Springfield Capital Celebration, Friday Night
Friday, July 3, 2009 – evening
The Vintage Brass Band will perform in cooperation with the 10th Illinois Volunteer Cavalry Regiment from approximately 5:30 – 6:15 on the Old State Capital lawn in Springfield, IL.
Our special Independence Day concert will feature patriotic music from the the Benjamin Grierson Collection, the books of the Humboldt Brass Band, and music of numerous Civil War era military bands.
The Grierson collection, housed in the Illinois State Archives and at Ft. Davis, TX, is the earliest collection of band music in the United States, circa 1840. The Grierson band performed in Springfield, IL during Abraham Lincoln’s tenure in the Capital City. Special thanks to Lavern Wagner, Musicologist from Quincy College in Quincy, Illinois for his assistance and dedicated research into this collection.
The Humboldt Brass Band was the pride of Central Kansas when ex-Civil War musician, Richard R. Redfield returned from the war and started up a band in the tiny town of Humboldt. At the Capital City Celebration, you will hear the very same patriotic tunes that the band performed on July 4th, 1876 on the Humboldt town square. The band books of the Humboldt Brass Band are part of the Carl Bush Collection at the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music in Champaign, IL. Special thanks to the Sousa Archives for their work to preserve this American treasure.
We hope you enjoy our performance at the 2009 Capital City Celebration! Please check this page frequently. We are still firming up details for a possible second performance the following evening, July 4th on the Old State Capital lawn.
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