Bands in American musical history: inflection points and reappraisals

Part I. Inflection points. P.S. Gilmore's 1864 visit to New Orleans : prelude to the Boston Peace Jubilees / George Foreman

"The most skilled combination of the kind in the world" : the Kaiser-Cornet-Quartett in the United States, 1872 / Eric Roefs

From Gilmore to Sousa : how one legendary bandmaster gave rise to another / Dave Detwiler

Conn's "wonder" years : artist endorsement posters, 1885-1899 / Margaret Downie Banks

"Conditions certainly are rotten": the demise of the Sousa band (1926-1931) / Bryan Proksch

Part II. Reappraisals. The early works of Francis Johnson (1792-1844) / Colin Roust

The Manchester Cornet Band repertoire of the 1850s / Michael O'Connor

Soldiers or artists? : Civil War musicians and the band in nineteenth-century America / James A. Davis

Francesco Fanciulli : a family recollection / Steve Bornemann

Alice Raymond : "America's greatest lady cornetist" / Patricia Backhaus and George Foreman.