Rehearsal References

Here is a citation for the early instrumentation I mentioned.

INSTRUMENTATION AND THE NATIONAL SCHOOL BAND CONTEST

In the United States, instrumentation was particularly inconsistent in early school bands. After the initial National School Band Contest in 1923, discussion ensued during subsequent years to address this problem so as to provide a working standard for all band programs interested in entering the contest. In 1927 the School Band Contests booklet listed the following acceptable instrumentation for a 68-piece band:

2 flutes or 4 piccolos    (interchangeable) 2 E-flat clarinets 2 oboes 1 English horn 24 B-flat clarinets 2 alto clarinets 1 bass clarinet 2 alto saxophones    (or 1 sop., 1 alto) 1 tenor saxophone 1 baritone saxophone   1 bass saxophone 2 bassoons

2 B-flat cornets 2 B-flat trumpets 2 B-flat fluegelhorns 4 French horns 3 trombones 2 baritones 2 E-flat tubas 2 B-flat tubas timpani drums

http://www.lipscomb.edu/windbandhistory/rhodeswindband_11_instrumentation.htm

Charter members of American Bandmasters Association: Edwin Franko Goldman; Charles Benter, J. J. Gagnier, Victor J. Grabel, Albert Austin Harding, Richard B. Hayward, Charles O'Neill, Arthur Pryor and Frank Simon.