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CONTENTS
General brass band books
Specific brass bands
Biographical
Methods and conducting
Brass instruments and percussion
Other bands and ensembles
Brass band periodicals
Subscription band music journals
Films, TV, videos, radio etc.
Specific Brass Bands
Alberry, W - Horsham Borough Silver Band - Sussex County Magazine, 19 (1945), pp.95-97
Allen, E.H.G. - A Brief History of the Southampton Albion Silver Band - 1953
Andrews, William - Illustrated History of Luton and District Brass Bands - Town and County Press, Luton - 1907
Anon – [article on Palmer's Works Band] - The Mid Tyne Link, Vol 2, No. 6, Autumn 1905
Anon - [article on Stowmarket Middle School Brass Band] - East Anglian Magazine, May 1972
Anon - 100 Jahre Musikverein Harmonie Münchwilen - vormals Metalharmonie Münchwilen, vormals Metalharmonie Oberhofen-Münchwilen, vormals Blechharmonie Oberhofen-Münchwilen, vormals Musikgesellschaft Oberhofen-Münchwilen : Festschrift. - Münchwilen, Switzerland, 1998
Anon - 150 Jahre Blasmusik im Hatlerdorf - eine Festschrift aus Anlass des 125-jährigen Jubiläums der Musikgesellschaft Hatlerdorf - Stadt Dornbirn, 2000
Anon - 1863-1988, cent vingt-cinquième anniversaire Fanfare L'Ancienne Courgenay - hommage à Paul Montavon - Courgenay, Switzerland, 1988
Anon - 50 Jahre Blasmusik im Bezirk Vöcklabruck, 1950-2000 - Kilian Verlag, OÖ. Blasmusikverband, Vöcklabruck, 2000. ISBN: 3901745068
Anon - 50 Jahre Werksmusikkapelle Böhlerwerk - Böhlerwerk, 2000
Anon - 90 Jahre Musikkapelle Obertraun 1902-1992 - Obertraun, 1992
Anon - A Band for All Seasons - the story of the Appledore Band - Appledore Band Committee, 1999
Anon - Adamson Military Band Diamond Jubilee 1888-1948 1948
Anon - Around the seasons with Appledore Band - Appledore Band Committee, 2003
Anon - Ashburton Silver Band: 75th Anniversary Booklet - Ashburton Band, 1972
Anon - Bathurst en fete: a great b grade band contest at Bathurst NSW, in connection with the centenary celebrations to commemorate the discovery of the Western Plains of NSW by Surveyor Evans in 1813 - Bathurst, NSW, Australia - 1913.
Anon - Brixham Royal British Legion Band - (Souvenir Program Of Brixham Royal British Legion) - 1999
Anon - Broxburn Silver Band - The First Hundred Years - The Band, 1992
Anon - Canmlwyddiant Band y Waun [Centenary Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen Band]: 1892 - 1992 - 1992
Anon - Championship Contest Records (1895-1966): Forfar Instrumental Band - Scottish Amateur Band Association - 1966
Anon - City of Southampton (Albion) Band - History of the Band 1920-1995. A celebration of 75 years of musical history, The Band, 1995
Anon - City of Truro Band - 100 Years of Music Souvenir, The Band, 1988
Anon - Coromby Brass Band jubilee, 1891-1941 - Coromby, Victoria, Australia - 1941
Anon - Dannevirke Municipal Brass Band centenary, 1888-1988 - centennial souvenir booklet - Dannevirke, N.Z. - 1989
Anon - Diamond jubilee, Territorial Staff Band, Melbourne, Australia, 1890-1950: Territorial staff band story: from inception, 1890, to diamond jubilee, 1950 - Salvation Army, Southern Australia Territory, Melbourne, 1950
Anon - Felixstowe Band of the Salvation Army - Centennial Salute - 1888-1988 - 100 Years of Christian Music Making - The Band, 1988
Anon - Festschrift & Chronik - 100 Jahre Musikgesellschaft Ballwil : Neuuniformierung und Katerfäscht - Ballwil, Switzerland, 2001
Anon - Footscray-Yarraville City Band Tour of Canada, August 1975 - (Souvenir Booklet) Jamieson Printery, Footscray, 1975
Anon - Friendly Band 125th. Anniversary - 1993
Anon - Gosford City Brass Band Celebrate 100 Years - Gosford City Brass Band, Gosford, NSW, Australia- 1998
Anon - History of the Cornholme Prize Brass Band - Waddington, 1923
Anon - History of the Inverell Austral Brass Band: 1895 - 1922 Under the baton of Matthew Henry Girle (Mat) (1876 - 1959) - G.V. & E. Hunter, 2004
Anon - I00 Year of Brass Banding [in] Benalla: A Booklet Researching 100 Years of Brass Banding in Benalla's History 1882-1982 - Benalla, Benalla Memorial Band, 1982
Anon - Im Rhythmus der Musikkapelle - Festschrift zum 100-Jahr-Jubiläum der Musikkapelle Seitenstetten, 1902-2002 - Seitenstetten, 2002
Anon - John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band - Printissimo - 1987
Anon - Jubilee Souvenir 1894-1944 Bowral Association Band - Bowral Association Band, Australia 1945
Anon - Irwell Springs (Bacup) Band Jubilee Souvenir 1864-1914 - Bacup Times - 1914
Anon - Launceston City Band Jubilee 1876 - 1926 - The Examiner & Weekly Courier, Launceston, Australia, 1926
Anon - Lochgelly Band: Centenary Booklet - 1977
Anon - Loxley Silver Methodist Band - Sheffield, 1979
Anon - Mareham-le-fen Victory Silver Band 1919-1994 - 1994
Anon - Mendip Brass Band - in: Somerset Year Book 1925, no. XXIV, Edited by Douglas Macmillan. Society of Somerset Folk, 1925.
Anon - Mildura District Brass Band: a History 1890-1900 - Mildura District Brass Band, 1990
Anon - Milnrow Public Band 1869-1969 - 1969
Anon - Mit Drommeten und Pauken, Hörnern und Posaunen - Festschrift für Werner Benz zum 65. Geburtstag - E. Kuhn, Berlin, 2001
Anon - Murton Colliery Brass Band Centenary Celebration - 1984
Anon - Musikk i 100 år - Brøttum Musikkforening, 1892-1992 : en jubileumsberetning - Brøttum, 1992. ISBN: 8299271606
Anon - New Brighton Silver Band centennial, 1885-1985 - Christchurch, N.Z. - 1985
Anon - Norwood Mission Band Incorporated Souvenir of 21st Anniversary 1905-1926 - Norwood, SA; Norwood Mission Band, 1926.
Anon - Rochdale Borough Brass Band - Schofield & Hoblyn 1883
Anon - Roxburgh Pioneer Generation Brass - 125 years - Roxburgh, New Zealand, 2007
Anon - Scape Band 125th Anniversary 1854-1979: a souvenir brochure to commemorate the 125th Anniversary of Scapegoat Hill Band - Huddersfield - 1980
Anon - Sketches of Famous Bands - F Richardson, Sibsey - 1896
Anon - Slaithwaite Band, Golden Jubilee Year 1925-1975 - Ponty Printers, Huddersfield, 1975
Anon - Sons O' Brass - 150 years of Bo'ness & Carriden Brass Band - Bo'ness & Carriden Band, 2008
Anon - Southsea Citadel Band centenary brochure - 1883-1983 - The Salvation Army, 1983
Anon - Souvenir and History of the Kingswood (Bristol) Evangel Prize Silver Band - 1922
Anon - St Hilda's Band, Premier Band of England - 1935
Anon - St. Mary's Brass & Reed Band. Maynooth, Co. Kildare 1931-1981 - Golden Jubilee Souvenir Booklet
Anon - The Cory Band: 1884-1984: souvenir centenary brochure - Garth Print Services, Taf's Well, 1984
Anon - The Story of Chalk Farm Band, 1882-1932
Anon - Timaru Municipal Band: 1867-1992, 125th jubilee - The Band, Timaru, N.Z. - 1993
Anon - Wingates Band (Souvenir Leaflet) - 1999
Anon - Yorkville Brass Band, the desirability of providing a brass band for Yorkville having been present to the minds of many for some time past ... [microform] - Ontario, Canada, CIHM/ICMH Microfiche series no. 46562, 18--? - ISBN: 0665465629
Anon - An Old-Time Essex Brass Band - Essex Countryside Magazine (The County Magazine incorporating Essex Life and Essex Guide) - Vol. 15 No. 129, October 1967
Anon - National Youth Brass Band of Switzerland - Brass Bulletin, 32 (1980), pp. 16-17
Anon - The Birth of a Band [Ryde Borough Band] - The Islander, December 1971
Anon - The Boston Brass Band - Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion, 1 (9 August 1851), pp.225
Anon - The Village with Three Brass Bands - The Countryman, Autumn 1948
Anon - Vom Werdegang einer Musikkapelle - 225 Jahre Bürgerkapelle Latsch - Bürgerkapelle Latsch, 1998
Anon - Walthamstow Temperance Prize Band - Family Tree Magazine - 10(4), p43
Anon - Warbleton Brass Band History - Family Tree History, v.12 no.6 (April 1996)
Archer, Jean - Amersham's Brass Band, in Tales of Old Buckinghamshire
Arnold, Andrew - The Woodford Military Band - Essex Journal, 34(2) (Autumn 1999), pp54-58.
Babić, Dragan - Priĉa o srpskoj trubi - Beogradska knj., Beograd, 2004. ISBN: 8675900678
Baillie, Margaret - Dalkeith & Monktonhall Colliery Band:1920-2000 - in Tales of the Pans: a collection of memories from Panners, Prestonpans Local History Society, 2001, pp. 91-92
Baldwin, T - Band of the Wellington Rifle Volunteer Corps (formerly Dawley Green Brass Band) - 1992
Baldwin, T - Dawley Green Brass Band becomes the Wellington RV Corps Band - 1993
Barnes, David and Norah - The brass bands of Wotton-under-Edge - Wotton-under-Edge : a century of change - Masefield, GB (ed) - A Sutton, Gloucester, 1980, ISBN: 0904387518
Barnes, David and Norah - The brass bands of Wotton-under-Edge, in Wotton-under-Edge: a century of change - edited by G.B. Masefield - A. Sutton, Gloucester, 1980. ISBN: 0904387518
Barnett, Graham - The Salvation Army Carina/Coorparoo Citadel Band 1914-1994, a short history - Carina Salvation Army, 1994
Battye, Cedric - History of the Hade Edge Silver Prize Band: To commemorate their Jubilee 1908-1958 - The Band, 1958
Baxter, Hugh - Sixty years of Puff and Blow - A Light-hearted History of Swinton and District Excelsior Band - 1996
Bell, C.J. - Tough churchmen founded Tadley's prize-winning band - Hampshire: the county magazine - 4(10), August 1964, pp. 39-30
Bennett, Brian - Roxburgh Municipal Silver Band, centennial celebrations, October, 1982: band of brothers: a history - The Band, Roxburgh, N.Z. - 1982
Best, Christopher - Woodwinds, Brass and Glory - The Most Famous Boys Band in the World - The Vancouver Boys Band: 1895-1982 - Warfleet Press, 2007
Black Dike Mills Band - USA/Canadian Tour Souvenir - John Foster & Sons Ltd, Queensbury, 1906
Blackburn, R.L - A proud heritage: a history of Brighouse and Rastrick Band - Thesis, University of Salford?, ref: q2965291
Blow, M - A band for all seasons: the story of the Appledore Band - Appledore Band, 1999
Bojanić, Živko M. - Guča, svetska prestonica trube - Udruženje nezavisnih izdavača knjiga, Beograd, 2002
Bourke, Judith Kinnison - History of a Village Band 1896-1996: The Warbleton Brass and Reed Band to the Warbleton and Buxted Band - Warbleton & Buxted Band - 1996 - ISBN:0952809206
Bowmer, John - Music is Our Ministry - Celebrating 125 Years of Sunderland Monkwearmouth Band of the Salvation Army - 2009
Bradwell, Cyril R. - Make Music for Thy Lord: a history of the Wellington South Corps of the Salvation Army Band 1894 to 1994, New Zealand, 1994, 70pp, ISBN: 0473026430
Bramma, Jacky - Brass roots : Whitby Brass Band then and now - Whitby Brass Band, Whitby, Ontario, 2002. ISBN: 0973150602
Brice, Marshall M - The Stonewall Brigade Band - McClure Printing Co., Verona, Virginia, 1967
Brighton, Charley - The Hanwell Band: West London: a concise history of London's premier brass band 1891-1983 - The author, London, 1983
Brookes, Alan Thomas - The History of the Cannock Chase Colliery Brass Band: A Nostalgic Biography of a Brass Band and Its Musicians - Merault Press, 2005 ISBN: 0954631668
Brunero, Donna - Celebrating 50 Years: The Campbelltown-Camden District Band, 1946-1996 - Campbelltown & Airds Historical Society Inc., Australia, 1996. ISBN: 095867762X
Bryan, Hugh - From Psalms to Sousa The Story of Ditton Priors Brass Band , 2004
Bühlmann, Josef - 125 Jahre Feldmusik Malters - Feldmusik Malters, 1999
Burgess, D - By Royal Command: The Story Of Fodens Motor Works Band - Fodens - 1977
Burkard, Othmar - 100 Jahre Feldmusik Hochdorf: Chronik, 1895-1995 - Feldmusik Hochdorf, 1995
Bush, Freddie - The Whitington Brass Band - East Anglian Magazine, (April 1960), pp.349
Bythell, D - Banding in the Dales: a centenary history of Muker Silver Band - Muker Silver Band - 1997
Bythell, D - Water: A Village Band 1866-1991 - Rossendale Water Band - 1991
Campbell, Amy - Brass Roots: A History of the Nanaimo Concert Band (history of the "oldest continuously active band in British Columbia) - Nanaimo, British Columbia, 1989. ISBN: 0969431309
Carrington, Robert - Centenary Chronicle of Rothwell Temperance Band 1881-1981, a tribute to those who have gone before - 1981
Christie, Greg - "...And The Band Played On..." 100 Years of Malton White Star Band (and 175 years of Ryedale's other 'Musical Movements') - Samsmall Publications, 2001. ISBN: 0954073908. Copies can be ordered from Greg Christie, at £5 including postage - contact Samsmall1@aol.com.
Christopher, Zipha - Strike up the Band (history of King's Lynn Town Band and its predecessors) - Norfolk Fair, (June 1984), pp. 10-12
Clay, John H. - Black Dyke: An Inside Story - Jagrins Publications, 2006
Clayton, Eric - The Wye Town Brass Band, in Wye Local History, Volume 5(3), Spring 1996, pp.8-17
Cleveley, Jim - Fielding Municipal Band: 100 years, 1883-1983 - Fielding, N.Z., Band Centennial Committee - 1983
Cole, Dick - Indian Queens band - a photographic history - Fraddon, St. Columb, 2004
Colenso, Phyllis - Pendeen Silver Band - Cornish Magazine, Vol. 8(10), February 1966
Collard, Bruce - And The Band Played On - a history of the City of Greater Dandenong Band
Conway, Joe - Buffing up the brass [Foss Dyke brass band] - Lincolnshire Life, vol 36(12), Mar 1997, p.13
Cook, Graham - Woodhouse Band - The First 150 Years - The Band, 2005.
Cooke, Richard T - Cork's Barrack Street Band: Ireland's Oldest Amateur Musical Institution (1837 To 1992) - Quality Books, Cork - 1992
Coombe, Robert J. - A history of the Australian National Institute Brass Band, 1883-1983 - R.J. Coombe and I.T. Dodd, Adelaide, 1983. ISBN: 0959199403
Cowking, John - A Means Of Enlivening The Community - The History of Slaidburn Silver Band
Cox, Joyce - The Reepham Town Band (now Matthews Norfolk Brass) a tribute by Joyce Cox - Reepham Society, Reepham, 2002. ISBN: 0953985822
Cox, Lindsay - Brave & True: From Blue to Khaki - the Band of the 2/22nd Battalion - The Salvation Army Australia Southern Territory Archives & Museum, 2003
Crosby, June - Stanhope Silver Prize Band: 1823-1992 - 1992
Dale, G & P - History of Lower Withington Band
Danner, G - William Robyn and his St Louis Brass Band - Journal of Band Research , 29 no.2 (Spring 1994), pp. 93-96
Davidson, R and Courtenay, G - Dungannon Silver Band: 100 Years of Music - 2002
Dean, Frank - The Magic Of Black Dyke - Frank Dean - 1980
Dean, Louise - Heidelberg Musicians Past and Present [Heidelberg Brass Band] - Heidelberg Historical Soc., Melbourne, Australia, 1969
Derrett, JDM - Blockley's Brass Band - in A Second Blockley Miscellany, Blockley Antiquarian Society, 1994
Dewe, Denis - Brass supreme! : the first century of the Woolston Brass Band, now the Skellerup Woolston Band : 1891-1991 - Christchurch, New Zealand, 1991?
Dickinson, Frank - Glimpses of the Past: The Nellist Brass Band - Yorkshire Journal, Summer 1994
Dixon, K - A band for two villages: a history of Yiewsley and West Drayton band 1890-1990 - 1994
Dodrill, C. - The New Columbian Brass Band. Music from America's Golden Age - American Music, Vol. 16(3), 1998, pp 368-370
Dowling, J. - An aspect of nineteenth century leisure: the development of the brass band with particular reference to Todmorden Old Brass Band - project submitted in partial fulfilment of B.A. (Hons.) degree to Manchester Polytechnic, Department of English and History, 1984
Draper, Norman - Bands By the Bow, a History of Band Music in Calgary - Century Calgary Publications, Calgary, Canada, 1975
Duncan, George Maitland - Gore Town & Country Club Band (Inc.), 1885-1985 - Gore, N.Z. - 1985
Dyble, Keith - Penicuik Silver Band: 150th anniversary, 1835-1985: a history ... - The Committee - 1985
Eason, Kevin - Golden Brass: the 50th anniversary of the GUS Band - Chester Printers Ltd - 1983
Eastwood, Tom & Lunn, Colin - Slaithwaite Band Jubilee Celebration 1892-1942 - 1942
Edlington, Susan & Edlington, Sara - Marshall's of Gainsborough: from a local point of view. Vol. 1, The Trent Works and Britannia Band, S. Edlington, Doncaster, 1999. ISBN: 0953493415
Eggleton, Brian - Blow by Blow: a history of Shrewton Silver Band from 1830 to 1999 - Shrewton, 1999 (availability: Tel: +44 (0) 1980-621335) - ISBN: 0953664406
Elliot, Fred & Ken - The Band With a Name - A History of Coventry City Salvation Army Band 1882-1993 - 1994
Elstow, Victor - Century of Brass: History of the Wellingborough Salvation Army Band - Little Irchester, Wellingborough, Northants, 1990 - ISBN: 095168760390
Evans, Phillip B - A History Of Newtown Silver Band 1880-1980. 100 Years of Continual Service to the Community - Newtown Silver Band - 1981
Evans, Vincent - History of Gwaun Cae Gurwen Silver Band - 1965
Firth, John - Blow, Bugle Blow! - LaTrobe Federal Band , LaTrobe, Tasmania - 1988
Fodens - The History Of Fodens Motor Works Band - Fodens - 1936
Fowler, EG - The Bristol Victoria Band - 1990
Frampton, George - Players of No Mean Ability: The Woodchurch Brass Band 1868-1934 - Bygone Kent, 19(3), March 1998, pp143-50
Frampton, George - The Hope of the South: The Heyday of the Callender Cable Works Band - Bygone Kent, 19(4), April 1998, pp209-215
Gale, Vic and Jean - A Brass Heritage: 100 Years Of Chertsey And Alderstone Village Bands - VE Gale - 1993
Galliker, Joseph - 100 Jahre Harmonie Hochdorf - [1895-1995]: Jubiläumsschrift - Musikgesellschaft Harmonie Hochdorf, 1995
Geitvik, Hans - Volda Hornmusikk, 1888-1988 - ein livskraftig 100-åring : jubileumsskrift v - Volda, 1988
German, E - Dulverton Silver Band - 1988
Gibb, W - Memories of Sixty Years in the Bathgate Band - 1989
Gillham, Cyril - A Brief History of the Porthywaen Brass Band up to the end of the year 1934 - The Band, 1935
Gluyas, W - St. Stythians Brass Band - 1977
Gooding, Ken - Fodens: and the band played on - Industrial Management & Data Systems Vol. 74(1), 1974, pp.4-6
Goodman, Jim - Britannia Band, Londonderry - Britannia Band, 1985
Goodwin, David and Gardiner, Ron - Chalford blows a century: the History of the Chalford Band 1885-1985 - Author - 1985
Govan, Alistair - Cecil Carter and the Gislingham Band - Greenridges Press, June 2002, ISBN: 1902019040
Grace, G - The Wanlockhead Silver Band Transactions and Journal of Proceedings: Dumfriesshire & Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society - Series III, Vol. 54, (1979), pp164
Grafton Historical Society - The Grafton Cornet Band: 1867 - 1992 - Grafton, Vermont
Greaves, Jack - A musical mission of Empire: the story of the Australian Newcastle Steelworks Band - Peters 4 Printing, Berowra Heights, NSW, 2005
Greene, Peter - Musical Service: The Life And Times of the Franklin Silver Cornet Band - Xlibris Corporation, 2006. ISBN: 1425706673
Greutmann-Gasser, Rosi - 125 Jahre Musikverein Schleitheim, 1871-1996 - Schleitheim, 1996
Griffiths, Gordon - Beyond the Brass - a history of Michelmersh Silver Band, booklet, 1986
Gruffydd, K Lloyd - Brass Bands in & around Buckley - Buckley: The Magazine of the Buckley Society, No 8, March 1983
Hammonds, DG - Kent Police Band Souvenir Booklet - Kent County Constabulary, 1989
Hampson, Joseph N - Origin, History & Achievements Of The Besses o' th' Barn Band (With portraits of Bandmasters, Conductors, Members, &c.) - Jos Rogers, Northampton - 1892
Harrison, John - Elland Silver Band (History) - 1994
Harrison, Richard V -
Harrison,RV - Cockerton Band est. 1870 - Cockerton Band, 2001
Harvey, Doug - History of the Albany Band 1880-1996 [Albany Silver Band], Albany, 1997. ISBN: 0646315080
Hattam, Edward D - A century of brass: a history of the Woorayl Municipal Band, 1892-1992 - Woorayl Municipal Band, Leongatha, Victoria, Aus., 1992 - ISBN: 064608545X
Hefti, Rolf - 125 Jahre Bürgermusik Gossau SG - Jubiläumsfeier - Gossau, 1997
Hendrie, William F - Kinneil Band: One Hundred and Twenty Five Years of Music 1858-1983 - Kinneil Colliery Silver Band, 1983
Hesling White, JE - A Short History Of The Bramley Band - Witts Bramley - 1906
Hesling White, JE - Our Village Band [Bramley Band] - Bramley - 1905
Hill, B - The History of the New Buckenham Silver Band - New Buckenham, 1987
Hinchley, L - The History of a Brass Band 1941-1994 (British Aerospace (Chadderton) Band) - 1994
Hodel, Herbert - 100 Jahre Brass Band Frohsinn Grosswangen - Brass Band Frohsinn, Grosswangen, 1996
Hodel, Kurt - 100 Jahre Feldmusik Nebikon - 80 Jahre Männerchor Nebikon : Chronik 1998 - 1998
Hollinshead, K - The Major And His Band: The Story Of Abram/Bickershaw Colliery Band -  
Holz, Ronald W - Heralds of victory - a history celebrating the 100th anniversary of the New York Staff Band & Male Chorus, 1887-1987 - NY Salvation Army - 1986
Holz, Ronald W - The Proclaimers - 120 years of the New York Staff Band - NY Salvation Army - 2006
Hope, Noel - Crochets and Quavers, or the Making of the Brixwell Young People's Band - Salvationist Publishing & Supplies, London, 1921. 174pp
Hume, J Ord - Souvenir of St Hilda's Band - 1929
Hume, J Ord & Zealley, James- History of St Hilda's Band - Royal Silver Jubilee 1935 - 1935
Hunt, John - New Buckenham: Portrait of a Village (containing history and photographs of New Buckenham Silver Band, founded in 1887) - Norfolk Fair, (July 1974), pp.24-30
Hunter, Geoff - Cockermouth Mechanics Band: A History - Bookcase, Carlisle, 2005. ISBN: 1904147097
Inangahua Silver Band - 1901, 1951 souvenir: follow the band through 80 years of musical history in the Inangahua District - Charteris Print, New Zealand, 1951
Ingham, Charles - Gone Banding: A Lighthearted Look at the History of Marple Band 1900-1983 - Vitaprint, 1984
James, Jackie - Highworth Silver Band, in A History of Highworth, part 2 - Highworth, 1986, pp. 248-255
Jõgi, Aksel and Laul, Endel - Eesti vanima pasunakoori lugu - Torma
Johnson, Albert - Banks Brass Band the first 125 years - Allan Johnson, 2000 puhkpilliorkester 150 - Teaduste Akadeemia Kirjastus, Tallinn, Estonia, 1998
Jones, Geraint V. - Band yr Hendra - wmpa-wmpa! - Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst, 2004. ISBN: 0863819214
Jones, J.L. - Tyldesley Prize Band: A Potted History
Jones Richard - It's a Man's, Man's, Man's World: Cosmologies of Context Specific Performance within the Brighouse and Rastrick Band - International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) Conference, Institute for Music and Dance, Vienna, July 11 2007
Jones Richard - The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band and their Adopted Yorkshireman: A Participant Observer's Perception of Power, Status and Interaction - 38th World Conference of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM), University of Sheffield, August 8 2005
Jones, Richard - Are you Local? - The Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band and Local Musicking in a Yorkshire Village - 41st Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association, University of Manchester, November 5 2005
Jones, Richard - Tradition and Identity in the Brighouse and Rastrick Brass Band - Postgraduate Student Study Day, University of Sheffield, 21 March 2003
Keesing, Norma - Hastings Citizens' Band centenary, 1886-1986 - Hastings, N.Z. - 1986
Kelly, G - A Brief History of the Brass Band Movement in Ellesmere Port 1870-1986 - G Kelly, England, 1986
Kelly, Ruth - Kinneil Band: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Music 1858-2008 - Unison Kinneil Band, 2010
Kempton, Trevor John - Holsum Bakery Kaikorai Band centennial celebrations, October 24-25th 1981: centennial booklet and programme - Dunedin, N.Z. - 1981
Kennedy, David - Tutbury Variations [Tutbury Band and predecessors, e.g. Tutbury Silver Band]
Kernich, Aub - Angaston's Brass Bands and the Community Heritage Role 1857-1971 - A. Kernich, Tanunda, South Australia - 1996.
Kernich, Aub - Barossa Brass Bands: their role in the community, 1855-1999 - Barossa Valley Archives and Historical Trust, Tanunda, South Australia, 2000, ISBN: 0646387707
Kift, Nigel - Alcester Victoria Silver Band: The First Hundred Years - Brewin Books, 2001 - ISBN: 1858581885
Kimber, Ernie - My Story of the Tadley Band and my 75 years as a Bandsman - 1975
King, F. Bruce - Sounds of brass: history of the Takaka Citizens Band - Takaka, N.Z. - 1990
Kippin, MI - The history of the Cheltenham Silver Band. - 1937-1989 - 1997
Kirk, Pauline (ed.) - Recollections of Bramla Band, [Bramley Band], illustrations by Anne Marsden & Edna Holdsworth, Bramley History Society, 1985
Knolle, Lee - Sioux City's Special Brass Band - Music Educators Journal, 60/2 (Oct 1973), pp.47
Lamb, Ellen et al - BCB once more from the top, 1986-1996: the first ten years of the Burnie Concert Band - Burnie Concert Band, Tasmania, 1996
Lang, Sharon - 100 Years of Nestle Rowntree Band 1903-2003 - Shepherd Building Group Brass Band, York, 2005 - ISBN: 0954959205
Leach, Isaac - History Of The Bacup Old Band - LJ Priestley - 1893
Lee, Dave - Tom's band : life and times of the Epsom and Ewell Silver Band 1910-1997 - Dave Lee, 1998
Lillehaug, Leland A - Music for the people: The Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Municipal Band 1919-1994 - Pine Hill Press, 1994, ISBN: 0931170575
Littlemore, Alan - The Fodens Band: 100 Years of Excellence - Peak Press - 1999
Lofthouse, Andrea & Johnston, Kaye - Berry Silver Band 1897-1997 - Berry Silver Band, Berry, NSW, Australia - 1997. ISBN: 0646336126
Lord, Stephen - The history and some personal recollections of the Whitworth Vale and Healey Band - Stephen Lord, Rochdale, 2005
Lucas, Vicky - Kaiapoi Brass Band centennial booklet - Christchurch, N.Z. - 1985
McDougald, Don - Serving the Present Age: A History of the Pasadena Tabernacle Band - The Salvation Army, Los Angeles, 2008
McGregor, Charles and Pearson, Ian - The Bands of the Queen's Own Rifles of Canada (1860-2010) - Port Perry Printing Ltd, Ontario, Canada, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-9813621-0-6
Madden, Dudley - A History of Hobart's Brass Bands and Most Impressive Musicians - C. L Richmond and Sons, Devonport, Australia - 1986. ISBN: 1862521670
Mansell, Tony - Camborne Town Band - Trelease Publications, 2005, ISBN: 0954558359
Mansell, Tony - St. Agnes and its Band - Trelease Publications, 2003, ISBN: 0954558316
Martin, Vivian - The Footscray-Yarraville City Band 1883-1914; The Growth of a Tradition, B.A. Honours thesis - Australian Catholic University, Victoria, Australia
Mason, Lester R - Warragul Brass: the History of a musical family 1885-1997 - Warragul Municipal Band, Warragul, Victoria, Australia - 1998
Massey, R - 150 Years of Music: Meltham and Mills Band 1846-1996 - Burnhouse, Meltham - 1996
Mayes, Paddy (ed) - Nidderdale Brass: Summerbridge & Dacre Silver Prize Band & Darley Silver Band - a century of music - Summerbridge & Dacre Silver Prize Band, Chews Cottage, Old Church Lane, Pateley Bridge, HG3 5LX - 2002
McCaskill, Robert - Marching through three centuries with the City of Bendigo Brass Band: the history of the City of Bendigo Brass Band 1862-2001 - Robert McCaskill, Bendigo, Victoria, 2002. ISBN: 0958122601
McDonald, Tom and Anderson, Robert - Memories in focus - N.E. Ulster from old photographs, 1850-1950 - Second Coleraine Boys' Brigade Old Boys' Silver Band, Coleraine, 1981
McKay, Val - Sons O' Brass: 150 years of Bo'ness & Carriden Brass Band - 2008
Meier, Josef - 125 Jahre Eidgenössischer Musikverband - unsere Blasmusik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 1862-1987 : 125 ans Association féderale de musique : hier et aujourd'hui, 1862-1987 - Eidgenössischer Musikverband, 1987
Michel, Dave - Symphony in Brass: a history of the Cariboo Hill Temple Band - 2009
Mills, J. - Carharrack and St. Day Silver Band, 65th Anniversary, November 1977 [a history] - Carharrack and St. Day Silver Band, Cornwall, 1977
Mitroulia, Eugenia - City of Edinburgh Band 1925-2005 - Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, Edinburgh, 2006. ISBN: 0907635555
Moore, John Harvey - Brass 100: the story of the Waimate Silver Band - Waimate Silver Band, New Zealand, 1976
Moss, P - Manchester's Men o' Brass, in Manchester's Music Makers - Neil Richardson, 1994, ISBN: 1852160861
Mullen, C. L. - Mullen's Bandsmen of South Street (1900-1951) - C. Mullen, Abbottsford, Victoria, Australia - 1951
Needham, David - Sunbeams on Dancing Waters [history of Chadderton's brass bands] - in Scouthead and Austerlands Whit Friday Band Contest Programme, 2005
Newcomb, Stanley Peter - The National Band of New Zealand - Music Educators Journal - Vol. 51, No. 6 (Jun-Jul 1965), pp. 104-105
Newsome, Roy - 150 Golden Years - The History of Black Dyke Band - World of Brass Publications, London, 2005, ISBN: 0854127410
Norris, Paul Byron - Kenilworth town band (based on Arthur Frodsham's recollections) - Odibourne Press - 1996, ISBN: 0951514784
Northern, G.R. - Bandology of Cawthorne (history of the Cawthorne Brass Band) - GR Northern, 1995
O'Donnell, Dan - Brisbane Excelsior Brass Band, 1912-1995 - Fast Books, Glebe, Australia, 1995. ISBN: 0646253913
O'Leary, Olivia - Graignamanagh Brass Band: a history, 1828-1980 - Graignamanagh, Eire, 1980
O'Neill, Julie - Village Band [Woodborough, Notts] - Oral History Journal, Vol. 15, No. 1 (Spring, 1987), pp. 50-53
O'Shea, William A - The Louisburg Brass Bands - Louisbourg Heritage Society, Nova Scotia, 1991 - ISBN: 0969472013
O'Sullivan, Billy - 100 Years of Marching - St. Patrick's Brass Band, Kilkenny, 1882 - 1982 - Kilkenny, 1981
Ogden, Tony - Upper Mossley Whit Friday Band Contest: a general history of the results 1920-1980, also including Mossley Brow 1896-1955, and Roughtown 1949-1959 - 1981
Pahr, Art - Invincible Fidelity: A history of the Kiel Municipal Band - Windridge Productions, 1999
Panitz - Golden Brass: A history of the Gold Coast City Brass Band
Parry, F.W. - The History of Abergavenny Bands, Abergavenny Borough Band, 1989
Parsons, Len - The History of Wellington Silver Band - WSB, 1987
Pattie,Robert - History of the City of Ballarat Municipal Brass Band 1900-2000: one hundred years of music to the citizens of Ballarat, 2000
Pearce, Monty & Richards, Denzil - Still Blawin': an attempt to record the history of the Redruth Town Band, 1997
Peeke, Ken - Pressing Onward - The first one hundred years of the Melbourne Staff Band - Steed Press - 1990
Picken, Trevor G. - History Of Minchinhampton Town Band - 1977
Pollitt, Ken - Merseyside Police Band 125 Years, 1868-1993 - Official Commemorative History - 1993
Postmaster of the Borough/Postmaster Brown - The Town Band, or the Borough & the County Seat - J. W. Pepper & Son, Philadelphia 1911
Purkis, Trish - The band book : a history of brass bands in Lethbridge - Lethbridge, Alberta, 2000
Railton, Margaret - Waltham St Lawrence Band 1886-1986 - M Railton - 1986
Richards, Alan - History of the Stoke sub Hamdon Band (1945-1995), [the author], 1995. Copies still available from Alan Richards, 3 Langlands, Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset. Tel 01935-824111.
Roberts, J. Llywelyn - Dathlu canmlwyddiant Seindorf Arian Frenhinol Dyffryn Nantlle (Nantlle Vale Royal Silver Band) 1865-1965 - Parry a'i Feibion (Penygroes), 1965
Robinson, Clive A. - Sale Brass Band - Brief History of the Band circa 1849 to 1999, 1999
Robinson, David N - Poachings. Carols at Old Bolingbroke [Mareham le Fen brass band] - Lincolnshire Life, vol 12(10), Dec 1972, p.26
Rosser, Donna Colwell - Cookin' With Brass - River City Brass Band, Pittsburgh, PA, 1997. 102 Recipes. Meat - Percussion, Seafood - French Horn, Bread - Trombone, Soup - Trumpet, Vegetables and Fruit - Cornet, Side Dishes - Flugelhorn, Cookies - Tuba, Dessert - Baritone & Euphonium, and Miscellany - Conductor. In addition there are anecdotal stories and history of the RCBB.
Rowden, Martin L. J. - A History of the Salvation Army Chicago Staff Band, 1954-1994 - Ed.D., Music Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996. xi, 281 p. illus., append., bibliog. Research director: John Grashel. DDM Code: 74baRowM; DA no.: 57/11:4684; RILM no.: UM no.: 97-12423
Ruhrmund, F - About St Just in Penwith - Bossiney Books, 1979. [chapter on Pendeen Silver Band]
Russell, Steve and Galop, Julian - The Story of Blewbury Brass Band - 2010 - [available from robertlong@waitrose.com]
St. Patricks Brass Band - A Century Of St. Patricks Brass Band, Bunnoe 1886-1986 - Anglo Celt Ltd, Cavan, 1986
Sansom, Doreen- The Pop and Ale Boys - describing the Middleton Borough Brass Band from it's early days to present. Scripted as a diary - 19??
Sayer, Lynette - The Sound of Fakenham: Town Band History 1881-2006, 2006
Schulz, Elmore R. - History of the Nuriootpa Town Band, 1880-1980 - Nuriootpa Town Band, Nuriootpa, South Australia, 1980. ISBN: 0959462309
Shaw, Bill - 100 years of brass 1885-1985: a history of Thompsons Foundry Band - Thompson's Foundry Band, Castlemaine, Victoria. Australia, 1985 - ISBN: 0958961301
Shaw, Peter - Eaglehawk Citizens Brass Band 1884-1984 - Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia - 1984.
Sheriff, Les - The City of Lincoln Band - 1893 to 1993 - Centenary Celebration
Sister Lizzie - South Street Mission Brass Band in Road Making for the King - Story of South Street Mission, Hammersmith - Morgan & Scott Ltd, London, 1914
Smail, T.S. - Jed-Forest Instrumental Band - in Jedburgh Gazette, 5 July 1912 and 12 July 1912
Smith, Dixon- 50th Anniversary Souvenir of the Bathurst District Band and its only Bandmaster Mr. S. Lewens 1885-1933 - Bathurst Band, Bathurst, Australia - 1935.
Smyth, C - A Brief History of Langsett Road Salvation Army Band - 1989
Sparkes, C.S. John - Reminiscences of Burtle Brass Band, in Gie I Burtle: A Village Apart - ELSP, 2001. ISBN: 1903341620
Speeks, Davic - By way of introduction, or Portraits in Miniature of Regent Hall Salvation Army Band - 1949
Spencer,J - History of the Black Dike Mills Band, including List of Prizes Won - Queensbury, 1904
Stalybridge Band - Stalybridge Old Band: A Record of a Hundred Years 1814-1914 - George Whittaker and Sons, Stalybridge, 1914
Stockley, Den - Tickhill Jubilee Brass Band 1887-1939 - Tickhill History Society, 1994
Stubbs, J - Farndon, the Friendly Band: An Illustrated History of Farndon and District Brass Band, 1897-1997 - Farndon & District Brass Band - 1997 -
Summergill, Barbara - Bedford Town Band Centenary - 1994
Terziano, Ed. - A mini history: Anglo Canadian Leather Co. Concert Band [The "Little Town Band" that grew and grew] - Forester Press Ltd., Huntsville, Ontario, 1986
Thoma, Ludwig - 175 Jahre Musikkapelle Nauders - Raggl Landeck, Innsbruck, 1997
Thompson, Bram - History of the Scottish Co-op Band
"Tiberius" (John Firth) - 1875: A history of the Toquay Fife Band, that becme the Torquay Brass Band, that became the Devonport Brass Band, Now the City of Devonport Brass (Band) - City of Devonport Brass Inc., Devonport, Tasmania - 1990
"Tiberius" (John Firth) - Blow Bugle Blow: memoirs of the 12 originals of the Latrobe Federal Band est. 1872 - Latrobe Federal Band, Geneva Press, Tasmania, 1988 - ISBN: 0959231919
"Tiberius" (John Firth)- More than a century - City of Devonport Brass Inc., Devonport, Tasmania - 1990
Town Mill Trust - "You were given an instrument and told, you will play it" (Jim Sweetland), in ... cheaper to re-roof than demolish: An oral history of the Town Mill, Lyme Regis, The Town Mill Trust, Lyme Regis, 2005. ISBN: 0955157625
Trelease, Linda - Carharrack & St. Day Silver Band - 85th anniversary, 1997 - Carharrack and St. Day Silver Band, 1997
Trethewey, Linda - St Dennis Band, 150 Years, 1838-1988 - 1988
Turner,J - Water Prize Band 1866-1966 Centenary Year - Souvenir Programme - 1966
Valentine, Roland T. - Hawera Municipal Band centenary, Hawera Municipal Band Centenary Committee, Hawera, New Zealand, 1978
Vickers, Peter - Longridge Brass Band - From Schoolyard to the Albert Hall - CPL Design & Print, Preston, 2002
Vickers, Peter - The Red Rose Brass Band - Happy Landing Press, 1997
Wade, R - The First 100 Years of Brighouse & Rastrick Band - Brighouse Echo - 1981
Walker, Matthew - The History of Farnworth & Walkden Brass Band - Matthew Walker, 2004
Warren, Alf - Century Of Brass 1887-1987: Morwell Citizens Band, 1987
Warren, Richard S. - The History of Croft Silver Band
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White, JE Hesling - A Short History of the Bramley Band - Bramley - 1906
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Wilton, John - St Agnes Silver Band - 1907 to the millennium and beyond - a history - St Agnes Silver Band, 1998
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Biographical
- The Life and Career of the Late Mr Edwin Swift: A Self-made Musician, Bandmaster and Adjudicator, Trainer of many of the leading brass bands in the North of England - Fred Hawley, Milnsbridge - 1904
Adams, Alton Augustus - The Memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams, Sr.: First Black Bandmaster of the United States Navy - University of California Press, ISBN: 0520251318
Ainscough, W - William Halliwell 1864-1946 in, Littlemore, Alan - Rakeway Brass Band Yearbook 1987 - Rakeway Music - 1987 - pp.33-40
Ainscough, W - William Rimmer "The Doctor of the Brass Band World" in, Littlemore, Alan - Rakeway Brass Band Yearbook 1988 - Rakeway Music - 1988 - pp.24-28
Alderman, Mari - The Liveseys, bandmasters of Merthyr Tydfil - Glamorgan Family History Journal - 52 (1998)
Anon - From A to B. Kenneth Alford and Hubert Bath - British Music (17) 1995, p49-60
Ashton, Cedric H - The Heart Of Gunnery: An R.A.N. Bandsman's Experience in WW II (1930-1945) - Monograph No. 64, Naval History Society of Australia, 1997
Auble, Dr. Glen - Strike Up The Band: The Musical Career Of An Optometrist - Ord, Nebraska
Backhaus, P - An Adamless garden of musical Eves - A short history of Helen May Butler: the female Sousa. - in Kongressbericht Feldkirch/Vorarlberg, ed. Suppan, W , pp. 181-84. Alta Musica 16, Tutzing Hans Schneider, 1992 - ISBN: 3795207932
Berger, K - The March King and his Band (on Sousa) - 1957
Bierley, Paul E. - John Philip Sousa - American Phenomenon - Integrity Press, 1973
Bierley, Paul E. - The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa - University of Illinois Press, 2006. ISBN: 0252031474
Boon, Brindley - The Best of Both Worlds: An Autobiography - World of Brass, Wellingborough, 2009. ISBN: 9780 85412 7986
Bradwell, Cyril R - Symphony of Thanksgiving, The Life and Music of Commissioner Sir Dean Goffin - The New Zealand and Fiji Territory of the Salvation Army - 1994
Brown and Stratton - British Musical Biography - Stratton, Birmingham, 1897
Calcutt, Dorothy - My Three Hats: The Autobiography of a Schoolgirl at Milham Ford, a Member of Stonesfield Silver Band and a Keen Oxford United Supporter - The Wychwood Press, 2003. ISBN: 1902279158
Carlson, Stephen Robert - The Life, Career and Influence of Herbert L. Clarke - DMA thesis, Catholic University of America, 1980
Carse, A - Adolphe Sax and the Distin Family - The Music Review, 6 (1945), pp.193-201
Carse, Adam von Ahn - The Life of Jullien. Adventurer, showman-conductor and establisher of the Promenade Concerts in England, together with the history of those concerts up to 1895 - W. Heffer & Sons, Cambridge - 1951
Casson, Colin - Blowing My Own Trumpet - Memoirs of a Yorkshire Bandsman - The History Press, 2008. ISBN: 075244719X
Chapples, Leslie - From Little Brass to Big Brass - a biography of Syd Ratcliffe, Vice President of Wingates Temperance and Burnley Alliance Silver Bands, Turner and Earnshaw, 1981
Clarke, Herbert L - How I Became a Cornetist: The Autobiography of a Cornet-Playing Pilgrim's Progress - Huber, St Louis, 1934
Cooke, PM - Eric Ball: The Man And His Music - Egon, 1991 - ISBN: 0905858824
Copley, I. A. - Warlock and the Brass Band - The Musical Times, Vol. 109, No. 1510 (Dec., 1968), pp. 1115-1116
Court, Wally - In The Firing Line - A Biography of Bramwell Coles
Cox, Lindsay E - Brave & True - From Blue to Khaki: the Band of the 2/22nd Battalion - [life of Arthur Gullidge]
Darlington, Marwood - Irish Orpheus: The Life of Patrick S. Gilmore, Bandmaster Extraordinary - Olivier-Maney-Klein Co., Philadelphia, 1950
Dickenson, Florence - The Mellings of Rainhill, 1830-1870 - Transactions of the Historical Society of Lancashire and Cheshire, vol. 121, 1969, pp.59-75
Elkus, Jonathan - Charles Ives and the American band tradition: a centennial tribute - American Arts Documentation Centre, University of Exeter (US), 1974 - ISBN: 0859890058
Evans, Richard - Dick the Stick! - Jagrins Music Publications, Stockport, 2005
Farmer, H.G. - Cavaliere Zavertal and the Royal Artillery Band - Hinrichsen 1951
Fossey, Leslie - This Man Leidzen: Stories from the Life of Erik Leidzen, an American Salvationist Musician - Salvationist Publishing and Supplies Ltd, 1966. 90pp
Frederiksen Brian - Arnold Jacobs song and wind - WindSong Press, 1996 - ISBN: 0965248909
Galloway, Michael - Albert Coutourier, Neglected Cornet Virtuoso: A Study in Musical Americana D.M.A. dissertation, University of Hartford, 1985
Gay, Bram - Trumpet Involuntary (Autobiography) - Thames Publishing - 1995
Getz, Robert - Aspiration - Anecdotal Snapshots of Genius - [biography of Dr Emil Soderstrom] - 2008
Glennie, Evelyn - Good Vibrations - Hutchinson, London, 1990. ISBN: 0091743052
Godfrey, Dan - Memories and Music: Thirty-Five Years of Conducting - Hutchinson, London, 1924
Green, Roger Challoner - In Pursuit Of A Dream: Proclamation (book to accompany the "Proclamation: In Pursuit of a Dream" - a recording in Celebration of the Bass Trombone, by Douglas Yeo (Boston Symphony Orchestra), 1996
Haine, Malou - Adolphe Sax (1814-1894) - sa vie, son oeuvre et ses instruments de musique -Éditions de l'Université de Bruxelles - 1980
Hair, Graham (ed.) - The Music of Thomas Wilson: A Symposium - Musica Scotica: Historical Studies of Scottish Music, Volume 2, 2004. ISBN 095282129X
Hatton, Thomas - Karl L. King, An American Bandmaster - Instrumentalist Co., 1975
Helme, Christopher - Legends in Brass - v. 1: James Shepherd - The Famous Newbiggin-by-the-Sea Cornet Player - Mews Publishing (Lightcliffe), 1999 - ISBN: 0953670503
Herbert, Trevor - A Lament for Sam Hughes: the Last Ophicleidist - Planet: The Welsh Internationalist, (July 1991), pp.66-75
Herbert, Trevor - The careers of trombone players in the sixteenth century', Susato Symposium, University of Durham, New Hampshire, USA , April 1999.
Hickman, Jane W - Magnificent Méndez (biography of Raphael Méndez, trumpeter) - Summit Books, 1994
Holz, Ronald W. - Erik Leidzen : Band Arranger and Composer - (Studies in the History and Interpretation of Music), Edwin Mellen Press, 1990. ISBN:0889464723
Horwood, W - Adolphe Sax - His Life and Legacy - Egon, 1983 - ISBN: 0905858182
Howe, Major James H. - A Conductor's Journey - JH Publishing, 2003. (Available from the author at 34 Pashley Road, Eastbourne, BN20 8DY.) Describes the life of one of the Army's great Bandmasters who served with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders and The Royal Scots
IWBC [International Women's Brass Conference] Pioneer's Committee - Women Brass Musicians: Past and Present, Professionals in Performance and University Education - IWBC, St. Louis, 1993
Jones, Daphne - Bullets and Bandsmen (The story of a bandsman on the Western Front) - Owl Press - 1992, ISBN: 0951591738
Jones, Philip (ed) - A Celebration - John Fletcher - Tuba Extraordinary - The John Fletcher Trust, London, 1997
Jones, Richard - Review of "The Incredible Band of John Philip Sousa" in The World of Music (Echoes of our forgotten ancestors), 48, 2006-3, ISSN: 00438774, ISBN: 9783861357490
Kent, Greta - A view from the bandstand - Sheba Feminist, London, 1983, ISBN: 0907179193
Knott, Melvyn Constant Trust - The Spirituality of the Music of Eric Ball - Planetree Books, Llanidloes, 2003. ISBN: 1842941240. Includes a CD of conversation between the author and Eric Ball. Copies £6 from Melvyn Knott, 25 Richmond Road, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 5LL
Lewiton, Mina (Illustrated by Howard Simon) - John Philip Sousa The March King - Didier Publishers, New York, 1944
Lingg, Ann M - John Philip Sousa - Holt, New York, 1954
Looker, Fred - Memoes of a Bandsman on Active Service - in Captivity and Peace - Fred Looker, 1986 (served with 9th Battalion The Royal Fusiliers in WW2. It is his personal diary of his experiences both at war and in peace. He was captured and taken prisoner serving his time at Stalag 8B.)
Lusher, Don - The Don Lusher Book - Egon Publishers - 1985
Mason, HB - Memoirs of a Gunner Bandsman: 1907-1932 (Royal Artillery Band) - Orpington, 1978, ISBN: 0722311850
Mathez, Jean-Pierre - Joseph Jean-Baptiste Laurent Arban 1825-1889: Portrait d'un musicien français du xixe siècle - Éditions BIM, Moudon, 1977
Mathias, Frank F - G.I. Jive: An Army Bandsman in World War II - University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 1982
Mays, Spike - The Band Rats (autobiography - British military bands 1924-45) - Magna Print, Long Preston, 1989
Meckna, Michael - Twentieth-century Brass Soloists - Greenwood Press, 1994 - ISBN: 0313264686
Miller, George J. - Pages from a Bandmaster's Diary (Continued) - The Musical Times, Vol. 56, No. 872 (Oct. 1, 1915), pp. 595-599
Millington, William - Sketches of Local Musicians - Pendlebury, 1884
Morrison, James - Blowing My Own Trumpet - Pier 9, 2006. ISBN: 1740458788
Mortimer, H - On Brass - Alphabooks, Sherborne - 1981
Nalden, Charles - Half and Half - the memoris of a charity brat 1908-1989 - Biography of Dr. Charles Nalden, member of RA Mounted Band, lecturer at Kneller Hall, Professor of Music at Aukland (NZ) University - Moana Press, Tauranga, New Zealand, 1989. ISBN 0-908705-48-4
Newsom, Jon - Perspectives on John Philip Sousa - Library of Congress, Washington, 1983, ISBN: 084440425X
Newsome, R - Doctor Denis: The Life And Times Of Dr Denis Wright - Egon, 1995 - ISBN: 0905858921
Nicholas, Stephen - "T.J. Powell", in Whitchurch and Llandaff North - NPI Media Group, United Kingdom, 2005. ISBN: 075243635X
Nowicke, Carole & Farrar, Lloyd P. - Mr Bell Remembered - A Centenary Celebration of William J. Bell, Tubist, 1902-1971. An album of recollections in the words of his students and friends with historical photos of them and of him published on the occasion of the centenary of his birth. Issued as a Special Conference Report of Redeeming Brass IV (A Fourth Annual Brass Band & Brasswind Workshop in Norris, Tennessee).
Oakley, Derek - Fiddler on the March - a biography of Lt Col Sir Vivian Dunn (Director of Music of the Royal Marines) - Royal Marines Historical Society, 2000 - ISBN: 0953616304
Palmer, Christopher - Herbert Howells - a study - Novello - 1992
Panter, Ernest A. - Memoirs - Leaves from a Bandsman's Diary [tales of Rushden Mission Band] - Elim, Rushden, 1943
Pettitt, Stephen - Dennis Brain: a biography - Hale, 1976
Plowden, Gene - Merle Evans: Maestro Of The Circus - E.A. Seemann Publishing, Miami, 1971
Price, Eric - Family Recollections - Memories of a Victorian Soldier - From the diaries of Band Sergeant W.E.Govier 1st & 3rd Btns., The Rifle Brigade - Micawber Graphics, 1993. ISBN: 0 9520400 0 X
Read, David - Beyond the Box: A social history of brass bands over the last 60 years as seen through the eyes of one of the world's foremost adjudicators - Jagrins Music Publications, Stockport, 2004
Rivière, Jules - My Musical Life and Recollections - Sampson, Low Marston, London
Roberts, Peter - Peter Roberts - A Legend in his own Lifetime: An Autobiography - Jagrins Music Publications, Stockport, 2003
Rogan, John Mackenzie - Fifty Years of Army Music - Methuen & Co., London, 1926
Ryan, George E - A Life of Bandmaster Richard Willis - Christopher Publishing House, ISBN: 0815805403
Sousa, John Philip - Marching Along: Recollections of Men Women and Music - Hale, Cushman & Flint, Boston, 1928
Spicer, Paul - Herbert Howells - Seren, Bridgend, 1998 - ISBN: 1854112325
Stephens, Denzil - Banding is My Life - Sarnia Music Publishing, 2007
Stewart, M Dee (ed) - Arnold Jacobs: The Legacy of a Master - Instrumentalist Publishing Co, Northfield IL., 1987
Thirst, Timothy - James Ord Hume -the March King - 2005 [available from Dr Timothy Thirst, The Haywain, Happisburgh, Norfolk, NR12 0RU]
Trendell, John - Colonel Bogey to the Fore: a Biography of Kenneth J Alford - Blue Band, AR Adams, 1989
Ward, Pat - Alex F. Lithgow 1870-1929 March Music King - Pat Ward, Armadale, Western Australia, 1990
Weast, Robert D - Famous Trumpet Players - Principles, Quotes and Commentary of Trumpet Players and Pedagogues from 1584 to the Present - The Brass World
Webb, Joy - And This is Joy - Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1969
Weston, Stephen - Samuel Hughes - Ophicleidist - University of Edinburgh Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, 1986. ISBN: 090763513X
Whiting, Chester Earl - The Baton And The Pendulum (Bandleader of United States Army Field Band) - 1963
Wiggins, Arch R - Father Of Salvation Army Music: Richard Slater - Salvationist Publishing & Supplies, London - 1945
Wiggins, Arch R - Triumph of Faith: Bandmaster George Marshall - Salvationist Publishing & Supplies, London - 1958
Wrigley, Fred - Brass Bands, Stalybridge and Me - Neil Richardson, 2000 - ISBN: 1852161388
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