Songs & Music of the Redcoats: A History of the War Music of the British Army 1642-1902 (1970)

by Lewis S Winstock

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The first really serious study of British military music. Since publication, the internet has arrived and much
material not available to this author is now freely accessible - for example, Thompsons 'Complete Tutor for
the Fife', The John Buttrey MS, etc. Nevertheless, this was a ground-breaking publication in its day and is
still relevant - well worth having a copy on your shelf.

Includes scores for 50+ tunes - arranged for piano (though fife/flute would have been better).

The accompanying record 'Songs and Music of the Redcoats (ARGO) featuring Martin Wyndham-Reade,
The Druids and the Band of the Scots Guards is worth tracking down... (

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captbirdseye | Apr 26, 2019 |

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1970

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John Cope

Charles Edward Stuart

Napoleon Bonaparte

Ben Bolt

Rory O'More, ballad character

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War of the Spanish Succession

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To my Mother

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WAR MUSIC: THE POOR RELATION OF A RICH MILITARY HERITAGE
Songs and Music of the Redcoats is a history of the war music of the British Army from the mid-seventeenth century to the end of the Boer War in 1902.

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THE FRENCH WARS 1793-1815
The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars persisted, with one short break of fourteen months, from 1793 to 1815.
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