Audio and Video Samples

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Video Selections

   Lincoln Bicentennial Promotional Video - best viewed on broadband - choose format below
***Either video can be viewed full-screen***

 Windows Media File movie - 32 MB

 Flash movie - 34 MB - Need Flash? Get Here

This  4 minute video is a performance promotion for the upcoming Abraham Lincoln bicentennial and highlights how the 1st Brigade Band can tailor a performance for your historical venue this coming year.

Thanks to Chad Johnstone of Highlights Media

   Video Clip (QuickTime movie - 8.8 MB)

This video is a general overview of the band's activities; military ball, re-enactment, and in concert.

Audio Selections

   Captain Shepherd's Quickstep (mp3 - 1.13 Mb)

This selection from "The Grand Review" details a "Battle of the Bands" near Cartersville Georgia in 1864. It is done in the narrative style of the band's Historical Programs.

   My Love is on the Battlefield (mp3 - 1.23 Mb)

Published 1863 - words by Alfred Delaney; music by Robt. Morris, Esq.

Recorded live March 30, 2003 - Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts, Brookfield, Wisconsin
Vocals: Krista Tweed, Sue Condon, Jon Condon, Ward Wheat

My Love is on the Battlefield
The traitor foe before him
His hand is firm; His heart is true
The Stars and Stripes are o'er him

CHORUS
God grant that when the fight is done,
The cry shall be "Our Cause has Won!"
God grant that when the fight is done,
The cry shall be "Our Cause is Won!"

My Love is in the Battle's Front
Oh may no ill betide him
But rather than a coward fall,
I'd perish there beside him

CHORUS

Below, for those who are interested in arrangements of The Star-Spangled Banner, and our guests from "The Instrumentalist" are six different arrangements, in chronological order, from the earliest 18th century melody, to 1864 - all arranged for brass band or period military band.  The styles vary widely, and most have the typical ornamentation of an instrumental arrangement as well as a repeated last strain.  The Star-Spangled Banner, though not the national anthem until 1931, was one of the most popular patriotic airs of the time, and would have been played at most official or patriotic concerts or ceremonies.

The selections below were recorded between 1969 and 2001, so some variation in sound quality will be apparent.  The files are in the compressed MP3 format, and the file size is given next to the title, so those with dial-up modems can be aware of the download time needed.

1. The Anacreontic Song- 669 KB

The song "To Anacreon in Heaven" was a British song, sung by members of the Anacreontic Club.  It bears the melody model for our Star Spangled Banner of today.  The 4th Continental Artillery Band of Musick is modeled after a typical military band of the Revolution or War of 1812, with bassoons, trombones, oboes, clarinets, flutes and horns.  The arrangement is 18th century or early 19th century.
(Recorded 1981 - 4th CABOM - "Marches and Contra Dances", chief musician: Merlin Jones)

2. Star-Spangled Banner 1832 - 581 KB

The source of this arrangement is most likely from one for keyed brass.  It is simple and quaint.
(recorded live October 27, 2001 - bandmaster: Dan Woolpert, associate bandmaster: Jon Condon)

3. Star-Spangled Banner - Dodworth - 725 KB

Allen Dodworth wrote an arrangement in 1853 that was the most popular one in use during the Civil War.  His band accompanied the 71^st New York Infantry early in the war and participated in a concert given by the regiment for President Lincoln at the Navy Yards on March 9, 1861.  The Star-Spangled Banner was the finale of the program.  Dodworth's arrangement appeared in his book, The School of the Brass Band.
(recorded 1974 - "Music for the President" - bandmaster: Nicholas Contorno)

4. Star-Spangled Banner 1854 - 637 KB

G. W. E. Freiderick published the Brass Band Journal in 1854.  This is one of the 23 selections in that book, arranged for brass band.
(recorded 1971 - "Civil War Military Band Music, vol. 2" - bandmaster:  David Ridgely)

5. Star-Spangled Banner 1861 - 689 KB

The arrangement is by Claudio S. Grafulla; done for the 3rd New Hampshire Band under Gustavus Ingalls.  The band is often referred to as the Port Royal Band, as they were stationed there during the Civil War.
(recorded 1969 - "Civil War Military Band Music, vol. 1" - bandmaster: Ted Buenger)

6. Star-Spangled Banner - 1st Brigade Band - 616 KB

This arrangement is from the books of the 1st Brigade Band, 3d Division, XV Corps, dated 1864.  We believe that their chief musician, Edwin Oscar Kimberly may be the arranger, and although it is not marked in the books, he has some known arrangements.  This arrangement may have also been present in the 3d Wisconsin band books (1861), and the Brodhead Brass Band books (1858).
(recorded 1985 - "The Grand Review" - bandmaster: Dan Woolpert)

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