Connecticut's Fife & Drum Tradition

by James Clark and James Clark

The first full account of this beloved American music tradition.

The state of Connecticut boasts an extensive and active community of fife and drum groups. This musical tradition has its origins in the small military bands maintained by standing armies in Britain and Europe in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries--the drum was especially important as it helped officers train soldiers how to march, and was also used to communicate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819571415
• ISBN13: 9780819571410
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 9.3"