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The Civil War its music and its sounds

Title
The Civil War [sound recording] : its music and its sounds.
Published
New York, NY : Mercury, p1990.
Physical Description
2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Mercury: 432 591-2 (432 592-2--432 593-2).
Band music, bugle calls, songs and battle sounds.
Previously released.
Compact discs.
Notes by Frederick Fennell, Harold T. Peterson, and Charles L. Dufour (53 p. : ill., facsims.) inserted in container.
The music recorded in the Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NY, Dec. 1960 and May 1962; battle sounds and other special effects recorded in Gettysburg, PA, Oct. 1960, and at West Point, NY, Dec. 1960.
Format
Audio
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 26, 2012
Series
Mercury living presence
Performers
Martin Gabel, narrator ; reactivated Civil War unit Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery ; Eastman Wind Ensemble ; Frederick Fennell, conductor.
Contents
Disc 1. Fort Sumter to Gettysburg. Band music of the Union troops ; Band music of the Confederate troops ; Field music of Union and Confederate troops (Camp, garrison and field calls for fifes and drums ; Cavalry bugle signals) ; The sounds of conflict: Fort Sumter to Gettysburg
Disc 2. Gettysburg to Appomattox. Band music of the Union troops ; Band music of the Confederate troops ; Field music of Union and Confederate troops (Bugle signals for the service of the skirmishers ; Drum calls ; Camp and field duty calls for the fifes and drums ; The Appomattox bugle) ; Songs of the Union and Confederate soldiers ; Firearms of the Civil War ; The sounds of conflict: Gettysburg to Appomattox.
Issue number
432 591-2 Mercury
432 592-2 Mercury
432 593-2 Mercury
432 591-2 (432 592-2--432 593-2) Mercury
Genre/Form
Sound effects recordings.
Also listed under
Gabel, Martin, 1912-1986.
Fennell, Frederick.
United States. Army. New Jersey Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865). Battery B.
Eastman Wind Ensemble.
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