Appropo of the Sesquicentennial, let me step off the deck of the USS Jamestowne and onto the CSA Virginia and note that there IS special and unique Virginia music available as Virginia enters the commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the War Between the States.
#1 - "Band Books of the 19th Virginia Heavy Artillery Battalion" - 15 Quicksteps and one Waltz from the ONLY Virginia Confederate Band Book to survive. In fact, I am told that outside of the 26th NC band in Winston Salem, it is the ONLY other Confederate Band Book in existence today. It includes favorites like DEAR MOTHER, I'VE COME HOME TO DIE QUICKSTEP, ANNIE OF THE VALE QS, BRIGHT HOPES QS, LET ME KISS HIM FOR HIS MOTHER QS, etc. It is for six-piece brass band plus percussion and all are in the original keys, and original structure. The 2 cornet parts are extremely high for modern-day players, but that's the way it was. Published in 2001.
#2 - "Patriotic Songs and Airs of the Confederate States of America". 20 songs from the extensive sheet-music collection of the Museum of the Confederacy. Song book and brass quintet parts originally published in 1997. The brass-quintet parts include not only traditional Eb cornet lead and Eb Alto horn, but alternates for modern Bb cornet and French Horn. Also the pieces are pitched such that they are comfortable for singing, and ordinary mortals can hack the cornet parts. Titles include UP WITH THE FLAG, THE STAR SPANGLED CROSS AND THE PURE FIELD OF WHITE, THE ALABAMA, THE CAPTAIN AND HIS WHISKERS, and of course the two required selections, DIXIE and BONNIE BLUE FLAG. The band parts have all been digitized and converted to PDF format, which makes them easier to ship and far less expensive to acquire (about half price).
A final note on Virginia Civil War bands. If you are looking for something that will give the look and the sound of Virginia Civil War bands, The VMI Cabell-Breckinridge Brass Band in Lexington, and the Mountain Saxhorn Band of the Stonewall Brigade Band in Staunton, both are outfitted with reproduction over-the-shoulder saxhorns, and I can assure you from being there, they at a festive look and sound to any 19th century celebration. There are probably half a dozen other brass bands around the Commonweath that have recreated the sound of the 19th century music, but you do not find many over-the-shoulder saxhorns among them.
A CD of the 19th music performed by the Crestmark Military Brass Band was in circulation up to about 5 years ago, but sold out, and there are no plans to reissue it. Bummer, since there was a performance of LORENA by a tenor with brass-band accompanient that would make you weep.
If you want further info on any of the above, get in touch with me directly.
Randy Cabell
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Subject: [VA-HIST] Virginia Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission's First Signature Event
The Virginia Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission will hold its
first signature event - - which is also the first major sesquicentennial
event in the nation - - on April 29, 2009, at the University of
Richmond. This event, organized and coordinated by noted historian and
University of Richmond president Edward Ayers, is an innovative
conference titled "America on the Eve of the Civil War."
This conference will bring together nationally-recognized Civil War
historians for an open dialogue about the state of the country in 1859.
Among the questions that conference participants will address and offer
fresh perspectives on include What was happening two years before the
firing of the first shots in the nation's deadliest conflict? What did
people know and what were they thinking? Could they possibly have
imagined the horror that was to come? Following a format akin to news
programs like "Face the Nation" and "Meet the Press," speakers will
discuss events of 1859 and their effect, limiting themselves only to
what would have been known at that time.
This program is free and open to the public -- but seating is limited
and registration is required. To learn more about the conference or to
register, please go to
http://www.virginiacivilwar.org/2009conference.php. If you need
additional information about the conference or the state's planning for
other events, please see http://www.virginiacivilwar.org/events.php or
contact the Commission at [log in to unmask]
(Posted on behalf of the Virginia Civil War Sesquicentennial
Commission.)
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