Brass Bands of the World: Militarism, Colonial Legacies, and Local Music Making

269 Pages·2013·3.676 MB·English

by  Suzel Ana Reily (editor), Katherine Brucher (editor)

An Ashgate Book
Brass Bands of the World:
MilitarisM, Colonial legaCies,
and loCal MusiC Making
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Brass Bands of the World:
Militarism, Colonial legacies,
and local Music Making
Edited by
suzel ana reily
Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
katherine BruCher
DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Brass bands of the world : militarism, colonial legacies, and local music making. – (soas
musicology series)
1. Brass bands. 2. Brass bands – history.
i. series ii. reily, suzel ana, 1955– iii. Brucher, katherine.
784.9–dc23
The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows:
Brass bands of the world : militarism, colonial legacies, and local music making / edited
by suzel ana reily and katherine Brucher.
pages cm.—(soas musicology series)
includes bibliographical references and index.
isBn 978-1-4094-4422-0 (hardcover)
1. Brass bands—history. 2. Band music—social
aspects. i. reily, suzel ana, 1955- ii. Brucher, katherine.
Ml1300.B73 2013
784.909—dc23
2013000818
isBn 9781409444220 (hbk)
Bach musicological font developed by © yo tomita.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables vii
List of Musical Examples ix
Notes on Contributors xi
Foreword by Charles Keil xiii
Acknowledgements xxi
Introduction: The World of Brass Bands 1
Katherine Brucher and Suzel Ana Reily
1 Brass and Military Bands in Britain – Performance Domains, the
Factors that Construct them and their Influence 33
Trevor Herbert
2 Western Challenge, Japanese Musical Response: Military Bands in
Modern Japan 55
Sarah McClimon
3 Battlefields and the Field of Music: South Korean Military Band
Musicians and the Korean War 79
Heejin Kim
4 From Processions to Encontros: The Performance Niches of the
Community Bands of Minas Gerais, Brazil 99
Suzel Ana Reily
5 The Representational Power of the New Orleans Brass Band 123
Matt Sakakeeny
6 Soldiers of God: The Spectacular Musical Ministry of the
Christmas Bands in the Western Cape, South Africa 139
Sylvia Bruinders
7 Composing Identity and Transposing Values in Portuguese
Amateur Wind Bands 155
Katherine Brucher
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8 Playing Away: Liminality, Flow and Communitas in an Ulster
Flute Band’s Visit to a Scottish Orange Parade 177
Gordon Ramsey
9 From Village to World Stage: The Malleability of Sinaloan Popular
Brass Bands 199
Helena Simonett
Bibliography 217
Discography 235
Index 237
List of Figures and Tables
Figures
4.1 Banda de Música Giulietta Dionesi, 1900. Photos courtesy of
Márcia Lemes 111
4.2 Banda de Música Memória de Dom Pedro II, 1899. Photo courtesy
of the Centro de Memória do Sul de Minas 112
4.3 Campanhense Jazz-Band. Photo courtesy of the Centro de Memória
do Sul de Minas 114
4.4 Corporação Musical Dom Inocêncio playing at an encontro de
bandas in Varginha, Minas Gerais, 2008. Photo by Suzel Ana Reily 119
5.1 Members of the Black Men of Labor Social Aid & Pleasure Club
pose for a picture before their parade, 3 September 2006. Photo by
Matt Sakakeeny 124
5.2 Black Men of Labor founding members Gregg Stafford (far left)
and Fred Johnson (far right), 3 September 2006. Photo by Matt
Sakakeeny 133
5.3 Members of the Black Men of Labor dance in front of the musicians
and second liners, 2 September 2007. Photo by Matt Sakakeeny 134
6.1 St. Joseph’s Christmas Band on parade in Woodstock, 2009. Photo
courtesy of Paul Grendon 146
6.2 St. Joseph’s Christmas Band performing at the Union Competition,
2010. Photo courtesy of Paul Grendon 149
7.1 The statue, Homage to the Musician, Largo do Santo António,
Covões, 2011. Photo by Katherine Brucher 156
7.2 One of the youngest (foreground) and the oldest (background)
musicians in the band in front of the church before the procession
for the Feast of Saint Anthony of Covões, June 2011. Photo by
Katherine Brucher 172
8.1 Intense focus on the music as the SGWM band enters the field, 2008 187
9.1 Banda Los Guamuchileños in 1947 with a wealthy businessman
from Culiacán, sitting. Photo courtesy of Teodoro Ramírez Pereda 202
9.2 Banda El Recodo in front of the church of the village of El Recodo,
1943. Photo courtesy of Rigoberto Zamudio Velarde 204
9.3 Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga, c. 1963. Photo courtesy of
Isidoro Ramírez Sánchez 205
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Table
2.1 Yamada Kōsaku, ‘Shoshun no Zensō to Kōshinkyoku – Nihon
no Kodomo no Tame’ (Early Spring Prelude and March – for the
Children of Japan) 76
List of Musical Examples
2.1 ‘A Band With Drawn Swords’. Used with permission of Zen-On
Gakufu 61
2.2 ‘Gunkan Kōshinkyoku’ (Battleship March: opening of trio)
(reduced transcription). Used with permission of Zen-On Gakufu 64
2.3 ‘Lion Dance of Echigo’ by Yoshimoto Mitsuzō, clarinet excerpt.
Used with permission of the Osaka City Band, photo courtesy of
Kokusho Kanko Kai 66
2.4 ‘Aikoku Kōshinkyoku’ (Patriotic March) by Setoguchi Tōkichi
Used with permission of Zen-On Gakufu 73
2.5 ‘Early Spring Prelude and March’ as performed by the Tokyo
College of Music Symphonic Band 75