Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-viii

Introduction

pp 1-6

Part I - Inflection Points

pp 7-8

1 - P. S. Gilmore's 1864 Visit to New Orleans: Prelude to the Boston Peace Jubilees

pp 9-53

2 - “The Most Skilled Combination of the Kind in the World”: The Kaiser-Cornet-Quartett in the United States, 1872

pp 54-96

3 - From Gilmore to Sousa: How One Legendary Bandmaster Gave Rise to Another

pp 97-120

4 - Conn's “Wonder” Years: Artist Endorsement Posters, 1885–1899

pp 121-183

5 - “Conditions Certainly Are Rotten”: The Demise of the Sousa Band (1926−1931)

pp 184-198

Part II - Reappraisals

pp 199-200

6 - The Early Works of Francis Johnson (1792–1844)

pp 201-221

7 - The Manchester Cornet Band Repertoire of the 1850s

pp 222-259

8 - Soldiers or Artists? Civil War Musicians and the Band in Nineteenth-Century America

pp 260-278

9 - Francesco Fanciulli: A Family Recollection

pp 279-313

10 - Alice Raymond: “America’s Greatest Lady Cornetis

pp 314-356

Notes on Contributors

pp 357-358

Index

pp 359-370