Military - Music (Bands, Songs, Etc.) from Capricorn Books

London: Society for Army Historical Research, 1966. 62 pp, 9 3/4" H. One colour plate, 4 pages sepiatone illustrations, 1 b&w map. Contents include: Captain Henry Hanmer, Royal Horse Guards (The Blues), c.1826; The Career of Robert Craufurd in the 75th Foot; Some Medals of the First (King's) Dragoon Guards; Henry Boswell Bennett: A Victim of the Last… Ler mais sobre este item

Hayes, Middlesex: Columbia Gramaphone Co., 1941. 336 pp, 7" H. Interior - light toning to the pages, otherwise clean and tight with no previous ownership marks. Exterior - slight lean to the spine, light browning to the fore-edge and to the top of the text block, three small soft corner creases, slight colour fading to the cover edges,… Ler mais sobre este item

Toronto: Gordon V. Thompson, 1941. 48 pp, 12" H. No date, but the latest song copyright is 1941. B&w photographs of the members of "The Happy Gang" with captions. Words and music for: Carry On; There'll Always Be an England; The King Is Still in London; The Navy's Here; Good Night Little Soldier Good Night; Ma, I… Ler mais sobre este item

Self-published, 1980. Unpaginated, 8 1/8" H. Many b&w illustrations - photographs, drawings. Contents: Foreword; Introduction; The Queen's Regiment (The Queen's Regiment / List of records recorded by Bands of The Queen's Regiment / List of Regiments who continue to use music associated with The Queen's Regiment / Soldiers of the Queen / The Caledonian March / The… Ler mais sobre este item

St Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell, 2002. 335 pp, large 8vo (9 1/4' H). B&w and color photographs. "(A)n overview of the history of military bands in Canada, including bands, marches, pipes, drums and tattoos. The authors have collected information from many sources over the years on individual bands, marches and songs, recordings, and the treasury of well-known and… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Dover, 1975. 111 pp, 4to (11 3/4" H). "In this playing edition of Sousa's great marches, Lester S. Levy has included 23 favorites that have continued to enjoy universal appeal to this day. Here are the great standards that are everyone's favorites: 'The Stars and Stripes Forever' (both piano transcription and song publication), 'The Gladiator', 'Semper Fidelis',… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Society for Army Historical Research, 1957. Paging runs 47 - 94, 10" H. Colour frontispiece, 6 pages sepiatone illustrations. Contents include: 2nd Life Guards Kettledrummer, 1839; The 7th Light Dragoons and their First Hussar Clothing; "The Praying Captain" - A Cavalier's Memoirs; A Swiss Officer in Wellington's Army; Crimean Photographs; Mounted Rifle Volunteers, c.1861; Some Indian Army… Ler mais sobre este item

Edmonton: Hurtig, 1979. 192 pp, 4to (11" H). B&w photographs, drawings, cartoons, musical notation. **Warning: Some of the lyrics may be considered offensive!** Contains jovial drinking songs, outrageous songs, fighting songs, cynical songs, funny songs and just plain bawdy songs. You'll find the words and music that sustained Canadian soldiers, sailors and airmen through six years… Ler mais sobre este item

Harmondsworth / London : Kestrel Books / EMI Music Publishing, 1975. 190 pp, 4to (11" H). Profusely illustrated in b&w and colour with Charles Keepings wonderful drawings of London and Londoners of the past. "Charles Keeping, one of Britain's finest illustrators, was brought up in Vauxhall, South London, where a Saturday-night sing song (or 'ding dong', as it was… Ler mais sobre este item

(Household Cavalry), 1954. 30 pp, 8 1/2" H. The programme of the Tattoo. B&w drawings, advertisements. The programme gives details of the following events: The Band and Guard of the Sea Cadet Corps (Guildford); Household Cavalry Egyptian War Saga; Drill Display by the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards; The Corps of Drums of the Guards Training Battalion; Display by… Ler mais sobre este item

London: Seely Service, 1975. 300 pp, large 8vo (9 1/2" H). Music notation, maps. "(Selects) a number of the better-known (Scottish ballads) and place(s) them in their historical setting. Each ballad is introduced by an account of the events which led to its composition and accompanied by a map of the battle where appropriate. There then follows the… Ler mais sobre este item

Glasgow: Michael Kelly Associates, 1990. Unpaginated (42 pp.), 11 3/4" H. Color illustrations (photographs, reproductions, uniform studies, tartans). Contents: Foreword; The Army Benevolent Fund; City of Glasgow Council; The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards; The Scots Guards; The Royal Scots; The Royal Highland Fusiliers; The King's Own Scottish Borderers; The Cameronians; The Black Watch; Queen's Own Highlanders; Programme of… Ler mais sobre este item

Piatkus, (London, 2001), reprint. 130 pp, 8vo (8" H), hard cover in dust jacket. B&w illustrations (contemporary cartoons, drawings, reproductions). "The poignant songs of the First World War still posses a haunting power; and here are the authentic lyrics of the songs - by turns funny, cynical, bawdy, angry, wistful - that the soldiers sang on the march,… Ler mais sobre este item

Sherborne, Dorset : Alphabooks, Sherborne, 1981. 224 pp, large 8vo (10" H). Profusely illustrated with b&w and colour photographs, reproductions. "Although primarily a book about music, this is also the story of a family through two world wars, in which my father Fred provides the link with the golden age of brass bands at the end of the nineteenth century,… Ler mais sobre este item