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- Creator
- 1st Brigade Band of Brodhead, Wisconsin, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps.]
- Format
- Music Scores
- Language
- Unknown
- Publication
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- 1864-1865
- Physical Details
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- 12 manuscript partbooks ; 14 x 19 cm + 7 envelopes of assorted music
- OCLC
- ocm67711841
- Brass band music; includes dance music (quicksteps, waltzes, polkas, schottisches), patriotic tunes, military music, marches, song and hymn tune arrangements.
- Partbooks (most leather-bound) and other music mss. originally belonging to the 1st Brigade Band out of Brodhead, Wis. (originally known as the Brodhead Brass Band, formed in 1858).
- The partbooks in this collection are: 1st and 2nd E♭ cornet; 1st and 2nd B♭ cornet; solo alto E♭ horn; alto E♭ horn; 1st and 2nd B♭ tenor horn; 1st and 2nd B♭ bass horn; E♭ tuba; and drum/cymbals. A few partbooks are likely missing, since the band contained about 16 members.
- Description of the collection, including history and photos of the band, images of the music, and notes on the music, is available on the website of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections (as viewed on 4/14/06).
- Also available on the Internet under the title: Civil War band collection.