Great bands of America - Alberta Powell Graham

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

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	There’s Something About a Band	[ 11]
I	Military Bands	[ 15]
	UNITED STATES MARINE BAND	[ 17]
	Major William F. Santelmann	[ 23]
	UNITED STATES NAVY BAND	[ 27]
	Commander Charles Brendler	[ 32]
	UNITED STATES ARMY BAND	[ 39]
	Captain Hugh J. Curry	[ 45]
	UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES BAND	[ 49]
	Lt. Colonel George S. Howard	[ 53]
II	Concert Bands	[ 59]
	John Philip Sousa	[ 59]
	Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore	[ 70]
	Arthur Pryor	[ 81]
	Patrick Conway	[ 87]
	Edwin Franko Goldman	[ 92]
III	Municipal Bands	[ 105]
	THE ALLENTOWN BAND	[ 107]
	THE BARRINGTON BAND	[ 109]
	Herbert Lincoln Clarke	[ 110]
	Karl King	[ 121]
	THE BAND OF HAGERSTOWN	[ 124]
	PHILADELPHIA’S MUMMERS’ PARADE	[ 125]
IV	Industrial Bands	[ 127]
	Frank Simon	[ 130]
V	The Salvation Army Band	[ 134]
	Captain Richard E. Holz	[ 142]
VI	Merle Evans, Toscanini of the Big Top	[ 146]
VII	College and University Bands	[ 156]
	UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS BAND	[ 157]
	Albert Austin Harding	[ 158]
	Mark H. Hindsley	[ 161]
	UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BAND	[ 163]
	William D. Revelli	[ 165]
VIII	High School Bands	[ 167]
	FARM AND TRADES SCHOOL BAND	[ 171]
	A. R. McAllister	[ 174]
IX	As We Go Marching On	[ 178]
	Books, Magazines, and Newspapers Consulted—	[ 183]

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

For help in collecting data for this book, I am especially grateful to—

MISS NORA BEUST
Specialist for Schools and Children’s Libraries
United States Department of Education.
MISS VANETT LAWLER
Associate Executive Secretary of the Music Educators’
National Conference.
MRS. W. H. POWELL, for her aid in research and cooperation
on the manuscript.
The following members of the staff of the Library of
Congress:
COLONEL WILLARD WEBB, Chief of the Stack and Reader Division;
MR. FRANK C. CAMPBELL
MRS. MARGARET HASSELBUSH
MR. OLIVER A. DUDLEY
All of the Music Division;
MR. DAVID H. COLE
MR. STEWARD DICKSON
MR. FRANK E. LORRAINE
Assistants in Charge of Public Reference.

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