Posted by Eric Lutz on January 13, 2003 at 08:30:16:
In Reply to: Circa 1800 music? posted by Dan Schultz on January 12, 2003 at 21:41:28:
Check out the Civil War Band website:
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/cwmhtml/cwmhome.html
They have a "boatload" of band arrangements on the site. The downside to this is that a lot of the wind instruments are in unusual keys (Eb trumpet, D flute, etc.). But it will give you a good idea of what kind of music was popular in the mid-1800's at least.