MANUAL FOR FIELD MUSICS, 1935
U.S. Marine Corps
VG. Second Revised edition, 1942. U.S. Government Printing Office,
1942. Top corners slightly curled. No significant edgewear. Book
tight overall. Unit ID written in ink on top of front cover: "B Co.
1st TK Bn." Unit ID also stamped on front & rear endpages. Glossy
paper throughout, profusely illustrated with photographs, diagrams,
and music. 194 pages. Numerous Sousa marches ~ perhaps compiled all
together for the first time in this manual.
Preface reads as follows:
"The purpose of this manual is to supply a complete instruction and
reference book for field musics in the U.S. Marine Corps. Heretofore,
there has been no official publication in th Marine Corps in which the
rudiments of music and detailed instruction in drumming, bugling, and
fifing were set forth. Neither is there any publication to which a
field music can convenintly refer in learning the various calles used
in the Marine Corps and Navy. This volume embodies all information
of interest to field musics in the Marine Corps. The rudiments of
music and exercises for beginners set forth herein, have been
carefully worked out under the direction of the leader of the U.S.
Marine Band. The calls listed are those used in the daily routine of a
marine post or on board ship. The marches, sound offs, and inspection
pieces selected are those most commonly used in the Marine Corps. An
extensive research has been made through the Library of Congress, and
a number of old quicksteps and the drum and bugle parts of bband
marches written by the late John Philip Sousa, famous leader of the
Marine Band, have been found and recorded. As the drum and fife were
the official instruments on which calls were beaten and marches played
for the first 100 years of the Marine Corps, and since fifing has been
revived by the Fessenden Fifes of the Fourth Regiemt, a chapter has
been devoted to instruction in the this inspiring form of music and a
number of the old Marine Corps fife and drum pieces have been included."
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