The Oldest High School Band in America: The Christian Brothers Band of Memphis, 1872-1947

The purpose of this research is to present a detailed history of the Christian Brothers Band in Memphis, Tennessee from 1872 to 1947, the first seventy-five years of the program. In this research Iam also exploring the possibility that the band may be the oldest high school band in America, outliving bands before it and having a continuous existence since its founding (based mainly on its lineage of band directors). Furthermore, the project provides a comprehensive history of the Christian Brothers music programs, including band, choir and orchestra rosters, music awards given throughout the years, works performed by musical groups on and off the campus, and the traditions that were held by the band in its early years.Additionally, the research explores the questions of why the oldest high school band in America was founded in Memphis, and why it was allowed to prosper in this city. The study investigates bands of other early Christian Brothers Schools in America, high school bands that existed before the Christian Brothers Band in Memphis, the condition of musical life in the city of Memphis (primarily band music), and historical events that molded the band throughout its first seventy-five years

Sets in Order: the official magazine of square dancing.

Published monthly for and by Square Dancers and for the general enjoyment of all

Daily Eastern News: April 14, 1942

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Daily Eastern News: April 14, 1942

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Holland City News, Volume 101, Number 51: December 21, 1972

Newspaper published in Holland, Michigan, from 1872-1977, to serve the English-speaking people in Holland, Michigan. Purchased by local Dutch language newspaper, De Grondwet, owner in 1888.https://digitalcommons.hope.edu/hcn_1972/1050/thumbnail.jp

Sounding Severn : landscape and music

This research project set out to investigate the landscape of the River Severn, in particular the sounds created by the interaction between the river and its environs, and to create a series of original compositions that chart the relationship between geographical site and composed sound. The questions that were posed were: what creative strategies and methodologies have composers used to engage with and represent landscape in their work? What is the relationship between site, composer, and new work? How are the impressions of the phenomena like the river, formed in the composer’s mind, then recreated as music or sound? It should be borne in mind that this has been a personal project. It has involved field recordings of the sound of the river, both under and above the water, and the recording of sounds activated by interaction with the landscape; studying aspects of the river itself, its history, underlying geology, and the complex social, economic, political and emotional interaction it has had with the people who live by it. It has also involved assembling resources on instruments not generally associated with orchestral music, to extend the palette of sounds, and examining ways of transference of behaviours such as river flow and cloud formations from the physical to the sonic. I endeavour to explain how I developed my methodologies, derived from my own observations. The major part of the thesis comprises a critical commentary on the pieces of music I have produced, showing how these methodologies were employed. The pieces and their recordings are grouped into a suite, Severn Journey; representative trial pieces; a collage piece Severn Words of Wisdom, representing a journey down the Severn and Sounding Severn, a piece in five sections which shows many of my key methodologies at work.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

Sounding Severn: Landscape and music

This research project set out to investigate the landscape of the River Severn, in particular the sounds created by the interaction between the river and its environs, and to create a series of original compositions that chart the relationship between geographical site and composed sound. The questions that were posed were: what creative strategies and methodologies have composers used to engage with and represent landscape in their work? What is the relationship between site, composer, and new work? How are the impressions of the phenomena like the river, formed in the composer’s mind, then recreated as music or sound? It should be borne in mind that this has been a personal project. It has involved field recordings of the sound of the river, both under and above the water, and the recording of sounds activated by interaction with the landscape; studying aspects of the river itself, its history, underlying geology, and the complex social, economic, political and emotional interaction it has had with the people who live by it. It has also involved assembling resources on instruments not generally associated with orchestral music, to extend the palette of sounds, and examining ways of transference of behaviours such as river flow and cloud formations from the physical to the sonic. I endeavour to explain how I developed my methodologies, derived from my own observations. The major part of the thesis comprises a critical commentary on the pieces of music I have produced, showing how these methodologies were employed. The pieces and their recordings are grouped into a suite, Severn Journey; representative trial pieces; a collage piece Severn Words of Wisdom, representing a journey down the Severn and Sounding Severn, a piece in five sections which shows many of my key methodologies at work

Volume 58, Number 12 (December 1940)

Promissory Notes Light That Shineth in Darkness Carols for the Feast of Christmas Music as an Avocation (interview with Mrs. Vincent Astor) Bill of Musical Rights Christmas Music in the Little Town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Unusual Customs in the Bustling Industrial City that Make Music a Religion, and Religion, Music Radio Staff Pianist: What It Takes, and What He Makes What Is Behind the Popular Song (interview with Eddie Cantor) For Unto Us a Child Is Born: The Story of Handel\u27s The Messiah Musician Decorates for Christmas Christ Reigns To-Day: A Hymn of Christian Faith Quick Work! Remarkable Feats in Composition Legato Pedaling There Is No Open Sesame (interview with Lawrence Tibbett)https://digitalcommons.gardner-webb.edu/etude/1058/thumbnail.jp

Sets in Order: the official magazine of square dancing.

Published monthly for and by Square Dancers and for the general enjoyment of all

The Marches of Alberico De Caprio (1865-1943): Director of the Los Angeles Gas and Electric Company Band and Portland Rose Festival Band

The marches of Alberico De Caprio are themselves a history of the early 20th century American West, and the archetypal immigrant story long missing among famed American bandleaders. Significant pieces include the official anthem of the Los Angeles County Fair, Portland Rose Festival, score for a Paramount Pictures pre-code era feature film and a march written for President Theodore Roosevelt. This dissertation will expand scholarship on band music by giving a detailed biography of De Caprio and the ensembles under his direction, a list of his marches, and editions of six of his most historically significant marches