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Hell on the Wabash appeared again in 1862, as a fife and drum duet in The Drummer’s and Fifer’s Guide by Emmett and George Barrett Bruce. [1] The name was printed "H--LL on the Wabash," a possible reference to the 1779 Siege of Fort Vincennes , the 1791 destruction of the U.S. Army at St. Clair's defeat , or the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe .
Carl Michael Bellman is a central figure in the Swedish ballad tradition and a powerful influence in Swedish music, known for his 1790 Fredman's Epistles and his 1791 Fredman's Songs. [1] A solo entertainer, he played the cittern, accompanying himself as he performed his songs at the royal court. [2] [3] [4]
A fife and drum corps in the United States is a type of military band that originated in European armies in the 16th century. These corps feature drums , flutes or fifes , and bugles . These corps are led by a drum major who delivers commands using a mace or spontoon .
During the American Civil War, music played a prominent role on each side of the conflict, Union (the North) and Confederate (the South). On the battlefield, different instruments including bugles, drums, and fifes were played to issue marching orders or sometimes simply to boost the morale of one's fellow soldiers.
Cover of the Edition Peters sheet music of "Lux aeterna" by György Ligeti. This is a list of online digital musical document libraries.Each source listed below offers access to collections of digitized music documents (typically originating from printed or manuscript musical sources).
A fife and drum corps is a musical ensemble consisting of fifes and drums. In the United States of America, fife and drum corps specializing in colonial period impressions using fifes, rope tension snare drums and rope tension bass drums are known as Ancient Fife and Drum Corps. [1] Many of these ensembles originated from a type of military ...
Fife and drum blues is an American folk music form derived from country blues, martial music tradition, and African rhythms. It is performed typically with one lead fife player and a troop of drummers. Unlike a drum corps, the drum troop is loosely structured. As such, a fife and drum band may have a variable number of snare, tom, and bass drum ...
"No Man's Land" (also known as "The Green Fields of France" or "Willie McBride") is a song written in 1976 by Scottish-born Australian folk singer-songwriter Eric Bogle, reflecting on the grave of a young man who died in World War I.