[Dixielandjazz] Instruments and vibrato

[Fred Spencer]

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
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Richoux" <tubaman at tubatoast.com>
To: <drjz at bealenet.com>
Cc: "Dixieland Jazz Mailing List" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Instruments and vibrato


> As I said in the last paragraph... I have that book as well (and a  few 
> others ;-)
>
>>> However, if we ignore all of that completely and just look at the 
>>> history
>>> of ALL brass bands in the US from 1865 to 1900 it become  obvious  that
>>> there were many thousands of instruments produced in the  USA (and 
>>> Europe)
>>> that would be all over the place - finding cheap 2nd  or 3rd hand
>>> instruments in a city the size of New Orleans would be no  problem.
>
> Just about any city, town, or village in the country had a brass band  (or 
> bands) of some sort some time in the 2nd half of the 1800s!
>
> Dave Richoux
>
> On Sep 24, 2007, at 8:55 PM, Fred Spencer wrote:
>
>> Dear David,
>>
>> Any assessment of the effect of the Civil War on the flooding of  the 
>> civilian market is no doubt more speculation than fact.To quote  from 
>> "Music and Muskets. Bands and Bandsmen of the American Civil 
>> War"(Greenwood Press, 1981) by Kenneth E Olson, "The musicians took 
>> their music and instruments to their homes where they relegated  them 
>> lovingly to the attic." In chapter 8, "Bands and Bandsmen on  the Home 
>> Front", the author also points out in this scholarly book  that there was 
>> plenty of music beyond the battle areas. Cheers.
>> Fred
>>
>>
>
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