[Dixielandjazz] More books about Pre-Jazz Brass Bands (was: Instruments and vibrato)

[David Richoux]

Fred and all - I got to some more of my book collection this week -  
some interesting reference books on the "Pre-Jazz" bands:
The Music Men (an Illustrated History of Brass Bands in America)
Margaret Hindle Hazen and Robert M. Hazen
Smithsonian Institution Press 1987 ISBN 0874745462 (currently  
available used on Amazon.)

Memory Lane (The Golden Age of American Popular Music 1890 to 1925)
Max Wilk   (re-published as Memory Lane, 1890 to 1925;: Ragtime,  
Jazz, Foxtrot and Other Popular Music and Music Covers )
Ballentine (now Studio Art ISBN 0902063138)

 From Cakewalks to Concert Halls - an Illustrated History of African  
American popular Music from 1895 to 1930
Thomas L. Morgan and William Barlow
Elliot & Clark 1992 ISBN 7816408996073  (currently available used on  
Amazon.)

The Real Jazz Old and New
Stephen Longstreet author/illustrator (interesting fellow! http:// 
tinyurl.com/2wy6tr )
Louisiana State University Press 1956 LOCC 56-11355

Anything else turns up in the other boxes of books I will post...

Dave Richoux

> Fred & all - about half of my books on the topic are in deep  
> storage (won't be available for a few more months) but I did pull  
> these from my shelves tonight:
>
> Talks with Bandsmen (mostly about 1800s British and "colonies"  
> bands, some about USA.)
> Algernon S. Rose (orig. published 1895)
> Tony Bingham  - London ISBN 0946113068
>
> The Tuba Family (all about all the history of the tuba range from  
> Alto to SubContrabass.)
> Clifford Bevan 1978
> Charles Scribner's Sons  ISBN 0684154773 ( available used, prices  
> are all over the place, but it is the very best book on the topic.)
>
> Antique Brass Wind Instruments
> Peter H Adams 1998
> Schiffer Publishing ISBN 076430027X
>
> Music of the Sea (lots of world navy brass bands history among  
> other things)
> David Proctor  1992
> HMSO Publications (UK) ISBN 9780948065613
>
> Origins of the Popular Style - The Antecedents of 20th Century  
> Popular Music
> (not specifically Brass Band, but very interesting)
> Peter Van Der Merwe  1989
> Clarendon Press London ISBN 019816305 3
>
> Lost Chords by Gilbert Douglas (not "Lost Chords" by Richard M.  
> Sudhalter )
> The Diverting Story of American Popular Songs. 1942 and reprinted 1970
> (again, not specifically Brass Band, but very interesting and OKOM  
> related)
> Cooper Square Publishers (reprint) ISBN: 0815403704
>
>
>
> Then there are all the New Orleans Brass Band books, but those are  
> still in boxes somewhere...
>
> Dave Richoux
>
> BTW, If you go to the UK style Brass Band websites there are links  
> and references for much more.
>
>
> On Sep 25, 2007, at 7:39 PM, Fred Spencer wrote:
>
>> Dear David,
>> What are the titles and publishers of the "few other books" you  
>> have on brass bands? This would be of interest to me and other  
>> DJML members. With thanks and cheers.
>> Fred
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