Patrick Conway and His Famous Band
Collection / Songbook - Sheet Music

SKU: HL.317240

Meredith Music Resource. Biography / MUSIC BISAC, Biography/Composers & Musicians, Instrumental Reference. Softcover. 296 pages. Published by Meredith Music (HL.317240).

ISBN 9781574631678. UPC: 884088640781. 7x10 inches. Mark Fonder With discography by Frederick P. Williams.

This is an American dream story rarely encountered! Patrick Conway's lifespan and the golden era of the professional band in America literally coincided. This book tells how Conway became one of the luminaries of the professional band era; as famous in his day as John Philip Sousa. Within Conway's story we see how his professional band developed after the Civil War, how the instrumentation of the American wind band evolved, how band musicians learned their craft and made a living, and how bands functioned in the social fabric of the American culture.

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