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Fife and drum corps - Wikipedia They are a fine representation of what a fife and drum corps would have looked and sounded like during the mid-eighteenth century when company fifers and drummers came together as a single unit for marches, trooping of the colors, and parades
Fife and Drum in America An article by Ed Olsen, Archivist-for-Life and Curator of the Museum of Fife Drum on the history of Fifing and Drumming in America
Fifes Drums - Colonial Williamsburg What started 65 years ago as four high school students playing “Yankee Doodle” at a Fourth of July celebration has since blossomed into two full Corps of local students who perform more than any other youth Fife and Drum Corps in the country
Music in the Revolutionary War - George Washingtons Mount Vernon During the Revolution, the army used fifes and drums not only to boost morale but also for communication and regimentation Music, standardized for the army’s purposes by the drillmaster Baron Friedrich Von Steuben, served as a signal in battle; the higher registers of the fife have piercing sounds that could carry above a fracas
18th C British American Drumming - Historic Drumming In this section I will explore the major daily duty calls performed by British and American fifers and drummers I’ll explain who performed the duty calls and how they were performed I’ll also discuss interpretations and analysis of the correct music from period resources Join the conversation:
Fife and Drum in America - bedfordminutemen. org The year 1965 witnessed the founding of The Company of Fifers Drummers and the organization now enjoys a membership of more than 100 fife and drum corps stretching from Switzerland “on the East” to the Pacific coast in the West
Union Volunteers Fife Drum Corps. The basic overview of the fife and drum corps of the American Civil War: Both Union and Confederate companies (approximately 100 men) had two musicians: 1 drummer and 1 fifer Fifers and drummers played only for their own companies when on detached duty or on a guard service
History of the Corps of Drums - drummerscall. co. uk Unusually in an early manuscript, both the drum and fife parts are written down Eye-witness accounts of 1300s battles refer to Swiss use of, (cross-blown), fifes and drums to signal directions to their pikemen in battle