The purpose of this study is to construct a concise historical narrative of the development and characteristics of African American styles of marching band. While some extant research studies have been published in this area of study, the focus has been primarily on individual exemplary teachers or university band programs. In this article, much of the available published and unpublished scholarly work was reviewed for synthesis into narrative form. Unique style characteristics of African American marching bands are identified and tied to historical developments. The author proposes that African American styles of marching band be examined as an art form through the lens of historicultural research.

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非裔美国军乐队的叙事史：对历史文化的理解

本研究的目的是构建一个关于非裔美国军乐队风格的发展和特征的简明历史叙述。虽然在这个研究领域已经发表了一些现存的研究报告，但重点主要是个人模范教师或大学乐队课程。在本文中，许多已发表和未发表的学术著作都经过审查，以综合成叙事形式。非洲裔美国军乐队的独特风格特征被确定并与历史发展联系在一起。作者建议通过历史文化研究的视角，将非裔美国人的军乐队风格视为一种艺术形式。