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The Inspector of Music Meets the French

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2014

RAOUL F. CAMUS
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Abstract

When the French military forces arrived in Newport in 1781, they brought with them not only music of a social nature, such as country-dances, but also music used in military ceremonies. Americans quickly adopted many French customs, melodies and traditions. A fife major's manuscript of 1781 is only one of many that evinces the importance of John Hiwell, the Continental Army Inspector of Music, in promoting this French influence on American military ceremonial music. This article also examines some aspects of fifes and drums in the Revolutionary War era.

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Journal of the Society for American Music , Volume 8 , Issue 4 , November 2014 , pp. 479 - 500
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Copyright © The Society for American Music 2014 

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