Bandmaster
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Most Band Masters were European and many trained at the Royal School of Music at Kneller Hall, which was established in 1857. If they trained at Kneller Hall then, until 2021, there was a good chance their records were there. However, following the closure of Kneller Hall in 2021, these records were transferred to The Museum of Army Music. According to the website, The Museum of Army Music holds letters, documents, photographs and bandmaster certificates amongst the various items in the collection.
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External links
- Royal Corps of Army Music army.mod.uk (current website).
- Royal Military School of Music Army.mod.uk.
- A Short Introduction to the History of Military Music International Military Music Society UK
- Kuhlmey/Wardley/Wheeler Family from British India Family History (valmayukuk.tripod.com). Includes details of Gustav Kuhlmey, whose employments included Bandmaster of the 29th Punjab Native Infantry
- Percy Sylvester George O'Donnell (scroll down) joined the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in India on 9th October 1905 as their Bandmaster with the rank of Sgt. In 1911 the Band of the Black Watch was one of the participating bands at the Delhi Durbar commemoration of the Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary. He left India in August 1914. gpollenmusic.co.uk, now archived.
Historical books online
- Memoirs of the Royal Artillery Band: its Origin, History and Progress: an Account of the Rise of Military Music in England by Henry George Farmer 1904 Archive.org