Erinnerungen eines englischen Militärmusikers Peter B. Smith

Peter B. Smith


A Bandsman remembers - Erinnerungen eines englischen Militärmusikers


German translation by Sabine Günther


This book is a humorous, not only musical autobiography of a professional musician - his experiences as solo-flautist by the London Ballet Orchestra, the Coldstream Guards Band, as Bandmaster of the Queen's Royal Irish Hussars and later as teacher and conductor in Germany. It is also a documentary of days gone by in many ways: everyday life, tradition, church life, service life. It is not only a personal documentary of the life of an English musician at home and abroad but also a historical documentary of life during the war and after and of military music. An interesting and amusing book not only for musicians and music lovers.