Pearson Archives Part A

The Pearson Archive of Military Music Background

 Part A

The forwards/chapters from other books on this subject are quite useful in several ways. Firstly they let one look at the state of music from that time period from people with the understanding of their importance. Secondly, as the armies of the world are constantly being re-organized their marches are affected resulting in new ones being composed or old ones are combined into new arrangements or dropped altogether. Thirdly, as these changes come about, the band size and instrumentation change as well affecting the sound and musical arrangements. Knowing this, these men have tried to bring to light the importance of the marches and their history, either through conducting a band, composing, writing down their history or understanding their effect on soldiers in the many regiments. … Continue Reading »

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