Civic Band
    75. Bloomfield [NJ] Symphony Orchestra
    76. Bloomingdale [NJ] Concert Band
    77. Bloomington [IN] Concert Band
    78. Boeing Employees’ Concert Band [Seattle, WA]
    79. Bonsal Blues Military Band [Woodbury, NJ]
    80. Boulder [Colorado] Concert Band
    81. City of Brampton [Ontario, Canada] Concert Band
    82. Brazil [Indiana] Concert Band
    83. Brisbane [Australia] Philharmonic Orchestra
    84. Brisbane [Australia] Symphonic Band
    85. Bristol Concert Orchestra [Bristol, UK]
    86. Bristol [UK] Concert Wind Band
    87. Bromley [London, UK] Concert Band
    88. Brooklyn Heights [NY] Orchestra
    89. Brown County Community Music [Nashville, IN]
    90. Browningsville [MD] Cornet Band
    91. Buffalo Grove [IL] Symphonic Band
    92. Burlington [VT] Concert Band
    93. Burlington [IA] Municipal Band
    94. Burlington [IA] Municipal Band
    95. Burnham Concert Band [Buckinghamshire, UK]
    96. Cadbury Wind Band [Clevedon, North Somerset, UK]
    97. Caledon Concert Band [Bolton, ON, Canada]
    98. Cal State Bakersfield Community Concert Band
    99. Calgary Civic Symphony [Alberta, Canada]
    100. Calgary Concert Band [Alberta, Canada]
    101. Calhoun-Isles Community Band [Minneapolis, MN]
    102. Callanwolde Concert Band [Atlanta, GA]
    103. Campbelltown [NSW, Australia] Camden District Band
    104. Cannon Valley Regional Orchestra [Northfield, MN]
    105. Capital Wind Symphony [McClean, VA]
    106. Capitol Pops Concert Band [Sacremento, CA]
    107. Capitol Sounds Concert Band [Montgomery, AL]
    108. Carrollton [TX] Community Band
    109. Carson City [NV] Symphony
    110. Cary Town [NC] Band
    111. Cascade Symphony [Portland, OR]
    112. Casco Bay [Maine] Concert Band
    113. Catawissa [PA] Military Band
    114. Cedarburg [WI] Civic Band
    115. Cedar Falls [IA] Municipal Band
    116. Cedar Rapids [IA] Municipal Band
    117. Center Harbor [NH] Town Band
    118. Centerville [OH] Community Band
    119. Central Kentucky Concert Band [Lexington, KY]
    120. Central Michigan Area Concert Band [Shepherd, MI]
    121. Central Iowa Symphony [Ames, IA]
    122. Chamber Orchestra of the Springs [Colorado Springs, CO]
    123. Charles River [MA] Wind Ensemble
    124. Charleston [SC] Community Band
    125. Charleston [WV] Community Bands
    126. Charlotte [NC] Civic Orchestra
    127. Charlotte [NC] Concert Band
    128. Chatfield [MN] Brass Band
    129. Chelmsford [MA] Community Band
    130. Cheshire [CT] Community Band
    131. Chester County [Pennsylvania] Concert Band
    132. Chichester Alumni Band [Boothwyn, PA]
    133. City of Truro [Cornwall, UK] Wind Orchestra
    134. Civico Corpo Musicale di Vimercate [Italy]
    135. Claremont Symphonic Winds
    136. Clear Lake [TX] Symphony
    137. Clintonville Community Band
    138. Clovis [California] Community Band
    139. Coastal Communities Concert Band [Encinitas, CA]
    140. Coastside Community Orchestra [California]
    141. Cobb [county, GA] Wind Symphony
    142. Colorado River Band [Wharton, TX]
    143. Columbia [MO] Community Band
    144. Columbia [SC] Community Concert Band<
    145. Columbia Concert Band of Maryland
    146. Columbia [MD] Orchestra
    147. Columbia [MD] VFW Post 2435
    148. Columbia [Pennsylvania] VFW Band
    149. Columbus [IN] City Band
    150. Comal Community Band [New Braunfels, TX]
    151. Community Band of Brevard [Florida]
    152. Community Band of Wellston [OH]
    153. Community Concert Band [Bloomington, IL]
    154. Complesso Bandistico Musicale “L.RASO”Città di Cinuefrondi(RC)ITALIA
    155. Complesso Bandistico Collepardo [ITALY]
    156. Compton Heights [Mo] Concert Band
    157. Concord [Massachusetts] Band
    158. Contra Costa [CA] Chamber Orchestra
    159. Contra Costa [CA] Wind Symphony
    160. Cornucopia Concert Band [Seattle, Washington]
    161. Corowa Border District Band [NSW, Australia]
    162. Corpo Bandistico di Sona (VR) [Italy]
    163. Corpo Musicale Di Gardolo [Trento, Italy]
    164. Corpo Musicale di Parre [Parre, BG, Italy]
    165. Cosmopolitan Music Society of Edmonton [Alberta, Canada]
    166. Cotati [CA] Philharmonic
    167. Covina [CA] Concert Band
    168. Coxsackie-Athens [NY] Community Band
    169. Creston [BC, Canada] Community Band
    170. Crystal Lake [IL] Community Band
    171. Cupertino [CA] Symphonic Band
    172. Dallas [TX] Wind Symphony Not *quite* professional, just sound like it ;-)
    173. Dakota Valley Symphony Orchestra [Burnsville MN]
    174. Danbury [CT] Music Centre [umbrella for several groups]
    175. Danville [CA] Community Band
    176. Decatur [Illinois] Municipal Band
    177. Deland [FL] Little Symphony
    178. Delmar [NY] Community Orchestra
    179. Delta [BC, Canada] Music Makers
    180. Denver [CO] Concert Band
    181. Des Plaines [IL] Community Concert Band
    182. Diamond State [Wilmington, Delaware] Concert Band
    183. [Washington DC] DC’s Different Drummers
    184. Dover [NH] Community Band
    185. Downriver Community Band [Allen Park, MI]
    186. DuPage Symphony Orchestra [Glen Ellyn, IL]
    187. Durham [NC] Community Concert Band
    188. Dutch Streetbands and Windbands
    189. Eagles Band, Inc. [Pittsfield, MA]
    190. Eastern Windy Symphony [West Trenton, NJ]
    191. Easton [PA] Municipal Band
    192. East Tennessee Concert Band [Knoxville, TN]
    193. East Texas Symphonic Band [Longview, TX]
    194. East Winds Symphonic Band [Pittsburgh, PA]
    195. Eatontown [NJ] Municipal Band
    196. Eden Prairie [Minnesota] Community Band
    197. Emigsville [PA] Band
    198. Encore Society of Music [Traverse City, MI; winds+orchestra]
    199. Encore [Shoreview, MN] Wind Ensemble
    200. Epson [NH] Town Band
    201. Essendon City Band (Melbourne, Australia)
    202. Etobicoke [Ontario, Canada] Community Concert Band
    203. European Wind Ensemble [Richmond, VA]
    204. Fairbanks [AK] Community Band
    205. City of Fairfax [VA] Band
    206. Fair Lawn [NJ] Diamond Jubilee Band
    207. Falls Church [VA] Concert Band
    208. Fanfara Nino Tramonti Mario Crosto [ITALY]
    209. Fanfare Orchestra De Eendracht [Del Ilp, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands]
    210. Farmington [MI] Community Band
    211. Federal Way [WA] Symphonic Band
    212. Festival City Winds [Edmonton, AB, Canada]
    213. Filarmonica do Artesia D.E.S [Artesia, CA]
    214. Filarmonica “G.Andreoli” [Mirandola (Mo) Italy]
    215. Filarmônica União Portuguesa [San Diego, CA]
    216. First Coast Wind Ensemble [Jacksonville, FL]
    217. Flag City USA Civic Concert Band [Findlay, OH]
    218. Flagstaff [AZ] Community Band
    219. Florence [KY] Community Band
    220. Florida [NY] American Legion Band
    221. Foothill College [CA] Symphonic Wind Ensemble
    222. Foothills Concert Band [Calgary, AB, Canada]
    223. Fort Bend [TX] Symphony Orchestra
    224. Fort Wayne [IN] Area Community Band
    225. Fort Worth [TX] City Band
    226. Fox Valley [IL] Concert Band
    227. Franklin [PA] Silver Cornet Band
    228. Franklin [NJ] Town Band
    229. Fraternitas Drumfanfare [Netherlands]
    230. Fresno [CA] City College Community Orchestra
    231. Fresno [CA] Community Concert Band
    232. Fresno [CA] Community Concert Band
    233. Gainesville Community Band
    234. Galt Kiltie Band

[Cambridge, Ontario, CAN]

    1. Garrett [MD] Community Concert Band
    2. Gateway Concert Band [Enumclaw, WA]
    3. Gennessee Wind Symphony [Flint, MI]
    4. Gilford [NH] Community Band
    5. Ginninderra Wind Orchestra [Canberra, ACT, Australia]
    6. Glenview [IL] Concert Band
    7. Golden Eagle Brass Band [Aurora, CO]
    8. Golden Eagle Community Band [Mount Holly, NJ]
    9. Golden State [Covina CA] British Brass Band
    10. Granby [Quebec, Canada] Community Band
    11. Grand Rapids [MI] Symphonic Band
    12. Grand Symphonic Winds [Minneapoplis, Minnesota]
    13.  NEW Greater Atlanta Patriot Band
    14. Great American Yankee Freedom Band of Los Angeles [CA]
    15. Greater Greenwood [Indiana] Community Band
    16. Greater Shore [NJ] Concert Band
    17. Greensboro [NC] Concert Band
    18. Greenville [SC] Community Chamber Orchestra
    19. Greenville [SC] Concert Band
    20. Greenwich Village Orchestra [New York, NY]
    21. Guelph [Ontario, Canada] Concert Band
    22. Gulf Coast Concert Band [Houston, TX]
    23. Gwinnett [GA] Community Band
    24. Gwinette Orchestra [Atlanta, GA]
    25. Hamilton [Ontario, Canada] Concert Band
    26. Hampton Roads Metro Band [Virginia Beach, VA]
    27. Hanover [Township, NJ] Wind Symphony
    28. Harbor Springs [MI] Community Band
    29. Harmonie des Chemins de fer d’Epernay [France]
    30. Harvard [MA] Town Band
    31. Hawaii County Band [Hilo, HI]
    32. Hershey [PA] Symphony Orchestra
    33. Hertfordshire Concert Band [UK]
    34. Hewlett-Packard Symphony Orchestra [Cupertino, CA]
    35. Highland Park [IL] Symphonic Winds
    36. Hill Country Community Band [Wimerley, TX]
    37. Hobart [Tasmania, Australia] City Band, Inc.
    38. Holland [MI] American Legion Band
    39. Holy Cross [Saskatoon, Canada] Adult Community Band
    40. Honeoye Falls [NY] Community Concert Band
    41. Honolulu [HI] Concert Band
    42. Hot Springs [AR] Community Band
    43. Houma-Terrebonne [LA] Community Band
    44. Houston [TX] Concert Band
    45. Houston [TX] Symphonic Band
    46. Hudson Valley Council BSA Band [New York]
    47. Hudson Valley Wind Symphony [New York]
    48. Huntsville [AL] Concert Band
    49. /Immaculata [PA] Symphony
    50. Imperial Teteques Band [Williamsport, PA]
    51. Indianapolic [IN] Municipal Band
    52. Indianapolis [IN] Symphonic Band
    53. Irving [TX] Symphonic Band
    54. Ithaca [NY] Concert Band
    55. Jackson Hole [Wyoming] Community Band
    56. JCC Symphony Orchestra [Rockville, MD]
    57. Jefferson Symphony Orchestra [Golden, CO]
    58. John Philip Sousa American Legion Band of [Aurora] Colorado
    59. Johnson City Community Concert Band
    60. Kalamazoo [MI] Concert Band
    61. Kanawha Valley [WV] Community Band
    62. Kansas City [MO] Wind Symphony
    63. Kelowna [BC, Canada] City Band
    64. Kelvin Grove Wind Ensemble [Brisbane, Australia]
    65. Kendal [Cumbria, UK] Concert Band
    66. Kent/Stark Concert Band [Canton, OH]
    67. Kentwood [Michigan] Community Band
    68. Kettering [OH] Civic Band
    69. Kew Wind Orchestra [West London, UK]
    70. Kfar-Saba Adults Amateur Wind Band [Kfar-Saba, Israel]
    71. Kings Park Concert Band [Springfield, VA]
    72. Kirby Band [Nichols, NY]
    73. Kirkland [Quebec, Canada] Concert Band
    74. Kishwaukee [IL] Symphony Orchestra
    75. Kiski Valley Community Band [Leechburg, PA]
    76. Kittanning [PA] Firemen’s Band
    77. Knightwind Ensemble [Milwaukee, WI]
    78. Kokomo Park [IN] Band
    79. Kolbotn Symphonic Band [Oppegaard, Akershus Norway] (in Norwegian w/english summary)
    80. Kolstad Janitsjar [Norway] Symphonic Band (In Norwegian)
    81. Koninklijke Stadsharmonie Phileutonia [Helmond, the Netherlands]
    82. Lafayette [IN] Citizens Band
    83. Lafayette [LA] Concert Band
    84. Lake Charles [LA] Community Band
    85. Lake Geneva [WI] Community Orchestra
    86. Lake Oswego [OR] Millennium Concert Band
    87. Lake Shore [IL] Symphony Orchestra
    88. Lakeland Civic Orchestra [Kirtland, OH]
    89. Lakeshore Concert Band [Montreal, Quebec, Canada]
    90. Lakeshore Symphonic Band [Grafton, WI]
    91. Lakeside Pride Freedom Band [Chicago, IL]
    92. Lake Union Civic Orchestra [Seattle, WA]
    93. Lancing [MI] Concert Band
    94. Lethbridge [Alberta, Canada] Community Band Society
    95. Lex-Ham Community Band [St. Paul, MN]
    96. Liberty Hose Company Band [Lykens PA]
    97. Little Chute [WI] Community Band
    98. Little German Band [Raleigh, NC]
    99. Little London Winds [Colorado Springs, CO]
    100. Little Mountain Brass Band [Vancouver, BC, Canada]
    101. Livermore-Amador [CA] Symphony
    102. Logan City [QLD, Austalia] Concert Band
    103. John A. Logan College [Carterville, IL] Community Band
    104. Lone Tree [CO] Symphony Orchestra
    105. Los Alamos [NM] Community Winds
    106. Loudoun [County, VA] Concert Band
    107. Long Beach [CA] Community Band
    108. Los Altos [CA] Ye Olde Towne Band
    109. Los Angeles [CA] Doctors’ Symphony Orchestra
    110. Los Angeles [CA] Symphonic Winds
    111. Madison [Alabama] Community Band
    112. Madison [Ohio] Jazz Project
    113. Manawatu Concert Band [Palmerston North, NZ]
    114. Manchester [CT] Symphony Orchestra and Chorale
    115. Maple Ridge [BC, Canada] Concert Band Association
    116. Main Line Symphony Orchestra [Valley Forge, PA]
    117. Malvern [Australia] Symphony Orchestra
    118. Markham Concert Band [Ontario, Canada]
    119. Mason [OH] Community Band
    120. Mason [WI] Orchestral Society
    121. Maumee [OH] Community Band
    122. Maury County Community Band [Columbia, TN]
    123. McAllen [TX] Symphonic Band
    124. McLean [VA] Orchestra
    125. McLean [VA] Symphony
    126. Medina [OH] Community Band
    127. Melbourne [FL] Community Orchestra
    128. Melbourne [FL] Municipal Band
    129. Memorial Concert Band of Colonie [NY]
    130. Mercer [PA] Community Band
    131. Meridian [MI] Community Band
    132. Mesquite [TX] Symphony Orchestra
    133. Metropolitan Civic Orchestra [Charleston, SC]
    134. Metropolitan Winds [Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX]
    135. Metropolitan Wind Symphony [Boston, MA]
    136. Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra [Dayton, OH]
    137. Mid-Coast Chamber Orchestra [Brunswick, ME]
    138. Mid-South Concert Band [Chattanooga, TN]
    139. Middle Georgia Concert Band [Macon, GA]
    140. Midland [MI] Concert Band
    141. Milford [DE] Community Band
    142. Milpitas [CA] Community Concert Band
    143. Minneapolis [MN] Police Band
    144. Minnesota Community Band Resource Center - info on 100+ MN community bands! Wow!
    145. Minnesota Freedom Band
    146. Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra [Twin Cities, MN]
    147. Minnesota State Band
    148. Minnesota Valley Community Band [Chaska, MN]
    149. Mississinewa Valley Band [Marion, IN]
    150. Mobile [AL] Pops Band
    151. Montgomery County [PA] Concert Band
    152. Montgomery Village [MD] Community Band
    153. Moonlighters [St. Clair, MN
    154. Moreno Valley [CA] Community Band
    155. Motor City Brass Band [Detroit, MI]
    156. Moulton’s Band of Sanbornton [NH]
    157. Mount Community Concert Band [Cincinatti, OH]
    158. Municipal Band of Charlottesville [VA], Inc.
    159. Music Company Orchestra [Burnt Hills, NY]
    160. Musikverein Stadtkapelle Heimsheim [Germany]
    161. Musikzug der Freiwilligen Feuerwehr Gütersloh [Germany]
    162. Musique Municipal de Magenta [France]
    163. Naperville [IL] Municipal Band
    164. Naples [FL] Concert Band
    165. Nanyang [Singapore] Technological University Band
    166. Narragansett Community Band [Templeton MA]
    167. Nebraska Wind Symphony
    168. Nepean Concert Band, Inc. [Ontario, Canada]
    169. New Bristol [UK] Sinfonia
    170. New Holland [PA] Band
    171. New Jersey Intergenerational Orchestra
    172. Newmarket [ON, Canada] Citizens’ Band
    173. New Orleans [LA] Concert Band
    174. New York [City, NY] Repertory Orchestra
    175. Noank-Mystic [CT] Community Band
    176. Noordhollands Fanfare Orkest – Alkmaar
    177. North Little Rock [AR] Community Concert Band
    178. North Oakland [MI] Concert Band
    179. North Pittsburgh [PA] Symphony Orchestra
    180. North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra [Beverly, MA]
    181. Northhamptonshire Orchestral Winds (Northampton, UK)

 

  1. North Shore Pops Concert Band [Long Island, NY]
  2. North Star Community Band [Gladstone, MO]
  3. North Suburban Symphonic Band [Pittsburgh, PA]
  4. Northshore Concert Band [Chicago IL]
  5. Northeast Community Band [Minneapolis, MN]
  6. Ohio Valley Concert Band [McKees Rocks, PA]
  7. Ohio Valley Community Marching and Concert Band (Pittsburgh, PA)
  8. Oklahoma City [OK] Symphonic Band
  9. Oklahoma [City, OK] Community Orchestra
  10. Olathe [KS] Community Orchstra
  11. Old Crow Indian Band [Wilton, ME]
  12. Old Dam Community Band [Newburgh, IN]
  13. Old Post Road Orchestra [Wilbraham, MA]
  14. Oldsmar [FL] Community Band
  15. Old York Road Symphony [Abington, PA]
  16. Onondaga [NY] Civic Symphony Orchestra
  17. Orange [MA] Community Band
  18. Orchestra Atlanta [GA]
  19. Orchestra Toronto [Ontario, Canada]
  20. Orchestra di Fiati della Svizzera Italiana (Italian Switzerland Wind Orchestra)
  21. Oregon Symphonic Band
  22. Orland Park [IL] Community Band
  23. Ottawa [Ontario, Canada] Community Concert Band
  24. Oxford [OH] Community Band
  25. Oxford Winds Community Concert Band [Woodstock, Ontario, Canada]
  26. Pacific Crest Wind Ensemble [Portland, OR]
  27. Palatine [IL] Concert Band
  28. Palo Alto [CA] Philharmonic Association
  29. Parma [OH] Symphony Orchestra
  30. Pembroke [ON, Canada] Symphony Orchestra
  31. Peninsula Concert Band [Newport News, VA]
  32. Peninsula Symphonic Band [Palo Alto, CA]
  33. Pensacola [FL] Civic Band
  34. Perinton [NY] Concert Band
  35. Perth [Ontario, Canada] Citizens’ Band
  36. Petawawa Legion Community Band [Petawawa, Ontario, Canada]
  37. Petersham [MA] Brass Band
  38. Philharmonic of Southern New Jersey [Voorhees, NJ]
  39. Pickering Community Concert Band (Ontario, Canada)
  40. Plano [TX] Community Band
  41. Plymouth [MI] Community Band
  42. Plymouth [MN] Community Concert Band
  43. Pomerado Community Band [San Diego, CA]
  44. Port Moody [BC, Canada] Community Band
  45. Portsmouth [OH] Community Orchestra
  46. Postmusik Salzburg [Austria]
  47. Powell River [BC, Canada] Community Concert Band
  48. Prairie Brass Band [Chicago, IL]
  49. Prince George [BC, Canada] Community Band
  50. Prince William [County, VA] Community Band
  51. Queens College [NY] Community Orchestra
  52. Quincy [IL] Community Concert Band
  53. City of Orange (CA) Symphonic Band
  54. Raleigh [NC] Concert Band
  55. Ramapo [NJ] Wind Symphony
  56. Raritan Valley [NJ] Symphonic Band
  57. Reisterstown [MD] Jazz Ensemble
  58. Reno [NV] Municipal Band
  59. Repasz Band [Williamsport, PA]
  60. Reynoldsburg [OH] Community Band
  61. Richardson [TX] Community Band
  62. Richmond [VA] Concert Band
  63. Richmond [VA] Philharmonic Orchesra
  64. Ridgewood [NJ] Symphony Orchestra
  65. Rijnmondband Drum & Trumpet Corps [Schiedam, Holland]
  66. Ringgold Band [Reading, PA]
  67. River Cities Concert Band [Louisville, KY]
  68. River City Concert Band [Fair Oaks, CA]
  69. Riverside Concert Band [Columbia, LA]
  70. Robbinsdale City [MN] Band
  71. Rockford Community Orchestra
  72. Rockland County [NY] Concert Band
  73. Rockville [MD] Brass Band
  74. Rockville [MD] Concert Band
  75. Rogue Valley [Oregon] Wind Ensemble
  76. Rohrerstown [Pennsylvania] Community Band
  77. Rohrersville Band of Washington County [MD]
  78. Rose City Gay Freedom Band
  79. Roseville [Minnesota] Community Band
  80. Roswell [GA] New Horizons Band
  81. Royal Eltham Concert Band [Eltham, SE London, UK]
  82. Rusty Pipes Concert Band [Hobart, IN]
  83. Sacramento [CA] Concert Band
  84. Salem [OR] Concert Band
  85. St. Anthony Park Community Band [St. Paul, MN]
  86. St. Joseph [MI] Municipal Band
  87. Salt Lake [UT] Symphonic Winds
  88. Sammamish [WA] Symphony Orchestra
  89. San Francisco [CA] Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band
  90. Sanilac [MI] Community Symphonic Band
  91. San Jose [California] Metropolitan Band
  92. San Jose [California] Wind Symphony
  93. San Luis Obispo County [CA] Band
  94. Santa Fe [NM] Concert Band
  95. Sapphire Concert Bands [Inverell NSW Australia]
  96. Sapulpa [OK] Community Band
  97. Sarasota [FL] Concert Band
  98. Scarborough [ON, Canada] Community Concert Band
  99. Scarborough Orchestra [Yorkshire, UK]
  100. Scarbourough [Ontario, Canada] Philharmonic Orchestra
  101. Scottsdale [AZ] Concert Band
  102. Scottsdale [AZ] Symphony Orchestra
  103. Seacoast Community Chamber Orchestra [Portsmouth, NH]
  104. Seacoast Wind Ensemble [York, MN]
  105. Seaway Valley Community Band [Ogdensburg, NY]
  106. Second Company, Governor’s Foot Guard Band [Waterbury, CT]
  107. Sedona [AZ] Concert Band
  108. Seed & Feed Marching Abominable [Atlanta, GA]
  109. Senseney Music Community Band [Wichita, KS]
  110. Sequim [WA] City Band
  111. Seward [MN] Community Band
  112. Sharon (Massachusetts) Concert Band
  113. Shinnston [WV] Community Band
  114. Shoreview (Minnesota) Northern Lights Variety Band
  115. Sinfonisches Blasorchester [Bern, Switzerland]
  116. Siouxland All-America Band [Sioux City, IA]
  117. Sirens Concert Band [Taipei, Taiwan]
  118. Simsbury [CT] Community Band
  119. Somerset County [PA] Community Band
  120. Sounds of Sawnee Concert Band [Cumming GA]
  121. Southern Arizona Symphony [Tuscon, AZ]
  122. Southern Maryland Concert Band
  123. Southern Oregon Concert Band
  124. Southeastern Massachusetts Community Concert Band
  125. Southlake [TX] Community Band
  126. South Berks Concert Band [West Berkshire, UK]
  127. South Fraser Community Band [Surrey, BC, Canada]
  128. South Hadley [MA] Community Band
  129. South Jersey Area Wind Ensemble [Linwood, NJ]
  130. South Jersey Pops Orchestra
  131. South Metro Concert Band [Atlanta, GA
  132. South Shore Philharmonic [West Hempstead, NY]
  133. South Suburban Community Orchestra [Littleton, CO]
  134. Southwark [UK] Concert Band
  135. South Washington County (Minnesota) Community Band
  136. Spartanburg [SC] Community Band
  137. Spirit of Independence Concert Band [Independence, MO]
  138. Spring Garden Band [York, PA]
  139. Star of the North (Minnesota) Concert band
  140. State College [PA] Area Municipal Band
  141. Stonewall Brigade Band [Staunton, VA]
  142. Strafford County [NH] Wind Symphony
  143. Stratford [CT] Community Concert Band
  144. Stratford [Ontario, Canada] Concert Band
  145. Strings of St. John’s [Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA]
  146. Studio Symphony Orchestra [Ulster, Northern Ireland]
  147. Suffolk [Ipswich, UK] Concert Band
  148. Suncoast Symphony Orchestra [Tampa Bay, FL]
  149. SVEA Wind Orchestra [Zagorje, Slovenia]
  150. Swansea [MA] Community Band
  151. SWR Community Band (Long Island, NY)
  152. City of Sydney [Australia] Concert Band
  153. Symphonic Band of the Palm Beaches [West Palm Beach, FL]
  154. Tampa Bay [FL] Area Groups
  155. Teaneck [New York] Community Band
  156. Terre Haute [Indiana] Community Band
  157. Thorold Reed Band [Thorold, Ontario, Canada]
  158. Tikkurilan Soittokunta [Vantaa, Finland]
  159. Timberlane Community Band [Plaistow, NH]
  160. Timberline Symphony Orchestra [Boulder, CO]
  161. Tinley Park Community Band
  162. Toledo [OH] Community Concert Band and Orchestra
  163. Town North Concert Band [Dallas, TX]
  164. Triangle Brass Band [Raleigh, NC]
  165. Triangle Wind Ensemble [Raleigh/Durham, NC]
  166. Tri-County Band of Feasterville, Pennsylvania
  167. Tri-County Symphonic Band [NJ]
  168. Tualatin Valley [OR] Community Band
  169. Tveit Union Musikkorps [Tveit, Norway]
  170. Twin Ports Wind Ensemble [Duluth, MN]
  171. Twin Tiers Community Band [Eldred, PA]
  172. Upper Valley Community Band [Hanover, NH]
  173. Urbandale [IA] Community Adult Band
  174. Valley Forge [PA] Symphony Orchestra
  175. Vermilion [OH] Community Band
  176. Greater Victoria Concert Band [Victoria, BC, Canada]
  177. Vienna [Virginia] Community Band
  178. Village Band [Carrboro, NC]
  179. Virginia Beach [VA] Symphony Orchestra
  180. Virginia Grand Military Band [Vienna, VA]
  181. Waco [TX] Community Band
  182. Wakefield [MA] Retired Men’s Club Band
  183. Warren [OH] Junior Military Band
  184. Warwick [RI] Symphony Orchestra
  185. Washington [PA] Symphonic Orchestra
  186. Washington Wind Symphony [Redmond/Kirkland WA]
  187. Greater Waterbury [Connecticut] Classic Concerts
  188. Waterbury [VT] Community Band
  189. Waterloo [Ontario, Canada] Concert Band
  190. Watsonville [CA] Band
  191. Waukegan [IL] Municipal Band
  192. Wausau [WI] Symphony and Symphonic Band
  193. Waverley Randwick Philharmonic Society Inc [Sydney, Australia]
  194. West Chester [PA] Band
  195. Westgate Concert Band [Australia]
  196. Western Arkansas Wind Symphony [Fort Smith, AR]
  197. Westerly [RI] Community Band
  198. Westerville [OH] Community Band
  199. West [Kona] Hawaii County Band
  200. West Houston [TX] Concert Band
  201. West Michigan Concert Winds [Muskegon, MI]
  202. West Newbury [MA] VFA Marching Band
  203. West Winds, Band of the Bukit Batok Community Club [Singapore]
  204. Westmoreland [NH] Town Band
  205. Westport [CT] Community Band
  206. Westshore Community Community Concert band 
  207. Westwinds Music Society (Alberta, Canada)
  208. Wheaton [IL] Municipal Band
  209. White Rose Concert Band [Harrogate, UK]
  210. Whitehouse [NJ] Wind Symphony
  211. Willamette Falls Symphony [Oregon City, OR]
  212. Williamsburg [OH] Community Band
  213. Williamsport [VA] Symphony Orchestra
  214. Wilmette [IL] Community Band
  215. Windsor & Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra [Berskhire, UK]
  216. Windham [NH] Community Band
  217. Wirrall Community Wind Band [Wirral, UK]
  218. Woodinville [WA] Community Band
  219. Woodlands [TX] Concert Band
  220. Woodside [CA] Village Band
  221. Worthington [OH] Civic Band
  222. York River [VA] Concert Band
  223. Yorkshire [England] Wind Orchestra
  224. Youngstown [OH] Community Concert Band
  225. Ypsilanti [MI] Community Band
  226. Het Zaans Symfonie Orkest ‘Toonkunst’ [In Dutch]



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Programs of Music for Military Bands


PROGRAMS OF MUSIC

For Military band

Part 1

Date:Friday March 1st 1811

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
A New march Mr Mckenzie
Military Concerto Signor Dussek
Overture Introducing ‘La Theodora’ Mr Linley
A Sett(sic) of waltzes Mr McKenzie
Concerto for Flute Genrl Reid
Overture Mr Arne
Concerto for Violin Mr Festering Mr Mori Soloist
Symphony by the Lord Kelly
Gavott Capt Quist

Date:November 3rd 1827

Band:Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Overture ‘Le Nozze di Figaro Mozart
First Symphony Romberg
Solo and Chorus ‘Come if you Dare’ Purcell
Solo Kent Bugle Original Air Logier Mr Stevenson
Galopp Eisenhardt
Overture ‘Anacreon’ Cherubini
Aria ‘Ah dov’è il cimento Rossini Mr Sinclair
Two Sonatas for violin and bass Corelli Mr McKenzie(the Bandmaster),Mr S Collins, and Colonel Drummond
Glee ‘Here [in cool grot’ Mornington
Final from Clock Symphony Hadyn
Trio for Voices Stevenson Mr Sinclair,Mr McKenzie,Mr Reeves
Quadrille Mckenzie

Date:December 5th 1834

Band: The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Overture Clementi
Quintette Mr McKenzie(bandmaster) Capt Wright,Dr Kenning,W Collins Lietenant Thorndike
Symphony Hadyn
Overture Jessonda Spohr
Glee ‘Breeth Soft Ye Winds’ Webbe Master Reeves,Corpl Smith,Serjt Wilkinson,John Reeves
Theme and Variations for Eb Clarinet Berr Serjt Collins
Woolwich Warren Quadrilles McKenzie
Chorus Hallelula Handel

Date: Friday December 6th 1839

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Symphony No 4 Haydn
Glee “Let me Careless’ Linley
Quintett for Violins,Tenors and Violincello Mozart
Bass Song Why do the Nations Handel
Symphony No4 Beethoven
Cello Fantasie Lindley Mr Lindley
Glee Up Quit the Bower Bishop
Overture Fanscon Himmel
Note: This concert may have been mixed concert of both band and orchestra

Date:Tuesday December 15th,1846

Band: The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Sinfonia Alla Turca Romberg 1st Movement
Chors-The Tempest”Around and Around We Pace” Purcell
Aria-A te reido Mercadanye Miss Dolby
Waltz Emilie Collins(bandmaster)
Cavatiuna from Maritana Wallace Mr Wilkinson
Song Oh Araby-Oberon Weber Miss Dolby
Solo Violin Sixth Air De Beritot Mr Wilkonson
Overture Collins
Intermission
Overture William Tell Rossini
Scena All is Lost from Sonnambula Bellini
Solo Cornet à Piston The bannks of Allan water B. Lee Mr James Lawson
Ballad Primroses deck the bank’s green side Linley Miss Dolby
Solo Flute Original Air Richardson Mr Bellingham
Trio Turn on,Old time from Maritana Wallace Miss Dolby,Messrs Wilkonson and Browning
Quadrille Brtish Navy Jullien
Polka Comic American Jullien
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Date:Tuesday February 17th 1849

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Overture Zampa Herold
Solo and Chorus -Come if you dare Purcell
Waltz -Margarita D’Albert
Solo Clarionet,11th Air Varie Berr
Gallop,di Bravura Schulhoff
Overture Anacreon Cherubini
Madrigal Soldiers brave and Gallant be Gastoldi
Quadrille Flic Flac
Cavatina In questo semplice Donnizetti Madame Alboni
Polka Chinese Junk D’Albert

Date:June ? 1850

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
March The Prince Consort W. Collins
Overture Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti
Aria for Cornet à Piston Ah te Riedo Mecandante
Selection Dinorah Meyerbeer
Polka Emily Capt Tylden arranged Collins
Zampa Herold
Polka Comic American Jullien
Selection Ernani Verdi

Date:Wednesday February 4th 1852

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Turkish march from Ruins of Athens Beethoven
Sinfonia No.3 Mozart
Overture Preciosa Weber
Song For Tenor When Twighlight Falls Dolores
Glee Welcome Friends of harmony Sir John Stevenson
Overture Quo fas et Gloria ducunt Collins
Quadrille Jardin Turc Mons Jullien

Date:Spring 1855

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Camp Overture – Jubilee Lindpainter
Grand Selction Robert le Diable Meyerbeer
Walzer -Stars of the West Montague
Scena ed Aria Tovotore Verdi
Galop The Light Cavalry Smyth
Grand Selection-Huguenots Meyerbeer
Overture Zampa Herold
Grand Selection-Il Barbiere di Deviglia Rossini
Polka-Schone Minka Smythe
Meange-Lieder ohne Mendelssohn Saxophone soloist not given
Quadriille Friedrich Wilheml Bilse

Date: Wednesday 17th December 1856

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Adagio and Allegro con Brio Sinfonia no 2 Beethoven
Adagio and Allegro Maestoso The Scottish Symphony Mendelssohn
Adagio and Allegro con Brio Sinfonia no.1 Beethoven
Rondo-La Morale from Don Pasquale Donizetti Madame Ernestine Smythe Soprano(She was the wife of the bandmaster   and a native of Montreal)
Overture-Il Barbiere di Seviglia Rossini
Glee and Chorus The Winds Whistle Cold Sir H Bishop
Fantasia national-The Shamrock Smythe
Waltz-Piccolomini Wagner

Date: Wednesday 23rd December 1863

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
Overture Domino Noir Auber
A long list of Vocal solos
Grand Selection-Faust Gounod
Overture-William Tell Rossini
Solo for Cornet-Air and Variations- Levy
Quadrille on National Airs-The lakes of Killarney Smythe solos for cornet,clarionet,bassoon and piccolo

Date: 15th July 1881

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
March-Rienzi Wagner
Overture-Oberon Weber
Reminiscencesof Verdi arr Smythe
Ungarische Tanze Brahms
Waltz-Chantilly Walteufel
Reminscences of Mozart arr Mansfield
Dance Bohemian-Les Fauvettes Bosquet
Selection-The Pirates of Penzance Sullivan This was arranged by Sir Arthur Sullivan’s father
Russian dance Glinka
Caprice Militaire Herzeele
Ave Maria Shubert
Galop-Victoria M de Lara Bright
Part Song Downs so Free Pearsall Mansfield
Part Song Night Lovely Night Berger
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN

Date: Wednesday 12th March July 1884

Band:The Royal Artillery band

Title Composer/Arranger Remarks
March from First Suite Lachner
Symphony #4 Beethoven
Overture-Mein Heim Dvorak First performance of a transcription for Band by the Composer
Riodon De Darfanus De Rameau Gevert
Slavische Tanze No4 Dvorak Transcribed by Dvorak
Al Fresco Zavertal String Orchestra
Overture-Masaniello Auber
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN



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Australian Military Bands in Brief


Military music

On 2 February 1788 at Sydney Cove, the reading of the Governor’s Commission was accompanied by music from the fife-and-drum corps musicians.

Military music, beginning with the fife-and-drum corps of the First Fleet, was the only public music-making apart from folk music sung in the public hotels. Both the fife-and-drum corps and the regimental band gave open-air concerts. The few musical instruments brought with them, including pianos, were often dragged overland to new homes.

Military bands have accompanied Australian ceremonies, parades, church services, mess dinners and performed at concerts on innumerable occasions since then. Musicians have long been incorporated into active armed service units, often doubling as medics. They have accompanied troops into action, sometimes as part of a fighting unit, and sometimes as a band.

Civilian pipe and drum bands have had a long and successful history in Australia, with some bands having performed continuously for over 100 years. … Continue Reading »



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The Photograph File


Band Photographs

 

RARE ARCHIVAL PHOTOGRAPHS  

 

NORAD BAND 

The NORAD BAND  

Over the years the band  cut many records at Columbia Studios in Hollywood, CA (Burbank). This is a concert formation picture circa 1972.

 

 Hampshire Regiment Band 1909

 

12th Regiment US Army band pre WWI

80th Staffordshire Band

 

 The United States Marine Band 1927

 A Royal Artillery(unit unknown) Brass band in WWI.Note the  spurs on the musicians-denoting that this may have been a mounted band.

 

 

  



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