Great bands of America

Chapter 2: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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The work surveys the history and variety of American band music, tracing military roots and the evolution of concert, municipal, industrial, Salvation Army, circus, collegiate, and high-school ensembles. It profiles prominent bands and leaders, recounting organizational histories, performance traditions, and signature repertoire while explaining how bands shaped civic rituals, parades, and popular culture. Anecdotes and biographical sketches illustrate practical aspects of band life, instrumentation, and community support, and the narrative emphasizes music's role in public morale, education, and local identity.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

For help in collecting data for this book, I am especially grateful to—

MISS NORA BEUST
Specialist for Schools and Children’s Libraries
United States Department of Education.

MISS VANETT LAWLER
Associate Executive Secretary of the Music Educators’
National Conference.

MRS. W. H. POWELL, for her aid in research and cooperation
on the manuscript.

The following members of the staff of the Library of
Congress:

COLONEL WILLARD WEBB, Chief of the Stack and Reader Division;
MR. FRANK C. CAMPBELL
MRS. MARGARET HASSELBUSH
MR. OLIVER A. DUDLEY
All of the Music Division;
MR. DAVID H. COLE
MR. STEWARD DICKSON
MR. FRANK E. LORRAINE
Assistants in Charge of Public Reference.