A Complete Set of Marches, Troops, and Quicksteps For the Fife from 1756-1796 (Fife and Drum Music of the American Revolution)

Fife music for the American Revolution. Suitable for all 18th and 19th century fife and drum corps. This book includes every tune (except duty calls) listed in the various fife tutors published in the 18th century. These resources include: David Rutherfoord, The Compleat Tutor for the Fife. London (1756) James Longman and Francis Broderip, Entire New and Compleat Instructions for the Fife (1780) Peter Thompson, The Compleat Tutor for the Fife (1760) Thomas Bennett, The Compleat Tutor for the Fife (1770) Thomas Skillern, Compleat Instructions for the Fife (1780) G. Goulding, New and Complete Instructions for the Fife (1790) John Preston, Entire New and Compleat Instructions for the Fife (1796) All tunes are written in clean, modern notation. Each tune is cited to show which manuals it comes from. Any edits required to clean up the notation is marked for each piece.