Throughout both the United States’ Civil (1861-1865) and Revolutionary (1775-1783) Wars, the use of reveilles were essential in commanding and directing military forces (American Wars). Though many of the beats and instruments are either similar or the same, the century between the two, allowed significant time for new developments in the music corps. Not only did these instruments come from European countries as they expanded their imperialistic nations, but a variety of their songs, reveilles and beats as well.
Despite the dramatizing that modern media provides, the likelihood that the commands of generals would be heard are slim and limited to the soldiers in the immediate vicinity. Because of the din of battle often swallowing it up, instruments …show more content…
So in a way, the bugle and older variations such as the typical hunting horn, is both the predecessor and successor of the fife and drum. The most rapid period of the bugle’s development was from 1759 to 1815 (Ferguson 2). Some of these changes are attributed to the change in musical styles of that time, especially the bolder tones of Ludwig von Beethoven, a well known German composer (Budden), and the styles of a more classical composer, George Frederick Handel, a naturalized British citizen from Germany (Cudworth). In the Revolutionary War, the role of the bugle was minor, and at this time, was loosely defined as a trumpet-like instrument. It was not, by any means, a trumpet, for the bugle was considered an infantry instrument while the trumpet, a cavalry instrument. Considered a descendent of the hunting horn, the bugle, though played similar to the trumpet, had a different timbre, making a definite distinction between these two appealingly similar instruments on the battlefield. The hunting horn, considered the father of the bugle, came with colonists as they immigrated from Europe, especially Great Britain, where the hunting horn was associated with sport hunting of aristocratic social classes, and Germanic military forces, such as the Hanoverian …show more content…
Made up of colonies, many of the people were born in European countries such as France, Germany, the Netherlands and Britain. The well known song, “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” uses a tune that could be attributed to either Jean-Baptiste Lully, a French composer, John Bull, an English composer, or originating from an old Swiss battle hymn (My Country ‘Tis of Thee). The melody was used as the Dutch, Prussian, British and Liechtensteiner national anthems by the 1790’s. Such evident popularity in continental Europe, it was no surprise that the Americans arranged their own variation that was supposed at president George Washington’s inauguration. The lyrics of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” at that time was not the version known today. By 1861, the melody was included in the Union’s “Army Drum and Fife Book,” containing various tunes employed by the music corps for various military and recreational purposes (Army Drum and Fife Book, the). The modern version sung in America today was arranged during the 1830’s, the lyrics written by Samuel Francis Smith. He later sent this song to the former US Representative of Massachusetts, J. Wiley Edmunds in 1864 during the Civil War (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee). After decades of cultural diffusion and international exchange, it is evident, through one song, that American culture and patriotism has roots throughout Europe and was used in various battles, encounters
Despite the dramatizing that modern media provides, the likelihood that the commands of generals would be heard are slim and limited to the soldiers in the immediate vicinity. Because of the din of battle often swallowing it up, instruments …show more content…
So in a way, the bugle and older variations such as the typical hunting horn, is both the predecessor and successor of the fife and drum. The most rapid period of the bugle’s development was from 1759 to 1815 (Ferguson 2). Some of these changes are attributed to the change in musical styles of that time, especially the bolder tones of Ludwig von Beethoven, a well known German composer (Budden), and the styles of a more classical composer, George Frederick Handel, a naturalized British citizen from Germany (Cudworth). In the Revolutionary War, the role of the bugle was minor, and at this time, was loosely defined as a trumpet-like instrument. It was not, by any means, a trumpet, for the bugle was considered an infantry instrument while the trumpet, a cavalry instrument. Considered a descendent of the hunting horn, the bugle, though played similar to the trumpet, had a different timbre, making a definite distinction between these two appealingly similar instruments on the battlefield. The hunting horn, considered the father of the bugle, came with colonists as they immigrated from Europe, especially Great Britain, where the hunting horn was associated with sport hunting of aristocratic social classes, and Germanic military forces, such as the Hanoverian …show more content…
Made up of colonies, many of the people were born in European countries such as France, Germany, the Netherlands and Britain. The well known song, “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” uses a tune that could be attributed to either Jean-Baptiste Lully, a French composer, John Bull, an English composer, or originating from an old Swiss battle hymn (My Country ‘Tis of Thee). The melody was used as the Dutch, Prussian, British and Liechtensteiner national anthems by the 1790’s. Such evident popularity in continental Europe, it was no surprise that the Americans arranged their own variation that was supposed at president George Washington’s inauguration. The lyrics of “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” at that time was not the version known today. By 1861, the melody was included in the Union’s “Army Drum and Fife Book,” containing various tunes employed by the music corps for various military and recreational purposes (Army Drum and Fife Book, the). The modern version sung in America today was arranged during the 1830’s, the lyrics written by Samuel Francis Smith. He later sent this song to the former US Representative of Massachusetts, J. Wiley Edmunds in 1864 during the Civil War (My Country, ‘Tis of Thee). After decades of cultural diffusion and international exchange, it is evident, through one song, that American culture and patriotism has roots throughout Europe and was used in various battles, encounters