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Brass bands of the world : militarism, colonial legacies, and local music making
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- Creator
- edited by Suzel Ana Reily, Katherine Brucher
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2013]
- ©2013
- Series
- Physical Details
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- xx, 246 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781409444220, 1409444228, 9781409444237, 9781409474210, 1409444236, 9781409444237, 1409474216, 9781409474210
- OCLC
- ocn824088402
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-234), discography (page 235), and index.
- Introduction: the world of brass bands / Katherine Brucher and Suzel Ana Reily -- Western challenge, Japanese musical response : military bands in modern Japan / Sarah McClimon -- Battlefields and the field of music : South Korean military band musicians and the Korean War / Heejin Kim -- From processions to Encontros : the performance niches of the community bands of Minas Gerais, Brazil / Suzel Ana Reily -- The representational power of the New Orleans brass band / Matt Sakakeeny -- Soldiers of God : the spectacular musical ministry of the Christmas bands in the Western Cape, South Africa / Sylvia Bruinders -- Composing identity and transposing values in Portuguese amateur wind bands / Katherine Brucher -- Playing away : liminality, flow and Commuunitas in an Ulster flute band's visit to a Scottish orange parade / Gordan Ramsey -- From village to world stage : the malleability of Sinaloan popular brass bands / Helena Simonett