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15-543: The band was incorporated in 1837 as the American Brass Band, a 15-piece ensemble of brass instruments and drums, by bugle soloist Joseph C. Greene. The band was directed by noted march composer D. W. Reeves , one of America's foremost conductors, from 1866 until his death in 1900. In the years following the American Civil War , Reeves grew the ensemble into a professional organization, performing on tours across

30-678: A boat for the stage, which Arthur Sullivan took note of. Later in the 1890s, he served as a judge for the New York Volunteer Firemen's Association's band competitions. Early in 1900, he contracted Bright's disease . He died on March 8, 1900. His funeral service took place at the First Baptist Church in America , where he had frequently led the American Band as part of Brown University 's Commencement ceremonies, and included

45-637: A performance of his Immortalis by the American Band. John Philip Sousa sent 200 roses in his memory. He was buried at Swan Point Cemetery with Masonic honors. By the time of his death in 1900, he had composed over 100 works. In 1926, a marble fountain was built as a memorial to Reeves in Roger Williams Park in Providence. Bright%27s disease Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that are described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis . It

60-410: A rise in blood pressure could precede the appearance of albumin in the urine, and the rise in blood pressure and increased resistance to flow was believed to explain the cardiac hypertrophy. It is today known that Bright's disease is caused by a wide and diverse range of kidney diseases; thus, the term Bright's disease is retained for historical application but not in modern diagnosis. The disease

75-453: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . David Wallis Reeves David Wallis Reeves (February 14, 1838 – March 8, 1900), also known as D. W. Reeves or Wally Reeves , was an American composer, cornetist , and bandleader. He developed the American march style, later made famous by the likes of John Philip Sousa , and his innovations include adding a countermelody to

90-556: The 1870s, he created the first local orchestra in Providence, the Providence Symphony Orchestra. Reeves accepted the directorship of Patrick Gilmore 's Twenty-Second New York Regiment band after Gilmore's death in September 1892, and led Gilmore's band at the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition . Reeves returned to the American Band after a year. In 1878, Reeves led a performance of H.M.S. Pinafore , using

105-498: The 1970s, facing dwindling membership, the band eventually ceased performing entirely, until it was revived by Dr. Francis Marciniak in 1978. Marciniak led the band until 1996. In the 21st century, the band has been recognized as one of the best symphonic bands in southeast New England, and was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2020. This article on a United States band or other musical ensemble

120-537: The American march form in 1876. Sousa called Reeves "The Father of Band Music in America", and stated he wished he himself had written Reeves' "Second Regiment Connecticut National Guard March". Charles Ives also borrowed from the "Second Connecticut" on four occasions. Reeves was born on February 14, 1838, in Oswego, New York . In the early 1850s, he joined the Oswego band as an alto horn player, but soon moved to cornet,

135-476: The United States. Reeves added flutes, clarinets, oboes, bassoons and the recently invented saxophones to the band's repertoire. Valley Falls native Bowen R. Church (1860–1923) was a master cornet soloist. Reeves invited Church, then a young musical prodigy, to join the band after an impromptu audition on a train, and thereafter became his mentor. Church eventually became a headliner of the band, and briefly led

150-403: The band after Reeves' death in 1900. A 1914 advertisement listed Warren R. Fales as the director of the band, and noted that band members "are exempt from Jury Duty." The ad noted that the band had performed at Brown University's commencement "every year for the past 50 years." Following Reeves' death in 1900, the band became more of a local community group playing local concerts and parades. By

165-411: The ensemble on February 17, and was elected its leader on April 9. His initial compensation was $ 600 per year, plus the proceeds of one concert, in return for which he agreed to conduct the band on all occasions. He eventually added woodwinds to the formerly all- brass band , which became known as Reeves' American Band. It was known as one of the best marching bands in the country during his tenure. In

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180-494: The instrument for which he would become famous. He occasionally performed with Jules Levy , another famous cornetist of the period. In 1871, he married Sarah Blanding. Blanding had a daughter from a previous marriage, and they were later to have a son, David W. Reeves, Jr. Reeves was a cornetist with the Dodworth Band of New York before being recruited by the American Brass Band of Providence, Rhode Island in 1866. He joined

195-412: The spoon and candle-heat coagulation), and showed striking morbid changes of the kidneys at post-mortem . The triad of dropsy, albumin in the urine and kidney disease came to be regarded as characteristic of Bright's disease. Subsequent work by Bright and others indicated an association with cardiac hypertrophy , which Bright attributed to stimulation of the heart. Frederick Akbar Mahomed showed that

210-690: Was characterized by swelling and the presence of albumin in the urine , and was frequently accompanied by high blood pressure and heart disease . The symptoms and signs of Bright's disease were first described in 1827 by the English physician Richard Bright , after whom the disease was named. In his Reports of Medical Cases , he described 25 cases of dropsy ( edema ) which he attributed to kidney disease. Symptoms and signs included: inflammation of serous membranes , haemorrhages , apoplexy , convulsions , blindness and coma . Many of these cases were found to have albumin in their urine (detected by

225-420: Was diagnosed frequently in diabetic patients; at least some of these cases would probably correspond to a modern diagnosis of diabetic nephropathy . Bright's disease was historically treated with warm baths, blood-letting , squill , digitalis , mercuric compounds , opium , diuretics , laxatives and dietary therapy , including abstinence from alcoholic drinks , cheese and red meat . Arnold Ehret

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