Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums: Horse-Mounted Bands of the U.S. Army, 1820–1940
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| Rating | : | 4.58 (676 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01LXC6Y70 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 149 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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"An Awesome, Informative, and Educational Horse-Mounted Band Book" according to Amazon Customer. As a bandsman, horseman, and living history Cavalry trumpeter, I was immediately drawn to this book when I saw its title. I have played bugle calls and bugle marches while mounted for parades and other events. It is a unique experience and is rarely seen in the United States since the 19An Awesome, Informative, and Educational Horse-Mounted Band Book Amazon Customer As a bandsman, horseman, and living history Cavalry trumpeter, I was immediately drawn to this book when I saw its title. I have played bugle calls and bugle marches while mounted for parades and other events. It is a unique experience and is rarely seen in the United States since the 1940s when the horse Cavalry was dismounted. However, you can go to Youtube and see music videos of Br. 0s when the horse Cavalry was dismounted. However, you can go to Youtube and see music videos of Br
Stemming from the tradition of rallying troops and frightening enemies, mounted bands played a unique and distinctive role in American military history. Touching on anthropology, musicology, and the history of the United States and its military, Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums is an unparalleled account of mounted military bands and their cultural significance.. Gleason.Sound the Trumpet, Beat the Drums follows American horse-mounted bands from the nation's military infancy through its emergence as a world power during World War II and the corresponding shift from horse-powered to mechanized cavalry. Their fascinating story within the U.S. Over time the composition of the bands has changed—beginning with trumpets and drums and expanding to full-fledged concert bands on horseback. Woven throughout the book are often-surprising strands of American military history from the War of 1812 through the Civil War, action on the western frontier, and the two world wars. Gleason traces these bands to their origins, including the horn-blowing Celtic and Roman cavalries of antiquity and the mounted Middle Eastern musicians whom European Crusaders encountered in the Holy Land. He describes the performance, musical selections, composition, and duties of American mounted bands that have served regular, militia, volunteer, and National Guar
The best commanders expended enormous energy and capital to secure musicians for their regimental and post bands. “An army without a band was not a real army—at least that’s what most nineteenth-century U.S. Army officers believed. Bruce Gleason’s superb history illuminates this little-known but highly significant corner of military history.”—Durwood Ball, author of Army Regulars on the Western Frontier, 1848–1861