PUBLICATIONS

All of the publications have been reprinted in their original notation, with the drum parts reprinted in modern notation where appropriate. This material will help those doing research in early Field Music and supply much historical material previously unavailable.

French and Indian War ERA

TOQUES DE GUERRA - Spanish Camp Duty for 1st & 2nd fifes and drums from 1769. Drumming decoded into modern notation.
Order code: ITOQ $12.00

THE CARROLL COLLECTION OF ANCIENT MARTIAL MUSIC – VOL. I -Fife and Drum music from the French and Indian War, The Revolution, and the War of 1812. A compilation of the older Vols. I & II, this collection contains original decoded drum parts as well as some original writing for bass and snare drum. Fife parts are from 18th and 19th Century publications. Contains much material not in the "aural" tradition and makes available many tunes with drumbeats not widely known.
ICCI $12.00

Revolutionary ERA

THE MARTAL MUSIC OF YORKTOWN - G. Carroll. A collection of regimental
music associated with British, German, French and American Forces at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.
Order code: IMIL $12.00

COMPLEAT INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE FIFE - Preston. Very similar to the Skillern fife book listed below but with some different melodies. Published in London circa 1794.
IPRE $12.00

War of 1812 ERA

THE VILLAGE FIFER - Norris & Sawyer. Instructions for fifing and a collection of marches, airs, etc. Published in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1808. A large collection of fife tunes in 2 part harmony including the Camp Duty.
Order code: IN&S $10.00

INSTRUCTOR IN MARTIAL MUSIC - D. Hazeltine. The first known publication for both fifes and drums in the United States. Contains verbal descriptions of the rudiments and certain beats, plus a collection of fife tunes Published in 1810 by David Hazeltine in Exeter,
New Hampshire.
IHAZ $12.00

A NEW, USEFUL AND COMPLETE SYSTEM OF DRUM BEATING - Charles Stewart Ashworth. Published at Washington City in 1812. Drumming interpreted in modem notification by George P. Carroll. An understanding of early American and British fife and drum methodology cannot be had without this work.
IASH $18.00

MARTIAL MUSIC OF CAMP DUPONT - George Blake. 1815. Scored for 1st, 2nd and bass instruments and adaptable for fifes.
ICAM $10.00

THE ART OF BEATING THE DRUM - S. Potter. The best and one of the earliest British method books on basic military drumming techniques. Published in 1815 in London by the head Drum Major of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, Samuel Potter, this small work is one of the most powerful tools for drum instruction in the English language. Contains the complete British Camp Duty for the drum.
IABD $10.00

THE ART OF PLAYING THE FIFE - S.Potter. As above but for the fife only. Published
c.1817 in London.
IAPF $10.00

THE DRUMMERS INSTRUCTOR OR MARTIAL MUSICIAN - J.R. Rumrille & H. Holton. Printed in Albany, NY in 1817. Contains the earliest known instructions for the bass drum. It is heavily influenced by the Ashworth book but contains far more material.
IR&H $15.00

 

 

MASSACHUSETTS COLLECTION OF MARTIAL MUSICK - Alvan Robinson Jr. Published in three editions - 1818, 1819 and 1820. Drum parts are identical in all editions but the fifing is different in each. Drumming interpreted by George P. Carroll.
IMAS $12.00

Civil War ERA

DRUM TAPS IN DIXIE - The autobiography of Delavan Miller, drummer boy of the 2nd New York Heavy Artillery during the Civil War. Easily the very best work on the subject, this should be required reading for every re-enactor concerned with camp music - and all students of the period.
IDTID $15.00

 

A DRUMMER'S STORY - By the same author as Drum Taps in Dixie, this work was written as a grandfather's narrative of his war experiences. Some anecdotes different than in "Drum Taps" are included, as well as some of the same stories in greater detail. Contains vital information for drum students of the period.
IADRS $20.00

ARMY REGULATIONS FOR DRUM, FIFE & BUGLE - W. Nevins - A complete manual giving all the calls for camp and field. Suitable music is added for each instrument. Compiled by Drum Major William Nevins of General McClellan's Body Guard and arranged by A.J.Vaas of the Light Guard Band, at Chicago in 1846. It is unique in containing a number of bugle quicksteps adaptable for use with drums and some easy fife tunes typical of the period. The Ashworth drum notation is also included.
Order code: INEV $10.00

THE DRUM MAJOR - Tamplini's work of circa 1850 for the instruction of the drummers of the British army. Contains the Camp Duty.
ITDM $12.00

THE FIFE MAJOR - Same author as for the above but for fife only. Published circa 1817 in London.
ITFM $12.00

SCHOTT'S HANDBOOK FOR FIFE AND DRUM BANDS - Elementary instructions and 120 popular melodies of the mid -19th Century. English, Scotch, Duty and field calls are adapted for amateur fife and drum bands. Published in London circa 1860.
ISCH $15.00

HOWE'S UNITED STATES REGULATION DRUM AND FIFE INSTRUCTOR - Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine, compiled this most comprehensive work in Boston in 1861. It contains the Camp Duty, regulations for equipment and musicians, rudimental instructions and a large body of quicksteps and marches. It has a number of dances, part songs and hymns as well as the Ashworth notation of 1812. Bugle calls for the Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery from Hardee's Tactics are included. The drum parts are written in the sketchy pre-B&E manner which will require some interpretation.
IHOW $24.00

THE DRUMMERS' AND FIFERS' GUIDE -
George B. Bruce & Daniel D. Emmett. The most important American fife and drum book. Published in 1862 by the composer of "Dixie" and "Old Dan Tucker" - D.D. Emmett and a Regular Army drum instructor - G. B. Bruce. Contains many difficult tunes, exercises, quicksteps, marches, troops, and all of the Camp Duty as well as the standard American drum beats and rudimental instruction. Reflects the highest degree of excellence the art of fifing and drumming achieved in the U.S. Military. The work is the most desired single book on the subject. It is supplemented with sticking for the snare and bass drum.
IB&E $20.00

THE DRUMMERS' AND FIFERS' GUIDE - George B. Bruce & Daniel D. Emmett. Book and CD.
IBENCD $30.00

NEW AND IMPROVED INSTRUCTOR FOR THE DRUM - Col. H.C. Hart. A significant drum method, the complexity of which has yet to be exceeded. Composed and compiled by Col. Hart at Middletown, Connecticut in 1862, it contains much good fifing and many challenges for the drummer untried for over 100 years. It also has a uniquely New England version of the Camp Duty plus regulations, routines and bugle calls.
IHAR $15.00

 

DRUM & FIFE INSTRUCTOR - Gardiner A. Strube, compiler. The one and only fife and drum instruction and duty call book officially approved by a board for the U.S. Army. Gen. Daniel Butterfield was instrumental in getting this manual adopted in 1869. Contains all of the standard rudiments which were to become the NARD charts.
ID&F $10.00

THE AMERICAN VETERAN FIFER - A very useful collection of fife tunes compiled by members of the Civil War Musician's Association. Originally printed in 1905 as a fife collection only, it is here supplemented with drum beats for most fife tunes; some original drum beats, others traditional or historic. Contains fifing of all periods and scope from beginning to virtuoso. With much material from the "aural tradition" and many not in that category, the AVF is second only to the Bruce & Emmett in popularity.
IAVF $21.00

THE AMERICAN VETERAN Drummer - IAVD $21.00

THE AMERICAN VETERAN FIFER & DRUMMER combo - IAVFD $30.00

Collections

French and Indian War, The Revolution, and the War of 1812

THE CARROLL COLLECTION OF ANCIENT MARTIAL MUSIC – VOL. I -Fife and Drum music from the French and Indian War, The Revolution, and the War of 1812. A compilation of the older Vols. I & II, this collection contains original decoded drum parts as well as some original writing for bass and snare drum. Fife parts are from 18th and 19th Century publications. Contains much material not in the "aural" tradition and makes available many tunes with drumbeats not widely known.
Order code: ICCI $12.00

Revolutionary and Civil War Collection

THE CARROLL COLLECTION OF ANCIENT MARTIAL MUSIC - VOL II -As above but with more music from the 19th Century. Some of the parts are scored for 1st and 2nd fifes. Snare and bass drum parts are included for all melodies.
Order code: ICCII $12.00

THE DRUM MAJOR'S HANDBOOK - G. Carroll. A compilation of drill for drummers, fifers, drum majors and soldiers including illustrations for all periods. Baron von Steuben's Chapter XX from his Valley Forge "Regulations..." included. This work contains staff (mace) drill similar to that currently in use by the British forces.
IDMHB $10.00

General Instruction

OVELSFR FUR MARCHTROMME FLOTJE OG SIGNALHORN - A large collection of Danish fife, drum and bugle pieces from as far back as the 17th century. Basic instruction on these instruments.
Order code: IOVF $15.00

THE ART OF DRUMMING - G. Carroll. A basic book of instruction in reading music and performing the standard rudiments of snare & bass drumming. Drawn from historic literature, this work is integrated with The Art of Fifing for use in corps, section and individual instruction.
IAOD $10.00

THE ART OF FIFING - G. Carroll. A companion book for the above. Integrated with the drum exercises for corps and section rehearsals and classes.
IAOF $10.00