After decades of research into the area of military music & bands, I have come across hundreds of useful sources and websites.
On this page I am highlighting those that I consider among the most useful, interesting, or perhaps simply colourful or authentic.
If you know of some sites that you believe should be included here, please use the Contact Page and let me know.
Thanks! Jack
1st Brigade Band
The band MAKES HISTORY LIVE by presenting period brass band music, performed on antique instruments. Attired in uniforms and gowns, the Band’s musicians, color guard, and costumed ladies take you back to the 1860’s; to that turbulent era known as the Civil War. A nostalgic portrayal of the atmosphere of days gone by is generated by a unique form of showmanship that blends the sights and sounds of the period with historical anecdotes.
More than eighty volunteers, men and women, make up the 1st Brigade Band. Widely varied in age and occupation, they come from many communities, bringing with them a common interest in their musical heritage.
International Military Music Society
The International Military Music Society is an organization for people who are interested in military bands, their music and history.
The aims of the Society are to encourage interest in all aspects of military, brass, concert, symphonic, percussion, pipe, choir and youth bands and wind ensembles of the world.
The society´s 1300 members come from 32 countries. Their activities cover a wide variety of interests ranging from history, instrumentation, uniforms, repertoire, conductors, recordings, military tattoos, films, videos and a myriad of other special projects or interests which all have their basis in the military bands of the world.
Martial music
A wikipedia dedicated to military music. (Have an ad blocker ready. Seriously, you need it.)
Instrumental Afterlives: The Material Culture of Military Music-making
By Eamonn O’Keeffe
An article on the website of Eamon O’Keeffe, Junior Research Fellow in the History of the British Army, based at Queens’ College in Cambridge. He is affiliated with the Cambridge Centre for Geopolitics and the National Army Museum, which has sponsored hisfellowship. His research interests include military music, duelling and honour among army officers, and the broader connections between war, society, and geopolitics in the long eighteenth century.
Martial Music
The general wiki page on military music.
Military Music in American and European Traditions
An essay by Jayson Kerr Dobney, of the Department of Musical Instruments, The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Music in the 18th Century Army
Article by educator, Daniel Welch, on American Battlefield Trust website.
Military Bands
The Wiki page on military bands from around the world.
Wind bands by category
The Wiki page that lists the the various Wikipedia pages of wind bands by category.