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Author: Ralph Katz
Date: 2013-04-20 20:16
Our wind octet has an annual gig playing at the Lincoln Dinner during Civil War Days in Dexter, MI (site of last year's tornado.)
We don't wear period dress or play period instruments. We do try to play pieces written before 1865, although we have also played music written later.
Can anyone recommend sources of period civil war music? This could be either already arranged for octet (2 ob, 2 cl, 2 hn, 2 bn), or pieces that would be readily adaptable.
Thanks
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Author: gkern
Date: 2013-04-20 21:33
Our band has performed"Civil War Fantasy" by Jerry Bilik. It is a tremendous work!
Gary K
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Author: GBK
Date: 2013-04-20 22:09
gkern wrote:
> Our band has performed"Civil War Fantasy" by Jerry Bilik. It
> is a tremendous work!
Correct title is: American Civil War Fantasy
It's also for concert band and $125.
...GBK
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Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date: 2013-04-21 00:01
Find the Eastman Wind Ensemble recording "Sounds of the Civil War,," pick what you like, find some sources for the melodies, and then arrange them for your ensemble. The liner notes on the LP also give sources, if I recall correctly, but the LP is going to be hard to find.
I'd be extremely surprised if anything "authentic" is arranged for the ensemble you describe. If you find any authentic arrangements at all, they're likely to be for brass band or military band, or in SATB form only. You can easily find, however, song books with the melodies and basic piano accompaniments that you can work from.
You might try getting hold of someone from The Stonewall Brigade Band in Staunton VA, which was stared in 1855. There's likely a historian in the group who might be able to steer you better than I.
By the way, American Civil War Fantasy is not period; it's a "modern" set of several Civil War era tunes set in a long work for band.
B.
Post Edited (2013-04-21 00:03)
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Author: Taras12
Date: 2013-04-21 00:42
This may sound stupid, but you might want to check out Sheet Music Plus. Look for some common genres. There are arrangements for Battle Hymn of the Republic, Dixie and other music of the period. Additionally, Negro or African-American Spirituals, Americana Music is also available.
Use a search engine for American Music of the period and that may help as well.
I don't know whether or not you have access to a program like Sibelius First, which can help transpose music.
Tristan
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Author: clarinetguy ★2017
Date: 2013-04-21 02:34
Aura Lee is another nice tune. When it was published in 1861, I'm sure nobody had any idea that a guy named Elvis would come along about a hundred years
later . . . 
Hail Columbia, now the official march for the vice president, was very popular during the 19th century as a patriotic tune. You might also find some ideas in a long-forgotten piano piece of the 19th century, the Battle of Richmond by Theodore Moeling.
http://petrucci.mus.auth.gr/imglnks/usimg/6/61/IMSLP103051-PMLP210727-moellingBattleofRichmond.pdf
At the end, there's an early version of the Star Spangled Banner which is a bit different from what we hear today. You might also want to check out some of the many other early versions of the Star Spangled Banner.
I don't have any specific pieces in mind, but perhaps there's something by
Louis Moreau Gottschalk that you can use.
Post Edited (2013-04-21 02:36)
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Author: William
Date: 2013-04-21 16:22
You may want to contact our own 1st Brigade Band which plays civil war era music on authentic period instruments. A very popular area ensemble.
http://www.1stbrigadeband.org/website/default.html
They have a huge repretoire of authentic period music which, I am sure, Dan Woolpert, their founder and conductor, will be willing to share.
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