Works cited for British and American drum manuals.
The Army Drum and Fife Book. Edited by Keach, Burrdit, and Cassidy. Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co., 1861.
Ashworth, Charles S. A New, Useful and Complete System of Drum Beating. Boston, 1812.
Bower, Harry. The Harry A. Bower System for the Drums, Bells, Xylophone, Tympani. New York: Carl Fischer, 1912.
Bruce, George and Daniel Emmet. The Drummer’s and Fifer’s Guide. New York: Pond & Co., 1862/5.
Bugle, Fife, and Drum Signals and Calls. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., 1887.
Charles I. 1631 Warrant: The English March. CODS EM 1 Hunts_M32-6. 1631.
Cifaldi, Susan and Bob Castillo. Benjamin Clark’s Drum Book 1797.
Clark, Benjamin. Benjamin Clark’s Drum Book. Manuscript, 1797.
Day, Issac. Drum Book. Manuscript, 1797.
Drum and Flute Duty for the Infantry Branch of the Army. London: Harrison and Sons, 1887.
Drum Beating (circa mid- to late-1700s). Drum Manuscript. England. University of Birmingham, Shaw Hellier Collection no. 287. c. 1780. Print.
The Drums, Timpani, Side and Bass. London: Hawkes & Son, c1904.
Gardner, Carl E. The Gardner Modern Method for the Instruments of Percussion. New York: Carl Fischer, 1919.
Gardner, Carl E. The Military Drummer. New York: Carl Fischer, 1918.
[Gardner / Lovering]. Drummer’s Book of Music. Manuscript, 1778.
Greissinger, F.H. Instructions for the Trumpet and Drum. Edited by W.F. Smith. New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., 1897.
The Grounds of Beating the Drum. Found in the Douce MS. Facsimiles of handwritten music. c. 1600-1650. Quoted in Byrne, “The English March,” 56-7.
Halligan, Matthew. “Rudimental Drumming Style and Performance Practice in The Marine Drum and Bugle Corps 1775-1999.” PhD diss., George Mason University, 2016.
Hart, H. C. New and Improved Instructor for the Drum. New York: William Hall & Son, 1862.
Hazeltine, David. Instructor in Martial Music. Exeter: Noris and Co., 1817.
Howe, Elias. United States Regulation Drum and Fife Instructor. Boston: Oliver Ditson and Co., 1861.
Klinehanse, George D. The Manual of Instruction for Drummers. Washington, D.C., 1853.
Longman, James and Francis Broderip. The Young Drummers Assistant. London: Longman & Broderip, 1780.
Lovering, Levi. The Drummers Assistant for the Art of Drumming. Philadelphia: Klemm Music Seller and Publisher, 1818.
Moeller, Sanford A. The Moeller Book. Ludwig Masters, 1952.
Nevins, William. Army Regulations for Drum, Fife, and Bugle. Chicago: Root & Cady, 1864.
Potter, Sam. The Art of Beating the Drum. London, 1815.
Robbins, Charles. The Drum and Fife Instructor. Exeter: Morris & Co., 1812.
Robinson, Alvan. Massachusetts Collection of Martial Musick. Exeter, 1820.
Rumrille, J. L. and H. Holton. The Drummer’s Instructor; or Marital Musician. Albany: Packard & van Benthuysen, 1817.
Ryan. True Drum Instructor. Cincinnati: John Church & Co., 1872.
Safranek, V. F. Complete Instructive Manual for Bugle, Trumpet and Drum. New York: Carl Fischer, 1918.
Smithe, Gawen. “Petition to the King for Employment as a Drummer.” Circa 1600.
Sousa, John Philip. Manual for Drummers, Trumpeters, and Fifers. Washington, DC: U.S. Gov’t Printing Office, 1935.
Sousa, John Philip. Manual for Field Musics (1935). Washington, DC: U.S. Gov’t Printing Office, 1942.
Strube, Gardiner. Drum and Fife Instructor. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1869.
Tamplini, T.D. The Drum-Major. 1850.
U.S. Marine Corps. Manual for Drummers, Trumpeters, and Fifers. Washington, DC: US Gov’t Printing Office, 1935.
White, Jean. Fife & Drum Corps Journal. Boston: Jean White, 1887.
Scottish Drum Manuals
Army Piping Committee. Army Manual of Bagpipe Tunes and Drum Beatings: Music for Massed Pipes and Drums. Book 2.London: Paterson’s Publications LTD, 1936.
Gray, William and John Seton. Collection of Highland Bagpipe Music and Drum Settings. Glasgow: 1925.
Seton, John. Pipe Band Drum Tutor: Fifty Years Behind the Drum. Glasgow: Mozart Allan, [c. 1950].
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