The Brass Band Bibliography

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CONTENTS
General brass band books
Specific brass bands
Biographical
Methods and conducting
Brass instruments and percussion
Other bands and ensembles
Brass band periodicals
Subscription band music journals
Films, TV, videos, radio etc.

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Specific Brass Bands
- A Band for All Seasons - the story of the Appledore Band - Appledore Band Committee, 1999
- Adamson Military Band Diamond Jubilee 1888-1948 1948
- Around the seasons with Appledore Band - Appledore Band Committee, 2003
- Ashburton Silver Band: 75th Anniversary Booklet - Ashburton Band, 1972
- Bandology of Cawthorne (history of the Cawthorne Brass Band)
- Bathurst en fete: a great b grade band contest at Bathurst NSW, in connection with the centenary celebrations to commemorate the discovery of the Western Plains of NSW by Surveyor Evans in 1813 - Bathurst, NSW, Australia - 1913.
- Brixham Royal British Legion Band - (Souvenir Program Of Brixham Royal British Legion) - 1999
- Broxburn Silver Band - The First Hundred Years - The Band, 1992
- Canmlwyddiant Band y Waun [Centenary Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Band]: 1892 - 1992 - 1992
- Championship Contest Records (1895-1966): Forfar Instrumental Band - Scottish Amateur Band Association - 1966
- City of Truro Band - 100 Years of Music Souvenir, The Band, 1988
- Coromby Brass Band jubilee, 1891-1941 - Coromby, Victoria, Australia - 1941
- Dannevirke Municipal Brass Band centenary, 1888-1988 - centennial souvenir booklet - Dannevirke, N.Z. - 1989
- Diamond jubilee, Territorial Staff Band, Melbourne, Australia, 1890-1950: Territorial staff band story: from inception, 1890, to diamond jubilee, 1950 - Salvation Army, Southern Australia Territory, Melbourne, 1950
- Felixstowe Band of the Salvation Army - Centennial Salute - 1888-1988 - 100 Years of Christian Music Making - The Band, 1988
- Footscray-Yarraville City Band Tour of Canada, August 1975 - (Souvenir Booklet) Jamieson Printery, Footscray, 1975
- Friendly Band 125th. Anniversary - 1993
- Gosford City Brass Band Celebrate 100 Years - Gosford City Brass Band, Gosford, NSW, Australia- 1998
- I00 Year of Brass Banding [in] Benalla: A Booklet Researching 100 Years of Brass Banding in Benalla's History 1882-1982 - Benalla, Benalla Memorial Band, 1982
- John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band - Printissimo - 1987
- Jubilee Souvenir 1894-1944 Bowral Association Band - Bowral Association Band, Australia 1945
- Jubilee Souvenir of Irwell Springs (Bacup) Band - Bacup Times - 1914
- Launceston City Band Jubilee 1876 - 1926 - The Examiner & Weekly Courier, Launceston, Australia, 1926
- Mareham-le-fen Victory Silver Band 1919-1994 - 1994
- Mildura District Brass Band: a History 1890-1900 - Mildura District Brass Band, 1990
- Milnrow Public Band 1869-1969 - 1969
- Murton Colliery Brass Band Centenary Celebration - 1984
- New Brighton Silver Band centennial, 1885-1985 - Christchurch, N.Z. - 1985
- Norwood Mission Band Incorporated Souvenir of 21st Anniversary 1905-1926 - Norwood, SA; Norwood Mission Band, 1926.
- Penicuik Silver Band: 150th anniversary, 1835-1985: a history ... - The Committee - 1985
- Rochdale Borough Brass Band - Schofield & Hoblyn 1883
- Scape Band 125th Anniversary 1854-1979: a souvenir brochure to commemorate the 125th Anniversary of Scapegoat Hill Band - Huddersfield - 1980
- Sketches of Famous Bands - F Richardson, Sibsey - 1896
- Slaithwaite Band, Golden Jubilee Year 1925-1975 - 1975
- St Hilda's Band, Premier Band of England - 1935
- Stanhope Silver Prize Band: 1823-1992 - 1992
- The Cory Band: 1884-1984: souvenir centenary brochure - 1984
- The Story of Chalk Farm Band, 1882-1932
- Timaru Municipal Band: 1867-1992, 125th jubilee - The Band, Timaru, N.Z. - 1993
- Wingates Band (Souvenir Leaflet) - 1999
- Beating a brass band [Wistanstow brass band] - Shropshire Magazine, May 1983
- Yorkville Brass Band, the desirability of providing a brass band for Yorkville having been present to the minds of many for some time past ... [microform] - Ontario, Canada, CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series no. 46562, 18--? - ISBN: 0665465629
"Tiberius" (John Firth) - 1875: A history of the Toquay Fife Band, that becme the Torquay Brass Band, that became the Devonport Brass Band, Now the City of Devonport Brass (Band) - City of Devonport Brass Inc., Devonport, Tasmania - 1990
"Tiberius" (John Firth) - Blow Bugle Blow: memoirs of the 12 originals of the Latrobe Federal Band est. 1872 - Latrobe Federal Band, Geneva Press, Tasmania, 1988 - ISBN: 0959231919
"Tiberius" (John Firth)- More than a century - City of Devonport Brass Inc., Devonport, Tasmania - 1990
Alberry, W - Horsham Borough Silver Band - Sussex County Magazine, 19 (1945), pp.95-97
Andrews, W - Illustrated History of Luton and District Brass Bands - Town and County Press, Luton - 1907
Anon - (article on Palmer's Works Band) - The Mid Tyne Link, Vol 2, No. 6, Autumn 1905
Anon - [article on Stowmarket Middle School Brass Band] - East Anglian Magazine, May 1972
Anon - An Old-Time Essex Brass Band - Essex Countryside Magazine (The County Magazine incorporating Essex Life and Essex Guide) - Vol. 15 No. 129, October 1967
Anon - National Youth Brass Band of Switzerland - Brass Bulletin, 32 (1980), pp. 16-17
Anon - The Birth of a Band [Ryde Borough Band] - The Islander, December 1971
Anon - The Boston Brass Band - Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, 1 (9 August 1851), pp.225
Anon - The Village with Three Brass Bands - The Countryman, Autumn 1948
Anon - Walthamstow Temperance Prize Band - Family Tree Magazine - 10(4), p43
Anon - Warbleton Brass Band History - Family Tree History, v.12 no.6 (April 1996)
Archer, Jean - Amersham's Brass Band, in Tales of Old Buckinghamshire
Arnold, Andrew - The Woodford Military Band - Essex Journal, 34(2) (Autumn 1999), pp54-58.
Bailey, Keith - Cornets on the Copper Fields: a history of Brass Bands in the copper Triangle - Kadina Wallaroo Moonta Band , Adelaide, Australia - 1998.
Baldwin, T - Band of the Wellington Rifle Volunteer Corps (formerly Dawley Green Brass Band) - 1992
Baldwin, T - Dawley Green Brass Band becomes the Wellington RV Corps Band - 1993
Barnes, David and Norah - The brass bands of Wotton-under-Edge - Wotton-under-Edge : a century of change - Masefield, GB (ed) - A Sutton, Gloucester, 1980, ISBN: 0904387518
Barnes, David and Norah - The brass bands of Wotton-under-Edge, in Wotton-under-Edge: a century of change - edited by G.B. Masefield - A. Sutton, Gloucester, 1980. ISBN: 0904387518
Barnett, Graham - The Salvation Army Carina/Coorparoo Citadel Band 1914-1994, a short history - Carina Salvation Army, 1994
Battye, Cedric - History of the Hade Edge Silver Prize Band: To commemorate their Jubilee 1908-1958 - The Band, 1958
Baxter, Hugh - Sixty years of Puff and Blow - A Light-hearted History of Swinton and District Excelsior Band - 1996
Bennett, Brian - Roxburgh Municipal Silver Band, centennial celebrations, October, 1982: band of brothers: a history - The Band, Roxburgh, N.Z. - 1982
Best, Christopher - Woodwinds, Brass and Glory - The Most Famous Boys Band in the World - The Vancouver Boys Band: 1895-1982 - Warfleet Press, 2007
Blackburn, R.L - A proud heritage: a history of Brighouse and Rastrick Band - Thesis, University of Salford?, ref: q2965291
Blow, M - A band for all seasons: the story of the Appledore Band - Appledore Band, 1999
Bourke, JAK - History of a Village Band 1896-1996: Warbleton Brass and Reed Band - Warbleton & Boxted Band - 1996 - ISBN:0952809206
Bradwell, Cyril R. - Make Music for Thy Lord: a history of the Wellington South Corps of the Salvation Army Band 1894 to 1994, New Zealand, 1994, 70pp
Bramma, Jacky - Brass roots : Whitby Brass Band then and now - Whitby Brass Band, Whitby, Ontario, 2002. ISBN: 0973150602
Brice, Marshall M - The Stonewall Brigade Band - McClure Printing Co., Verona, Virginia, 1967
Brighton, Charley - The Hanwell Band: West London: a concise history of London's premier brass band 1891-1983 - The author, London, 1983
Bryan, Hugh - From Psalms to Sousa The Story of Ditton Priors Brass Band , 2004
Burgess, D - By Royal Command: The Story Of Fodens Motor Works Band - Fodens - 1977
Bush, Freddie - The Whitington Brass Band - East Anglian Magazine, (April 1960), pp.349
Bythell, D - Banding in the Dales: a centenary history of Muker Silver Band - Muker Silver Band - 1997
Bythell, D - Water: A Village Band 1866-1991 - Rossendale Water Band - 1991
Campbell, Amy - Brass Roots: A History of the Nanaimo Concert Band (history of the "oldest continuously active band in British Columbia) - Nanaimo, British Columbia, 1989
Carrington, Robert - Centenary Chronicle of Rothwell Temperance Band 1881-1981, a tribute to those who have gone before - 1981
Christie, Greg - "...And The Band Played On..." 100 Years of Malton White Star Band (and 175 years of Ryedale's other 'Musical Movements') - Samsmall Publications, 2001. ISBN: 0954073908. Copies can be ordered from Greg Christie, at £5 including postage - contact Samsmall1@aol.com.
Christopher, Zipha - Strike up the Band (history of King's Lynn Town Band and its predecessors) - Norfolk Fair, (June 1984), pp. 10-12
Clay, John H. - Black Dyke: An Inside Story - Jagrins Publications, 2006
Cleveley, Jim - Fielding Municipal Band: 100 years, 1883-1983 - Fielding, N.Z., Band Centennial Committee - 1983
Collard, Bruce - And The Band Played On - a history of the City of Greater Dandenong Band
Conway, Joe - Buffing up the brass [Foss Dyke brass band] - Lincolnshire Life, vol 36(12), Mar 1997, p.13
Cook, Graham - Woodhouse Band - The First 150 Years - The Band, 2005.
Cooke, Richard T - Cork's Barrack Street Band - Quality Books, Cork - 1992
Coombe, Robert J - A history of the Australian National Institute Brass Band, 1883-1983 - R. Coombe and I. Dodd, Adelaide, 1983 - ISBN: 0959199403
Cowking, John - A Means Of Enlivening The Community - The History of Slaidburn Silver Band
Cox, Joyce - The Reepham Town Band (now Matthews Norfolk Brass) a tribute by Joyce Cox - Reepham Society, Reepham, 2002. ISBN: 0953985822
Cox, Lindsay - Brave & True: From Blue to Khaki - the Band of the 2/22nd Battalion - The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory Archives & Museum, 2003
Danner, G - William Robyn and his St Louis Brass Band - Journal of Band Research , 29 no.2 (Spring 1994), pp. 93-96
Dean, Frank - The Magic Of Black Dyke - Frank Dean - 1980
Dean, Louise - Heidelberg Musicians Past and Present [Heidelberg Brass Band] - Heidelberg Historical Soc., Melbourne, Australia, 1969
Derrett, JDM - Blockley's Brass Band - in A Second Blockley Miscellany, Blockley Antiquarian Society, 1994
Dewe, Denis - Brass supreme! : the first century of the Woolston Brass Band, now the Skellerup Woolston Band : 1891-1991 - Christchurch, New Zealand, 1991?
Dixon, K - A band for two villages: a history of Yiewsley and West Drayton band 1890-1990 - 1994
Dodrill, C. - The New Columbian Brass Band. Music from America's Golden Age - American Music, Vol. 16(3), 1998, pp 368-370
Draper, Norman - Bands By the Bow, a History of Band Music in Calgary - Century Calgary Publications, Calgary, Canada, 1975
Duncan, George Maitland - Gore Town & Country Club Band (Inc.), 1885-1985 - Gore, N.Z. - 1985
Eason, Kevin - Golden Brass - (History Of The G.U.S. Band) - Chester Printers Ltd - 1983
Eastwood, Tom & Lunn, Colin - Slaithwaite Band Jubilee Celebration 1892-1942 - 1942
Edlington, Susan & Edlington, Sara - Marshall's of Gainsborough: from a local point of view. Vol. 1, The Trent Works and Britannia Band, S. Edlington, Doncaster, 1999. ISBN: 0953493415
Eggleton, Brian - Blow by Blow: a history of Shrewton Silver Band from 1830 to 1999 - Shrewton, 1999 (availability: Tel: +44 (0) 1980-621335) - ISBN: 0953664406
Elliot, Fred & Ken - The Band With a Name - A History of Coventry City Salvation Army Band 1882-1993 - 1994
Elstow, Victor - Century of Brass: History of the Wellingborough Salvation Army Band - Little Irchester, Wellingborough, Northants, 1990 - ISBN: 095168760390
Evans, Phillip B - A History Of Newtown Silver Band 1880-1980. 100 Years of Continual Service to the Community - Newtown Silver Band - 1981
Firth, John - Blow, Bugle Blow! - LaTrobe Federal Band , LaTrobe, Tasmania - 1988
Fodens - The History Of Fodens Motor Works Band - Fodens - 1936
Fowler, EG - The Bristol Victoria Band - 1990
Frampton, George - Players of No Mean Ability: The Woodchurch Brass Band 1868-1934 - Bygone Kent, 19(3), March 1998, pp143-50
Frampton, George - The Hope of the South: The Heyday of the Callender Cable Works Band - Bygone Kent, 19(4), April 1998, pp209-215
Gale, Vic and Jean - A Brass Heritage: 100 Years Of Chertsey And Alderstone Village Bands - VE Gale - 1993
Gibb, W - Memories of Sixty Years in the Bathgate Band - 1989
Gillham, Cyril - A Brief History of the Porthywaen Brass Band up to the end of the year 1934 - The Band, 1935
Gislingham Band - Cecil Carter and the Gislingham Band - Greenridges Press, June 2002, ISBN: 1902019040
Gluyas, W - St. Stythians Brass Band - 1977
Goodwin, David and Gardiner, Ron - Chalford blows a century: the History of the Chalford Band 1885-1985 - Author - 1985
Grace, G - The Wanlockhead Silver Band Transactions and Journal of Proceedings: Dumfriesshire & Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society - Series III, Vol. 54, (1979), pp164
Grafton Historical Society - The Grafton Cornet Band: 1867 - 1992 - Grafton, Vermont
Greaves, Jack - A musical mission of Empire: the story of the Australian Newcastle Steelworks Band - Peters 4 Printing, Berowra Heights, NSW, 2005
Griffiths, Gordon - Beyond the Brass - a history of Michelmersh Silver Band, booklet, 1986
Gruffydd, K Lloyd - Brass Bands in & around Buckley - Buckley: The Magazine of the Buckley Society, No 8, March 1983
Hammonds, DG - Kent Police Band Souvenir Booklet - Kent County Constabulary, 1989
Hampson, Joseph N - Origin, History & Achievements Of The Besses o' th' Barn Band (With portraits of Bandmasters, Conductors, Members, &c.) - Jos Rogers, Northampton - 1892
Harrison, John - Elland Silver Band (History) - 1994
Harrison, Richard - Cockerton Silver Band (History) - 2001
Harvey, Doug - History of the Albany Band 1880-1996 [Albany Silver Band], Albany, 1997. ISBN: 0646315080
Hattam, Edward D - A century of brass: a history of the Woorayl Municipal Band, 1892-1992 - Woorayl Municipal Band, Leongatha, Victoria, Aus., 1992 - ISBN: 064608545X
Hendrie, William F - Kinneil Band: One Hundred and Twenty Five Years of Music 1858-1983 - Kinneil Colliery Silver Band, 1983
Hesling White, JE - A Short History Of The Bramley Band - Witts Bramley - 1906
Hesling White, JE - Our Village Band [Bramley Band] - Bramley - 1905
Hill, B - The History of the New Buckenham Silver Band - New Buckenham, 1987
Hinchley, L - The History of a Brass Band 1941-1994 (British Aerospace (Chadderton) Band) - 1994
Hollinshead, K - The Major And His Band: The Story Of Abram/Bickershaw Colliery Band -  
Holz, RW - Heralds of victory - a history celebrating the 100th anniversary of the New York Staff Band & Male Chorus, 1887-1987 - NY Salvation Army - 1986
Hope, Noel - Crochets and Quavers, or the Making of the Brixwell Young People's Band - Salvationist Publishing & Supplies, London, 1921. 174pp
Hume, J Ord - Souvenir of St Hilda's Band - 1929
Hume, J Ord & Zealley, James- History of St Hilda's Band - Royal Silver Jubilee 1935 - 1935
Hunt, John - New Buckenham: Portrait of a Village (containing history and photographs of New Buckenham Silver Band, founded in 1887) - Norfolk Fair, (July 1974), pp.24-30
Hunter, Geoff - Cockermouth Mechanics Band: A History - Bookcase, Carlisle, 2005. ISBN: 1904147097
Ingham, Charles - Gone Banding: A Lighthearted Look at the History of Marple Band 1900-1983 - Vitaprint, 1984
James, J - Highworth Silver Band, in A History of Highworth, part 2 - Highworth, 1986, pp. 248-255
Johnson, Albert - Banks Brass Band the first 125 years - Allan Johnson, 2000
Jones Richard - It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World: Cosmologies of Context Specific Performance within the Brighouse and Rastrick Band - International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) Conference, Institute for Music and Dance, Vienna, July 11 2007
Jones Richard - The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band and their Adopted Yorkshireman: A Participant Observer's Perception of Power, Status and Interaction - 38th World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), University of Sheffield, August 8 2005
Jones, Richard - Are you Local? - The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band and Local Musicking in a Yorkshire Village - 41st Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association, University of Manchester, November 5 2005
Jones, Richard - Tradition and Identity in the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band - Postgraduate Student Study Day, University of Sheffield, 21 March 2003
Keesing, Norma - Hastings Citizens' Band centenary, 1886-1986 - Hastings, N.Z. - 1986
Kelly, G - A Brief History of the Brass Band Movement in Ellesmere Port 1870-1986 - G Kelly, England, 1986
Kempton, Trevor John - Holsum Bakery Kaikorai Band centennial celebrations, October 24-25th 1981: centennial booklet and programme - Dunedin, N.Z. - 1981
Kennedy, David - Tutbury Variations [Tutbury Band and predecessors, e.g. Tutbury Silver Band]
Kernich, Aub - Angaston's Brass Bands and the Community Heritage Role 1857-1971 - A. Kernich, Tanunda, South Australia - 1996.
Kernich, Aub - Barossa Brass Bands: their role in the community, 1855-1999 - Barossa Valley Archives and Historical Trust, Tanunda, South Australia, 2000, ISBN: 0646387707
Kift, Nigel - Alcester Victoria Silver Band: The First Hundred Years - Brewin Books, 2001 - ISBN: 1858581885
Kimber, Ernie - My Story of the Tadley Band and my 75 years as a Bandsman - 1975
King, F. Bruce - Sounds of brass: history of the Takaka Citizens Band - Takaka, N.Z. - 1990
Kippin, MI - The history of the Cheltenham Silver Band. - 1937-1989 - 1997
Kirk, Pauline (ed.) - Recollections of Bramla Band, [Bramley Band], illustrations by Anne Marsden & Edna Holdsworth, Bramley History Society, 1985
Knolle, Lee - Sioux City's Special Brass Band - Music Educators Journal, 60/2 (Oct 1973), pp.47
Lamb, Ellen et al - BCB once more from the top, 1986-1996: the first ten years of the Burnie Concert Band - Burnie Concert Band, Tasmania, 1996
Lang, Sharon - 100 Years of Nestle Rowntree Band 1903-2003 - Shepherd Building Group Brass Band, York, 2005 - ISBN: 0954959205
Leach, Isaac - History Of The Bacup Old Band - LJ Priestley - 1893
Lee, Dave - Tom's band : life and times of the Epsom and Ewell Silver Band 1910-1997 - Dave Lee, 1998
Littlemore, Alan - The Fodens Band: 100 Years of Excellence - Peak Press - 1999
Lofthouse, Andrea & Johnston, Kaye - Berry Silver Band 1897-1997 - Berry Silver Band, Berry, NSW, Australia - 1997. ISBN: 0646336126
Lord, Stephen - The history and some personal recollections of the Whitworth Vale and Healey Band - Stephen Lord, Rochdale, 2005
Lucas, Vicky - Kaiapoi Brass Band centennial booklet - Christchurch, N.Z. - 1985
Madden, Dudley - A History of Hobart's Brass Bands and Most Impressive Musicians - C. L Richmond and Sons, Devonport, Australia - 1986. ISBN: 1862521670
Mansell, Tony - Camborne Town Band - Trelease Publications, 2005, ISBN: 0954558359
Mansell, Tony - St. Agnes and its Band - Trelease Publications, 2003, ISBN: 0954558316
Martin, Vivian - The Footscray-Yarraville City Band 1883-1914; The Growth of a Tradition, B.A. Honours thesis - Australian Catholic University, Victoria, Australia
Mason, Lester R - Warragul Brass: the History of a musical family 1885-1997 - Warragul Municipal Band, Warragul, Victoria, Australia - 1998
Massey, R - 150 Years of Music: Meltham and Mills Band 1846-1996 - Burnhouse, Meltham - 1996
Mayes, Paddy (ed) - Nidderdale Brass: Summerbridge & Dacre Silver Prize Band & Darley Silver Band - a century of music - Summerbridge & Dacre Silver Prize Band, Chews Cottage, Old Church Lane, Pateley Bridge, HG3 5LX - 2002
McCaskill, Robert - Marching through three centuries with the City of Bendigo Brass Band: the history of the City of Bendigo Brass Band 1862-2001 - Robert McCaskill, Bendigo, Victoria, 2002. ISBN: 0958122601
Mitroulia, Eugenia - City of Edinburgh Band 1925-2005 - Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, Edinburgh, 2006. ISBN: 0907635555
Moss, P - Manchester's Men o' Brass, in Manchester's Music Makers - Neil Richardson, 1994, ISBN: 1852160861
Mullen, C. L. - Mullen's Bandsmen of South Street (1900-1951) - C. Mullen, Abbottsford, Victoria, Australia - 1951
Needham, David - Sunbeams on Dancing Waters [history of Chadderton's brass bands] - in Scouthead and Austerlands Whit Friday Band Contest Programme, 2005
Norris, Paul Byron - Kenilworth town band (based on Arthur Frodsham's recollections) - Odibourne Press - 1996, ISBN: 0951514784
O'Donnell, Dan - Brisbane Excelsior Brass Band 1912-1995 - D. O'Donnell, Stafford Heights, Queensland, Australia - c. 1995, 1995 - ISBN: 0646253913
Ogden, Tony - Upper Mossley Whit Friday Band Contest: a general history of the results 1920-1980, also including Mossley Brow 1896-1955, and Roughtown 1949-1959 - 1981
O'Leary, Olivia - Graiguenamanagh Brass Band: a history, 1828-1980 - Graiguenamanagh, Eire, 1980
O'Shea, William A - The Louisburg Brass Bands - Louisbourg Heritage Society, Nova Scotia, 1991 - ISBN: 0969472013
O'Sullivan, Billy - 100 Years of Marching - St. Patrick's Brass Band, Kilkenny, 1882 - 1982 - Kilkenny, 1981
Panitz - Golden Brass: A history of the Gold Coast City Brass Band
Parry, F.W. - The History of Abergavenny Bands, Abergavenny Borough Band, 1989
Pattie,R - History of the City of Ballarat Municipal Brass Band 1900-2000: one hundred years of music to the citizens of Ballarat, 2000
Pearce, Monty & Richards, Denzil - Still Blawin': an attempt to record the history of the Redruth Town Band, 1997
Peeke, Ken - Pressing Onward - (History Of 100 Yrs Of The Melbourne Staff Band) - Steed Press - 1990
Picken, Trevor G. - History Of Minchinhampton Town Band - 1977
Postmaster of the Borough/Postmaster Brown - The Town Band, or the Borough & the County Seat - J. W. Pepper & Son, Philadelphia 1911
Purkis, Trish - The band book : a history of brass bands in Lethbridge - Lethbridge, Alberta, 2000
Railton, M - Waltham St Lawrence Band 1886-1986 - M Railton - 1986
Richards, Alan - History of the Stoke sub Hamdon Band (1945-1995), [the author], 1995. Copies still available from Alan Richards, 3 Langlands, Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset. Tel 01935-824111.
Robinson, David N - Poachings. Carols at Old Bolingbroke [Mareham le Fen brass band] - Lincolnshire Life, vol 12(10), Dec 1972, p.26
Rosser, Donna Colwell - Cookin' With Brass - River City Brass Band, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997. 102 Recipes. Meat - Percussion, Seafood - French Horn, Bread - Trombone, Soup - Trumpet, Vegetables and Fruit - Cornet, Side Dishes - Flugelhorn, Cookies - Tuba, Dessert - Baritone & Euphonium, and Miscellany - Conductor. In addition there are anecdotal stories and history of the RCBB.
Rowden, Martin L. J. - A History of the Salvation Army Chicago Staff Band, 1954-1994 - Ed.D., Music Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996. xi, 281 p. illus., append., bibliog. Research director: John Grashel. DDM Code: 74baRowM; DA no.: 57/11:4684; RILM no.: UM no.: 97-12423
Ruhrmund, F - About St Just in Penwith - Bossiney Books, 1979. [chapter on Pendeen Silver Band]
Sansom, Doreen- The Pop and Ale Boys - describing the Middleton Borough Brass Band from it's early days to present. Scripted as a diary - 19??
Schulz, Elmore R. - History of the Nuriootpa Town Band, 1880-1980 - Nuriootpa Town Band, Nuriootpa, South Australia, 1980. ISBN: 0959462309
Shaw, Bill - 100 years of brass 1885-1985: a history of Thompsons Foundry Band - Thompson's Foundry Band, Castlemaine, Victoria. Australia, 1985 - ISBN: 0958961301
Shaw, Peter - Eaglehawk Citizens Brass Band 1884-1984 - Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia - 1984.
Sheriff, Les - The City of Lincoln Band - 1893 to 1993 - Centenary Celebration
Smith, Dixon- 50th Anniversary Souvenir of the Bathurst District Band and its only Bandmaster Mr. S. Lewens 1885-1933 - Bathurst Band, Bathurst, Australia - 1935.
Smyth, C - A Brief History of Langsett Road Salvation Army Band - 1989
Speeks, Davic - By way of introduction, or Portraits in Miniature of Regent Hall Salvation Army Band - 1949
St. Patricks Brass Band - A Century Of St. Patricks Brass Band, Bunnoe 1886-1986 - Anglo Celt Ltd, Cavan, 1986
Stalybridge Band - Stalybridge Old Band: A Record of a Hundred Years 1814-1914 - George Whittaker and Sons, Stalybridge, 1914
Stubbs, J - Farndon, the Friendly Band: An Illustrated History of Farndon and District Brass Band, 1897-1997 - Farndon & District Brass Band - 1997 -
Summergill, Barbara - Bedford Town Band Centenary - 1994
The Town Mill Trust - "You were given an instrument and told, you will play it" (Jim Sweetland), in ... cheaper to re-roof than demolish: An oral history of the Town Mill, Lyme Regis, The Town Mill Trust, Lyme Regis, 2005. ISBN: 0955157625
Thompson, Bram - History of the Scottish Co-op Band
Vickers, Peter - Longridge Brass Band - From Schoolyard to the Albert Hall - CPL Design & Print, Preston, 2002
Vickers, Peter - The Red Rose Brass Band - Happy Landing Press, 1997
Wade, R - The First 100 Years of Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Brighouse Echo - 1981
Walker, Matthew - The History of Farnworth & Walkden Brass Band - Matthew Walker, 2004
Warren, Alf - Century Of Brass 1887-1987: Morwell Citizens Band, 1987
White, JE Hesling - A Short History of the Bramley Band - Bramley - 1906
Whittaker, G - Stalybridge Old Band 1814-1914 - George Whittaker - 1914
Wileman, Paul - Sheffield's Citadel (including large section on the band) - 1999 (available from Mrs B Wileman, 4 Croft Lea, Donfield Woodhouse, Derbyshire, S18 8XZ)
Williams, JB - Northop Silver Band (History) - H L Boswell Print - 1992
Wittwer, Edward Allan - Hahndorf Town Band 1926-1976: Fiftieth anniversary history of the Hahndorf Town Band Incorporated - The Hahndorf Town Band, Hahndorf, South. Australia, 1976
Wormald, Sid - Wetherby & District Silver Band Centenary (1981) - 1981

Biographical
- The Life and Career of the Late Mr Edwin Swift: A Self-made Musician, Bandmaster and Adjudicator, Trainer of many of the leading brass bands in the North of England - Fred Hawley, Milnsbridge - 1904
Adams, Alton Augustus - The Memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams, Sr.: First Black Bandmaster of the United States Navy - University of California Press, ISBN: 0520251318
Ainscough, W - William Halliwell 1864-1946 in, Littlemore, Alan - Rakeway Brass Band Yearbook 1987 - Rakeway Music - 1987 - pp.33-40
Ainscough, W - William Rimmer "The Doctor of the Brass Band World" in, Littlemore, Alan - Rakeway Brass Band Yearbook 1988 - Rakeway Music - 1988 - pp.24-28
Anon - From A to B. Kenneth Alford and Hubert Bath - British Music (17) 1995, p49-60
Ashton, Cedric H - The Heart Of Gunnery: An R.A.N. Bandsman's Experience in WW II (1930-1945) - Monograph No. 64, Naval History Society of Australia, 1997
Auble, Dr. Glen - Strike Up The Band: The Musical Career Of An Optometrist - Ord, Nebraska
Backhaus, P - An Adamless garden of musical Eves - A short history of Helen May Butler: the female Sousa. - in Kongressbericht Feldkirch/Vorarlberg, ed. Suppan, W , pp. 181-84. Alta Musica 16, Tutzing Hans Schneider, 1992 - ISBN: 3795207932
Berger, K - The March King and his Band (on Sousa) - 1957
Bierley, Paul E. - John Philip Sousa - American Phenomenon - Integrity Press, 1973
Bierley, Paul E. - The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa - University of Illinois Press, 2006. ISBN: 0252031474
Bradwell, Cyril R - Symphony of Thanksgiving, The Life and Music of Commissioner Sir Dean Goffin - The New Zealand and Fiji Territory of the Salvation Army - 1994
Calcutt, Dorothy - My Three Hats: The Autobiography of a Schoolgirl at Milham Ford, a Member of Stonesfield Silver Band and a Keen Oxford United Supporter - The Wychwood Press, 2003. ISBN: 1902279158
Carlson, Stephen Robert - The Life, Career and Influence of Herbert L. Clarke - DMA thesis, Catholic University of America, 1980
Carse, A - Adolphe Sax and the Distin Family - The Music Review, 6 (1945), pp.193-201
Carse, Adam von Ahn - The Life of Jullien. Adventurer, showman-conductor and establisher of the Promenade Concerts in England, together with the history of those concerts up to 1895. -W. Heffer & Sons, Cambridge - 1951
Chapples, Leslie - From Little Brass to Big Brass - a biography of Syd Ratcliffe, Vice President of Wingates Temperance and Burnley Alliance Silver Bands, Turner and Earnshaw, 1981
Clarke, Herbert L - How I Became a Cornetist: The Autobiography of a Cornet-Playing Pilgrim's Progress - Huber, St Louis, 1934
Cooke, PM - Eric Ball: The Man And His Music - Egon, 1991 - ISBN: 0905858824
Copley, I. A. - Warlock and the Brass Band - The Musical Times, Vol. 109, No. 1510 (Dec., 1968), pp. 1115-1116
Court, Wally - In The Firing Line - A Biography of Bramwell Coles
Darlington, Marwood - Irish Orpheus: The Life of Patrick S. Gilmore, Bandmaster Extraordinary - Olivier-Maney-Klein Co., Philadelphia, 1950
Elkus, Jonathan - Charles Ives and the American band tradition: a centennial tribute - American Arts Documentation Centre, University of Exeter (US), 1974 - ISBN: 0859890058
Evans, Richard - Dick the Stick! - Jagrins Music Publications, Stockport, 2005
Farmer, H.G. - Cavaliere Zavertal and the Royal Artillery Band - Hinrichsen 1951
Fossey, Leslie - This Man Leidzen: Stories from the Life of Erik Leidzen, an American Salvationist Musician - Salvationist Publishing and Supplies Ltd, 1966. 90pp
Frederiksen Brian - Arnold Jacobs song and wind - WindSong Press, 1996 - ISBN: 0965248909
Galloway, Michael - Albert Coutourier, Neglected Cornet Virtuoso: A Study in Musical Americana D.M.A. dissertation, University of Hartford, 1985
Gay, Bram - Trumpet Involuntary (Autobiography) - Thames Publishing - 1995
Glennie, Evelyn - Good Vibrations - Hutchinson, London, 1990. ISBN: 0091743052
Green, Roger Challoner - In Pursuit Of A Dream: Proclamation (book to accompany the "Proclamation: In Pursuit of a Dream" - a recording in Celebration of the Bass Trombone, by Douglas Yeo (Boston Symphony Orchestra), 1996
Haine, Malou - Adolphe Sax (1814-1894) - sa vie, son oeuvre et ses instruments de musique -Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles - 1980
Hatton, Thomas - Karl L. King, An American Bandmaster - Instrumentalist Co., 1975
Helme, Christopher - Legends in Brass - v. 1: James Shepherd - The Famous Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Cornet Player - Mews Publishing (Lightcliffe), 1999 - ISBN: 0953670503
Herbert, Trevor - A Lament for Sam Hughes: the Last Ophicleidist - Planet: The Welsh Internationalist, (July 1991), pp.66-75
Herbert, Trevor - The careers of trombone players in the sixteenth century', Susato Symposium, University of Durham, New Hampshire, USA , April 1999.
Hickman, Jane W - Magnificent Méndez (biography of Raphael Méndez, trumpeter) - Summit Books, 1994
Holz, Ronald W. - Erik Leidzen : Band Arranger and Composer - (Studies in the History and Interpretation of Music), Edwin Mellen Press, 1990. ISBN:0889464723
Horwood, W - Adolphe Sax - His Life and Legacy - Egon, 1983 - ISBN: 0905858182
Howe, Major James H. - A Conductor's Journey - JH Publishing, 2003. (Available from the author at 34 Pashley Road, Eastbourne, BN20 8DY.) Describes the life of one of the Army's great Bandmasters who served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and The Royal Scots
IWBC [International Women's Brass Conference] Pioneer's Committee - Women Brass Musicians: Past and Present, Professionals in Performance and University Education - IWBC, St. Louis, 1993
Jones, Daphne - Bullets and Bandsmen (The story of a bandsman on the Western Front) - Owl Press - 1992, ISBN: 0951591738
Jones, Philip (ed) - A Celebration - John Fletcher - Tuba Extraordinary - The John Fletcher Trust, London, 1997
Jones, Richard - Review of "The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa" in The World of Music (Echoes of our forgotten ancestors), 48, 2006-3, ISSN: 00438774, ISBN: 9783861357490
Kent, Greta - A view from the bandstand - Sheba Feminist, London, 1983, ISBN: 0907179193
Knott, Melvyn Constant Trust - The Spirituality of the Music of Eric Ball - Planetree Books, Llanidloes, 2003. ISBN: 1842941240. Includes a CD of conversation between the author and Eric Ball. Copies £6 from Melvyn Knott, 25 Richmond Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 5LL
Lewiton, Mina (Illustrated by Howard Simon) - John Philip Sousa The March King - Didier Publishers, New York, 1944
Lingg, Ann M - John Philip Sousa - Holt, New York, 1954
Looker, Fred - Memoes of a Bandsman on Active Service - in Captivity and Peace - Fred Looker, 1986 (served with 9th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers in WW2. It is his personal diary of his experiences both at war and in peace. He was captured and taken prisoner serving his time at Stalag 8B.)
Lusher, Don - The Don Lusher Book - Egon Publishers - 1985
Mason, HB - Memoirs of a Gunner Bandsman: 1907-1932 (Royal Artillery Band) - Orpington, 1978, ISBN: 0722311850
Mathez, Jean-Pierre - Joseph Jean-Baptiste Laurent Arban 1825-1889: Portrait d'un musicien français du xixe siècle - Éditions BIM, Moudon, 1977
Mathias, Frank F - G.I. Jive: An Army Bandsman in World War II - University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 1982
Mays, Spike - The Band Rats (autobiography - British military bands 1924-45) - Magna Print, Long Preston, 1989
Meckna, Michael - Twentieth-century Brass Soloists - Greenwood Press, 1994 - ISBN: 0313264686
Morrison, James - Blowing My Own Trumpet - 2006
Mortimer, H - On Brass - Alphabooks, Sherborne - 1981
Nalden, Charles - Half and Half - the memoris of a charity brat 1908-1989 - Biography of Dr. Charles Nalden, member of RA Mounted Band, lecturer at Kneller Hall, Professor of Music at Aukland (NZ) University - Moana Press, Tauranga, New Zealand, 1989. ISBN 0-908705-48-4
Newsom, Jon - Perspectives on John Philip Sousa - Library of Congress, Washington, 1983, ISBN: 084440425X
Newsome, R - Doctor Denis: The Life And Times Of Dr Denis Wright - Egon, 1995 - ISBN: 0905858921
Nicholas, Stephen - "T.J. Powell", in Whitchurch and Llandaff North - NPI Media Group, United Kingdom, 2005. ISBN: 075243635X
Nowicke, Carole & Farrar, Lloyd P. - Mr Bell Remembered - A Centenary Celebration of William J. Bell, Tubist, 1902-1971. An album of recollections in the words of his students and friends with historical photos of them and of him published on the occasion of the centenary of his birth. Issued as a Special Conference Report of Redeeming Brass IV (A Fourth Annual Brass Band & Brasswind Workshop in Norris, Tennessee).
Oakley, Derek - Fiddler on the March - a biography of Lt Col Sir Vivian Dunn (Director of Music of the Royal Marines) - Royal Marines Historical Society, 2000 - ISBN: 0953616304
Palmer, Christopher - Herbert Howells - a study - Novello - 1992
Pettitt, Stephen - Dennis Brain: a biography - Hale, 1976
Plowden, Gene - Merle Evans: Maestro Of The Circus - E.A. Seemann Publishing, Miami, 1971
Price, Eric - Family Recollections - Memories of a Victorian Soldier - From the diaries of Band Sergeant W.E.Govier 1st & 3rd Btns., The Rifle Brigade - Micawber Graphics, 1993. ISBN: 0 9520400 0 X
Read, David - Beyond the Box: A social history of brass bands over the last 60 years as seen through the eyes of one of the world's foremost adjudicators - Jagrins Music Publications, Stockport, 2004
Roberts, Peter - Peter Roberts - A Legend in his own Lifetime: An Autobiography - Jagrins Music Publications, Stockport, 2003
Rogan, John Mackenzie - Fifty Years of Army Music - Methuen & Co., London, 1926
Ryan, George E - A Life of Bandmaster Richard Willis - Christopher Publishing House, ISBN: 0815805403
Sousa, John Philip - Marching Along: Recollections of Men Women and Music - Hale, Cushman & Flint, Boston, 1928
Spicer, Paul - Herbert Howells - Seren, Bridgend, 1998 - ISBN: 1854112325
Stephens, Denzil - Banding is My Life - Sarnia Music Publishing, 2007
Stewart, M Dee (ed) - Arnold Jacobs: The Legacy of a Master - Instrumentalist Publishing Co, Northfield IL., 1987
Thirst, Timothy - James Ord Hume -the March King - 2005 [available from Dr Timothy Thirst, The Haywain, Happisburgh, Norfolk, NR12 0RU]
Trendell, John - Colonel Bogey to the Fore: a Biography of Kenneth J Alford - Blue Band, AR Adams, 1989
Ward, Pat - Alex F. Lithgow 1870-1929 March Music King - Pat Ward, Armadale, Western Australia, 1990
Weast, Robert D - Famous Trumpet Players - Principles, Quotes and Commentary of Trumpet Players and Pedagogues from 1584 to the Present - The Brass World
Webb, Joy - And This is Joy - Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1969
Whiting, Chester Earl - The Baton And The Pendulum (Bandleader of United States Army Field Band) - 1963
Wiggins, Arch R - Father Of Salvation Army Music: Richard Slater - Salvationist Publishing & Supplies, London - 1945
Wiggins, Arch R - Triumph of Faith: Bandmaster George Marshall - Salvationist Publishing & Supplies, London - 1958
Wrigley, Fred - Brass Bands, Stalybridge and Me - Neil Richardson, 2000 - ISBN: 1852161388
Yeo, Douglas - In Pursuit Of A Dream - White Horse Books - 1996

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