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Lord, Stephen - The history and some personal recollections of the Whitworth Vale and Healey Band - Stephen Lord, Rochdale, 2005
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McCaskill, Robert - Marching through three centuries with the City of Bendigo Brass Band: the history of the City of Bendigo Brass Band 1862-2001 - Robert McCaskill, Bendigo, Victoria, 2002. ISBN: 0958122601
McClure, Dorothy May - The world famous Cowboy Band, 1923-1973: a history of the first fifty years of the Cowboy Band - Hardin-Simmons University, Abilene, Texas, 1983
Montagu, Jeremy - Timpani and Percussion - Yale Musical Instrument Series - Yale University Press, 2002, ISBN: 0300093373
Obata, Yoshihiro - The band in Japan from 1945 to 1970 : a study of its history and the factors influencing its growth during this period - Ph.D Thesis, Michigan State University, 1974
Pahr, Art - Invincible fidelity: a history of the Kiel Municipal Band - Windridge Productions, Plymouth, Wisconsin, 1999. ISBN: 0966720008
Pattie,R - History of the City of Ballarat Municipal Brass Band 1900-2000: one hundred years of music to the citizens of Ballarat, 2000
Purkis, Trish - The band book : a history of brass bands in Lethbridge - Lethbridge, Alberta, 2000
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Waterloo Musical Society Band - The golden jubilee of the Waterloo Musical Society Band, 1882-1932, Canada, 1932
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Herbert, Trevor - Volunteers, Salvationists And Committees: Consensus Versus Regulation in Amateur Victorian Brass Bands - Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens, 50 (1999), pp. 105-122. ISSN: 0220-5610
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