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Re: History of bands



How can I obtain a copy? I used to play in Besses 'o 'th Barn lads' band 
in MAnchester and have recently started to play the baritone again.
thanx,
Elazar

On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, A Myers wrote:

> 
> Nigel Horne wrote (12.7.95):
> 
> > I have a project charting the orchestration of the brass band movement within
> > the U.K. which you can have if you want. It's in Word for Windows format.
> 
> It would be interesting to read this on on the list. Can it be
> encoded or, preferably, converted to ASCII ?
> 
> The literature is not plentiful. We have Russell & Elliot's classic
> of the 1930s, and the Open University Press book `Bands: The Brass Band
> Movement in the 19th and 20th Centuries' edited by Trevor Herbert,
> published in 1991.
> 
> Later this year there is planned to be a reprint edition of the 
> interesting and charming `Talks with Bandsmen' by Algernon Rose (1895).
> 
> 
>	 Arnold Myers	
> 
> Arnold Myers
> EDINBURGH
> Web URL:  http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/facrecs/myers_a.html
>

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