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Recent University Marching Band Recordings

Recent University Marching Band Recordings SOUND REVIEW Recent University Marching Band Recordings ing recordings. Furthermore, university march- ing bands are rather expensive to maintain, and Kimberly Jenkins Marshall the limited appeal of the recordings did not Indiana University make them profitable with analog technology. In the 1970s, the Golden Crest label attempted University marching bands represent an im- to broaden the appeal of the recordings by cre- portant piece of American vernacular music ating compilation LPs featuring all the fight but are notably absent from the folk music lit- songs of a football conference, recorded by one erature. These bands have received increased of the schools from that conference. Golden attention from the popular media, but they are Crest marketed these recordings toward a foot- discussed primarily by sportswriters who have ball audience. Examples of these types of re- neither the musical training nor the experience cordings include Cornell University’s Fight to fully discern their artistic contributions. Songs of the Northeast (1977), the University of This article will introduce the current march- Tennessee’s Fight Songs of the South (n.d.), and ing band scene through a review of recent re- the University of Kansas’s Fight Songs from the cordings that exemplify the major types of http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of American Folklore American Folklore Society

Recent University Marching Band Recordings

Journal of American Folklore , Volume 120 (476) – Apr 6, 2007

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Publisher
American Folklore Society
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. All rights reserved.
ISSN
1535-1882

Abstract

SOUND REVIEW Recent University Marching Band Recordings ing recordings. Furthermore, university march- ing bands are rather expensive to maintain, and Kimberly Jenkins Marshall the limited appeal of the recordings did not Indiana University make them profitable with analog technology. In the 1970s, the Golden Crest label attempted University marching bands represent an im- to broaden the appeal of the recordings by cre- portant piece of American vernacular music ating compilation LPs featuring all the fight but are notably absent from the folk music lit- songs of a football conference, recorded by one erature. These bands have received increased of the schools from that conference. Golden attention from the popular media, but they are Crest marketed these recordings toward a foot- discussed primarily by sportswriters who have ball audience. Examples of these types of re- neither the musical training nor the experience cordings include Cornell University’s Fight to fully discern their artistic contributions. Songs of the Northeast (1977), the University of This article will introduce the current march- Tennessee’s Fight Songs of the South (n.d.), and ing band scene through a review of recent re- the University of Kansas’s Fight Songs from the cordings that exemplify the major types of

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Journal of American FolkloreAmerican Folklore Society

Published: Apr 6, 2007

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