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Brass Bands of the British Isles 1800-2018 - a historical directory
Of the many brass bands that have flourished in Britain and Ireland over the last 200 years very few have documented records covering their history. This directory is an attempt to collect together information about such bands and make it available to all. Over 19,600 bands are recorded here, with some 10,600 additional cross references for alternative or previous names. This volume supersedes the earlier “British Brass Bands – a Historical Directory” (2016) and includes some 1,400 bands from the island of Ireland. A separate work is in preparation covering brass bands beyond the British Isles. A separate appendix lists the brass bands in each county
Jane's Air-launched Weapons
- Air-to-air missiles - Air-to-surface missiles - Bombs - Guns, pods and mountings - Air-launched rockets - Underwater weapons - Analysis tables - Contractors
Subhuman Redneck Poems
In this collection of poems, farmers, fathers, poverty-stricken pioneers, and people blackened by the grist of the sugar mills are exposed to the blazing midday sun of Murray's linguistic powers. Richly inventive, tenderly perceptive, and fiercely honest, these poems surprise and bare the human in all of us.
Brass Bands of the World: Militarism, Colonial Legacies, and Local Music Making
Bands structured around western wind instruments are among the most widespread instrumental ensembles in the world. Although these ensembles draw upon European military traditions that spread globally through colonialism, militarism and missionary work, local musicians have adapted the brass band prototype to their home settings, and today these ensembles are found in religious processions and funerals, military manoeuvres and parades, and popular music genres throughout the world. Based on their expertise in ethnographic and archival research, the contributors to this volume present a series of essays that examine wind band cultures from a range of disciplinary perspectives, allowing for a ...
The Brass Band Bibliography
9th edition, 2019. A comprehensive list of books, articles, theses and other material covering the brass band movement, its history, instruments and musicology; together with other related topics (originally issued in book form in January 2009)
Community Music in Alberta
Defining community music as non-commercial music performed by local musicians for members of a small group, traditional music aficionado and English professor Lyon (Mount Royal College, Calgary) offers a historical survey of the diverse musical styles played primarily by nonprofessional performers of Alberta, Canada. Abundant, fine b & w historical photographs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Mr Chifley's Baby
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