Forum: Musicians

I'm looking for the words to "The Knitting Song". It is listed in Beadle's song-book, volume 12. I have not been able to find it. Thank you for your...

Our Battery needs a bugler. We are Burrough's Battery located in East Tennessee. We are horse drawn. We plan to attend 150th Antietam, Perryville...

Anybody have any tips or advice on how to learn to play the fife? Any fife-music teachers in the Indianapolis area that I can get lessons from? ...

if the Principal Musician's and Buglers from each 'unit' could get in contact with me it would be much appreciated. This is a September 1862...the...

I am trying to organize Louisiana fife and drum corps. We are looking for people in north or middle Louisiana. Need a fifer as soon as possible....

150 Years of TAPS http://www.npr.org/blogs/deceptivecadence/2012/05/18/152939191/150-years-of-taps

Would anyone be interested in playing taps for the upcoming Decendents of Point Lookout POW's annual event, Sat June 30 ,2012? Please contact ...

looking for clarifications and comments. I assume each regiment had one bugler,..was there a replacement or back up ? Was there one or more drummers...

Does anyone have any information surrounding the musician's frock in the MOC? It appears to closely resemble that of the Federal issued "birdcage",...

Hey guys, a while back i purchased a CD, it is now lost, but i cannot remember what the name of the group is. Very good. It's not Camp chase or...

I'd like to hear from anyone in the DC,MD or VA area that would be interested in getting an authentic period, minstrel style group together. For fun...

New book on the Life of John Martin (Giovanni Martino)-bugler at Little Big Horn. I know it's post Civil War but it's a good read. ...

Are there any fifers or drummers planning on riding the Troop Train? Do you know if there are plans to play at any of the stops?

Any musicians thinking of marching in NYC on St Patricks Day? Best regards Joe Korber Sunny western Long Island

Many folks have wondered what the Civil War era French accordeons (a.k.a. flutina) sounded like. There were a lot of them imported during the mid...

Greetings We are looking for Civil War musical groups to perform at Berkeley Plantation by the Virginia History Mobile...

I am intetested in buying a guitar that would have been used in the 1860s. Who makes period correct guitars?

I've searched this forum for info on whether there are any harpists at certain reenactment events and have come up empty. My wife is a harpist and we...

Just curious if any Civil War era fifers are using or have used a Bb marching flute rather than a standard Bb six-hole fife? The Bb marching flute...