Chapter Seven. The Manchester Cornet Band Repertoire of the 1850s

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents viii
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I Inflection Points
5. Chapter One. P. S. Gilmore’s 1864 Visit to New Orleans: Prelude to the Boston Peace Jubilees 9
6. Chapter Two “The Most Skilled Combination of the Kind in the World” The Kaiser-Cornet-Quartett in the United States, 1872 54
7. Chapter Three. From Gilmore to Sousa: How One Legendary Bandmaster Gave Rise to Another 97
8. Chapter Four. Conn’s “Wonder” Years: Artist Endorsement Posters, 1885–1899 121
9. Chapter Five “Conditions Certainly Are Rotten” The Demise of the Sousa Band (1926−1931) 184
10. Part II Reappraisals
11. Chapter Six. The Early Works of Francis Johnson (1792–1844) 201
12. Chapter Seven. The Manchester Cornet Band Repertoire of the 1850s 222
13. Chapter Eight. Soldiers or Artists? Civil War Musicians and the Band in Nineteenth-Century America 260
14. Chapter Nine. Francesco Fanciulli: A Family Recollection 279
15. Chapter Ten. Alice Raymond “America’s Greatest Lady Cornetist” 314
16. Notes on Contributors 357
17. Index 359