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We now know something about who they were and the music they played, but at the time Fennell got his inspiration to research the bands and music of the Civil War, no one had yet done such a thing. He started from scratch, digging through attics and basements in books and rotary valve instruments. His Eastman students were set to the task of making the old instruments playable and then learning to play them. He somehow managed to scrape together the resources to fund the recording, In addition the Civil War music, Fennell recorded an album of U.S. music recording) that was used after the Civil War. He also published In the years following the release of the Civil War records, Civil War re-enactment bands formed to play the music rediscovered by Fennell start to that recording along with the interest in Civil War history that started in the 1960s with the centennial commemorations of the war. the Civil War Bands on a continuing basis. Originally formed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of General Grants return to Galena, they are still active today. The 5th Michigan Brass Band was formed in 1973 as a State of Michigan Bicentennial project and the Americus Brass Band was founded in 1976 by a group of music students at California State University, Long Beach. Heritage Americana founded by Robert Garofalo and Mark Elrod in 1978 at the Catholic University. Fennell went on to record more Civil War music albums “Our Musical Past-A Concert for Brass Band, Voice, and Piano” Recorded in 1976 for the Library of Congress and “American Brass Band Journal Revisited-Music from the John F. Stratton Military Band Series” with the Empire Brass Quintet and friends recorded in 1978 Always considered the “Grand Patriarch” of Civil War Brass Band music Fennell found time to guest conduct some of the re-enactment bands and was the Honorary Director and Guest Conductor for the National Civil War Band Festival held in at University in Campbellsville, Campbellsville Kentucky in 2000 and 2003. The festival, billed cians since the famed Grand Review of the Armies in Washington, DC, May 23-24, 1865” featured fourteen brass bands gathered for Fennell conducted a mass concert of over 200 musicians. I presented a lecture on the history of the military bugle and the origins of the bugle call Taps at the 2003 festival in which Fennell sat in the audience. To be in the presence of a great musician and historian was one of the greatest thrills of my life In July 2003 fourteen Civil War bands from 11 states were invited to participate in the second triennial National Civil War Band Festival at Campbellsville, located about 85 miles southwest of Lexington, Lexington, and Olde Towne Brass of Huntsville, Alabama. Other participating bands at the 2003 festival are The Wildcat Regiment Band, Home, PA; The Dodworth Saxhorn Band, Ann Arbor, MI; The 8th Regiment Band, Rome, GA; The 5th Michigan Regiment Band, Novi, MI; The 33rd Illinois Volunteer Regiment Band, Bloomington, 50 | HISTORIC BRASS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER - WINTER 2005
IL; The Regimental Volunteer Band of Wisconsin, Dousman, WI; The 5th California Volunteer Infantry Regiment Band, Davis, CA; The New Mexico Territorial Brass Band, Albuquerque, NM; The Frontier Brigade Band, Colleyville, TX; The Heritage Brass Band, Mesquite, TX; The Band of the California Battalion, Long Beach, CA. It was a On December 7, 2004 , in her message to his friends and musical as- bit before midnight, Dad told me he was “frustrated and disappointed.” best drummer was on the way.” Moments later he said, “I can hear him! my dad…” On December 14, 2004, at his memorial service in Siesta Key, Florida, delegations from Eastman, major orchestras and bands gathered to say farewell to the maestro. Jim Smith, drummer who as that the Church Bulletin was rather simple, except that it included the “Prayer of the Company of Fifers and Drummers.” And the service and music followed the Episcopal liturgy with but one exception. It concluded with a drum salute. Performing on old Civil War drums Toft performed music prescribed by Frederick Fennell for the event: dynamics. From his notes “…I wrote this for me or Bill (Ludwig) if family and friends gather to celebrate. But I really wrote it for Bill, and the silences throughout it are for all the other drummer boys--- with all repeats: this then—to conclude the farewell to the two friends will be followed by Connecticut Halftime. Both musicians added the The world of Civil War music is indebted to the legacy Frederick Jari Villanueva, Principal Musician, The Federal City Brass Band International Cornett and Sackbut Conference and Competition Organized by Les Sacqueboutiers de Toulouse And The Historic Brass Society Competiton for Solo cornetto and Solo Trombone and Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble Lectures, Performances, Master Classes, Round-Table Discussion Tentative Participants: Becquet, Canihac, Carter, Delmas, Dickey, Dongois, Fourtet, Guerrier, Heller, Klaus, Kreitner, Matharel, Savan, Tubery, Weiner April 19 -23, 2006 Toulouse, France Information for the Competition: Jean-Pierre Canihac, canihac@club-internet.fr www.les-saqueboutiers.com Information for Lectures: Historic Brass Society president@historicbrass.org www.historicbrass.org HISTORIC BRASS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER - WINTER 2005 | 51
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