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The Rise & Development Of Military Music
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24 MILITARY MUSIC AND ITS STORY.
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Subscribed " Arundell and Surrey. This is a true copy of the original, signed by his Majestic Ed. Norgate, Windsor."
It was probably the neglect and carelessness of drummers that compelled the authorities to institute the office of drum major. Stainer and Barrett in their " Dictionary of Musical Terms," are of opinion that the office is not older than the reign of Charles II. This would appear true, since Turner in his " Pallas Armata" (1683) seems to have been unaware of the rank in our service. Yet we find him mentioned by quite half a dozen early seventeenth century writers,9 |
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•Cruso (1632), Barry (1634), Hexham (1637), Ward (1639), Praissac (1639), and Venn (1672), all mention the drum major. |
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