Directory of American Revolution Resources

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This category is for sites related to any aspect of modern recreation of the musical styles, compositions, performers or bands of the Revolutionary War period.

Resources in This Category

• 1st Michigan Colonial Fife and Drum Corps

  http://www.1stmichigan.com/
  History, events, campfollowers, photo page, and their mission; educating the public about 18th century life by presenting a precise, authentic martial music unit.

• Colonel John Chester Fife and Drum Corps

  http://www.coljohnchesterfifedrum.org/
  Continually active corps since 1868. Photographs and performance schedule. Connecticut.

• Colonial Musketeers Senior Ancient Fife and Drum Corps

  http://www.fifedrum.org/cmsa/
  Playing standard traditional fife and drum music. Photographs and a list of music they perform. Hackettstown, New Jersey.

• Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums

  http://www.history.org/History/fife&drum/about.cfm
  The Colonial Williamsburg Fifes and Drums, also known as the Field Music of the Virginia State Garrison Regiment, carries forward this tradition of military music. The group performs regularly at Colonial Williamsburg.

• Continental Regiment Fife and Drum (CRFD)

  http://www.fifedrum.org/crfd/
  From Lilburn, Georgia, the CRFD is dedicated to the preservation of 18th century American music. The CRFD strives to present an authentic impression of fife and drum music heard during the American Revolution.

• Excelsior Brigade Fife and Drum Corps

  http://www.fifedrum.org/excelsior/
  About their local music traditions, member biographies, play list and repertoire, past and future performances, images, and recruiting efforts. Rochester, New York.

• Fife and Drum Online

  http://www.fifedrum.org/
  A New York corps shares 700+ pages of sheet music, online chat, fife and drum mailing list, summer camp, and jobs listings.

• Lancraft Fife and Drum Corps.

  http://www.lancraftfd.com/
  North Haven, Connecticut, USA. Photographs, schedule, related links, and contact details.

• Marlborough Junior Fife and Drum Corps

  http://www.fifedrum.org/mja/
  Find links, history, images of muster corps of students, ages 8 to 18. Traveling USA and abroad extensively.

• Martial Musick in Uxbridge Massachusetts 1727-Present

  http://www.angelfire.com/music2/uxbmarmusic/
  Brief stories of the Lexington Minute Company, and local freelance re-enators of both Civil and Revolutionary eras.

• Mattatuck Drum Band

  http://mattatuck.org/
  Includes video, photos, history, and schedule.

• Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums

  http://www.mcvfifesanddrums.org/
  About membership, ordering recordings, free sound clips, seasonal schedule. Massachusetts.

• Monumental City Ancient Fife and Drum Corps

  http://www.monumentalcity.com/
  Baltimore, Maryland. Schedule, history, music, photographs, and membership details.

• Philadelphia Fife and Drum

  http://www.beafifer.com/twenty.htm
  Opens most conventions and meetings in the Philadelphia area and performs daily at Independence Hall every summer. Photographs and narration of recent events.

• Sudbury Ancients Fife and Drum Corps

  http://www.sudburyancients.org/
  Sheet music, Java countermarch instruction from those representing Massachusetts musicians of the American Colonial militia at the onset of the War for Independence.

• The Company of Fifers and Drummers

  http://companyoffifeanddrum.org/
  International organization includes a music library, calendar, museum, and store.

• The Connecticut Blues Fife & Drum Corps

  http://www.connecticutblues.com/
  Middletown, Connecticut. Photo gallery, schedule, roster, history, and repertoire.

• The Fifes and Drums of York Town

  http://www.fifes-and-drums.org/
  Yorktown, Virginia . Photographs of recent performances, downloadable music and a schedule of upcoming events.

• The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps

  http://www.fifeanddrum.army.mil/
  U.S. Army's Revolutionary War period ceremonial and show unit. Musicians recall the days of the American Revolution as they parade in uniforms patterned after those worn by the musicians of Gen. George Washington's Continental Army.

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