Print version: Martin, George Whitney. Opera at the bandstand : then and now. Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, [2014] xx, 254 pages ISBN 9780810888531
Includes bibliographical references and index
The Dodworth bands and Jullien’s example -- Patrick S. Gilmore, his jubilees, and the Anvil chorus -- Mr. Gilmore and his 22nd Regiment Band -- John Philip Sousa, the Marine Band, and Sousa’s band -- John Philip Sousa : summers in Coney Island and winters in Rochester, New York -- John Philip Sousa : Willow Grove Park, Pennsylvania -- The rise of dance bands : Herbert L. Clarke and the Long Beach Municipal Band -- The U.S. Marine Band and contemporary civilian bands -- Edward Franko Goldman and the Goldman Band -- The decline of the Goldman Band, Frederick Fennell, and the rise of the wind ensemble.