Great bands of America
by Alberta Powell Graham
Frontispiece by KURT WERTH
THOMAS NELSON & SONS Toronto · NEW YORK · Edinburgh
COPYRIGHT, 1951, BY ALBERTA POWELL GRAHAM
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Conventions. Published in New York by Thomas Nelson & Sons and simultaneously in Toronto, Canada, by Thomas Nelson & Sons (Canada) Limited.
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 51-13995
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE COLONIAL PRESS INC.
TO THOSE WHO MAKE MUSIC FOR THE PEOPLE
OTHER BOOKS BY ALBERTA POWELL GRAHAM
Strike Up the Band 32 Roads to the White House
For Younger Children Christopher Columbus, Discoverer
For help in collecting data for this book, I am especially grateful to—
Alberta Powell Graham
---
MAJOR WILLIAM F. SANTELMANN
COMMANDER CHARLES BRENDLER
CAPTAIN HUGH J. CURRY
LT. COLONEL GEORGE S. HOWARD
JOHN PHILIP SOUSA
PATRICK SARSFIELD GILMORE
ARTHUR PRYOR
PATRICK CONWAY
EDWIN FRANKO GOLDMAN
THE ALLENTOWN BAND
THE BARRINGTON BAND
HERBERT CLARKE
KARL KING
THE BAND OF HAGERSTOWN
PHILADELPHIA’S MUMMERS’ PARADE
FRANK SIMON
CAPTAIN RICHARD E. HOLZ
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS BAND
ALBERT AUSTIN HARDING
MARK H. HINDSLEY
THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BAND
WILLIAM D. REVELLI
THE FARM AND TRADES SCHOOL BAND
A. R. McALLISTER