The Frontier Brigade Band playing at a
Lincoln's Birthday Concert, Feb. 2008
The Frontier Brigade Band playing at a
Lincoln's Birthday Concert, Feb. 2008
Chapter Two: Shows - Civil War Era Band,
1859 Marine Band, Wild West Cowboy Band,
Small Ensembles & Buglers
The Mutlifariousness of Band Shows
The Civil War Era Band
L
ike the bands of the 19th Century, the Frontier Brigade Band performs at historical events, concerts, period dances, parades, and local civic events. The music library includes quicksteps, waltzes, polkas, gallops, schottisches and ballads from the bandbooks of American Civil War Regimental and Brigade Bands.
Our American Civil War era bands perform with Over-The-Shoulder (OTS) Saxhorns. The OTS Saxhorns (Adolphe Sax, inventor), also called "Back'ard Blasters", had bells facing behind the player so that the soldiers marching behind the band could hear the music. The band's drummers play reproduction Rope Tension Drums.
