Military Musicians

John U. Rees

Music, Military, vol. 2, 763–765 (1500 words),
Mark M. Boatner, Encyclopedia of the American Revolution: Library of Military History, Harold E. Selesky, ed. (2nd Edition, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2006)

Artwork Narrative: Pamela Patrick White, “`Each morning we… had to play and beat the Reveille’: Continental Army Musicians,” (2004) Article

"`The musicians belonging to the whole army': An Abbreviated Study of the Ages of Musicians in the Continental Army," The Brigade Dispatch, two parts: vol. XXIV, no. 4 (Autumn 1993), 2–8
Part I; vol. XXV, no. 1 (Winter 1994), 2–12
Part II. Abridged version of this article published in Percussive Notes, Journal of the Percussive Arts Society (August 2005), 64–66.

"`Bugle Horns', 'conk shells' and 'Signals by Drum': Miscellaneous Notes on Instruments and Their Usage During the American War for Independence," The Brigade Dispatch, vol. XXVI, no. 4 (Winter 1996), 13–15

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