Author : George Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-08-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 1332512127
The Military Band (Classic Reprint) by George Miller Pdf
Excerpt from The Military Band Fifty years ago the soldier did not interest anybody, and it was only "when the drums began to roll" that he was even remembered. He lived and worked in prison-like barracks, entirely shut off from the rest of the world by a high brick wall surmounted by chevaux de frise, and with a prejudice on top of all. The bands of that time were good, quite as good on the average as they are to-day, but were seldom heard except on duty; the musicians were as isolated, socially, as the private soldiers, and the bandmaster himself was regarded rather as a "musical curiosity" than as a musician. But the wonder-age has altered all that: the walls are down, the frise melted, even the prejudice has disappeared; the soldier now lives his life openly, and goes about his work from morning till night for all the world to see, and when his days work is done, becomes, if he chooses, a civilian. The civilian, for patriotic reasons, and attracted by the manly, play-like work of the soldier, himself becomes a soldier in his spare time, and so the two meet in a common citizenship. As with the rank and file, so it ought to be with musicians, and it is incumbent upon the military side to appreciate the increasing interest that is being taken in military music, and to encourage such a very desirable state of things. "It is becoming more and more necessary that military musicians should be in accord and touch with the musical profession, and should have some real interest as regards what is occurring in the musical world; and unless this is so we may look in vain for any real improvement." What more interesting sight is there than that of the King's Guard as it passes down the avenue in St. James's Park on a summer morning? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
