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Gleason Publications

Book

 

                        Gleason, B.P. (2016). Sound the trumpet, beat the drums: Horse-Mounted bands of the U.S. Army,

                                   1820 – 1940. Norman Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma.

Music History Refereed Journal Articles

                       

                        Gleason, B. P. (2015). Military music in the United States: A historical examination of

                                    performance and training. Music Educators Journal, 101(3), 37 – 46.

                        Gleason, B. P. (2011, Winter). Military music in the 106th Cavalry:  The mounted band

                                   of the Chicago Black Horse Troop, 1929 – 1940. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society,

                                   104(4), 301 –  335.

 

                        Gleason, B.P. (2009). The mounted band and field musicians of the U.S. 7th Cavalry

                                    during the time of the Plains Indian Wars. Historic Brass Society Journal, 21, 69 – 91.

 

                        Gleason, B.P. (2009, April). Cavalry and court trumpeters and kettledrummers from

                                    the Renaissance to the nineteenth century. Galpin Society Journal, 62, 31 – 54.

 

                        Gleason, B.P. (2008, April). Cavalry trumpet and kettledrum practice from the time of

                                    the Celts and Romans to the Renaissance. Galpin Society Journal, 61, 231 – 239.

 

                        Gleason, B. P. (2006). A chronicle of the pre-World War II cavalry bands of the U.S. National Guard—with   

                                   recollections of those who rode. Journal of the World Association for Symphonic Bands and 

                                   Ensembles, 13, 17 – 30.

 

                        Gleason, B.P. (2006, April). U.S. mounted bands and cavalry field musicians in the Union Army during the 

                                   Civil War—background, duties, and training. Journal of Historical Research in Music Education,  

                                   27(2), 102 – 119. 

 

                        Gleason, B. P. (2005, Winter).  Horse-mounted military musicians in battle and on parade. MHQ: The

                                   Quarterly Journal of Military History, 17(2), 80 – 83.

 

                        Gleason, B.P. (2003). Horse-mounted military musicians, an overview. Journal of Band Research, 39(1), 1 –

                                    34.  

 

                        Gleason, B.P. (1996, January). A guide to teaching Beethoven's marches.  Music Educators Journal, 82(4),

                                    17 – 19, 50.                      

         

                        Gleason, B.P. (1991). A history of the Royal Artillery Mounted Band, 1878 – 1939. Journal of Band

                                    Research,  27(1), 16 – 29.

 

 

Music History Non-Refereed Journal Articles

 

                       Gleason, B. P. (2009). Military music in the U.S. heartland:  113th Cavalry of the Iowa

                                   National Guard. Band International, The Journal of the International Military Music Society, 31(3),

                                   96  – 99.

 

                       Gleason, B. P. (2005, December), The mounted bands of the North-West Mounted Police. Band 

                                  International, Journal of the International Military Music Society, 27(3), 99 – 103, 120.  

 

                       Gleason, B. P. (2005, September). Piping on horseback—the band of the Canadian

                                 Mounted Rifles. Piping Times, 57(12), 37 – 43.

 

                       Gleason, B. P. (2004). Pipe band of the 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles. Military Collector & Historian, Journal 

                                  of the Company of Military Historians, 56(4), 279 – 282.

 

                       Gleason, B.P. (2003, March). A history of the world’s horse-mounted musicians. Band International, the  

                                  Journal of the International Military Music Society, 25, 11 – 17, 35.

 

                       Gleason, B.P. (1992). A week in October.  TUBA Journal, 19(3), 44 – 46.

 

 

Music History Magazine Articles

 

                       Gleason, B. P. (2007). Mounted musicians of the Union Army in the Civil War.  North & South, The Official

                                  Magazine of the Civil War Society, 10(3), 46 – 53.

 

                       Gleason, B. P. (2004, February).  Mounted musicians. National Guard Magazine, 58(2), 26 – 29.

 

                       Gleason, B.P. (2003). Military musicians, a gift from the east, 1350 – 1700. Renaissance Magazine, 8(4), 46 – 

                                  50.

                       Gleason, B.P. (2002, Fall). Musicians on horseback. St. Thomas Magazine, 30 – 33.

 

                       Gleason, B.P. (2000). Current Swedish and French cavalry bands.  International Military Music Society

                                  Canadian Branch Newsletter, 22(1), 2 – 3.

 

                       Gleason, B.P. (1992). The Berlin wind orchestra:  An interview with Gunter Krause.

                                                Winds, 7(1), 27 – 30.

 

                       Gleason, B.P. (1990, May/June). Inside a military ceremony. BDGuide, 51 – 52.

 Book Chapters/Conference Proceedings

 

                       Gleason, B.P. (2008).  The mounted band of the Chicago Black Horse Troop:  Military music in the 106th

                                 Cavalry, 1929 – 1940, In Bernhard Habla (Ed) Kongressberichte Northfield/Minnesota, USA 2006

                                 Tutzing, Germany: Hans Schneider, 135 – 162.

 

                       Gleason, B.P. (2016).  The nineteenth century and the birth of the mounted band, In Bernhard Habla (Ed)                                  Kongressberichte Hammelburg, Deutschland 2014, Tutzing, Germany: Margraf Publishers, 77 – 98.

Encyclopedia Entry

 

                       Gleason, B. P. (2013). Bands and music. In K. Piehler (Ed.), Encylopedia of military science. Newbury Park,

                                 CA: Sage Publications.

 

Book Review

 

                      Gleason, B.P. (2014).  [Review of the book, Music and the British military in the long nineteenth century, by

                                 Trevor Herbert and Helen Barlow, published by Oxford University Press, 2013]. Historic Brass Society

                                 Journal, 26, 88 – 91.

                     

Other Magazine Articles

                       Gleason, B. and Michael Swanson, “Custom Shoes, John Lobb,  Bespoke Shoes,” Twin                               

                                   Cities Luxury & Fashion (August 2007), 35 – 36.

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