| There’s Something About a Band | 11 | |
| I | Military Bands | 15 |
| UNITED STATES MARINE BAND | 17 | |
| Major William F. Santelmann | 23 | |
| UNITED STATES NAVY BAND | 27 | |
| Commander Charles Brendler | 32 | |
| UNITED STATES ARMY BAND | 39 | |
| Captain Hugh J. Curry | 45 | |
| UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCES BAND | 49 | |
| Lt. Colonel George S. Howard | 53 | |
| II | Concert Bands | 59 |
| John Philip Sousa | 59 | |
| Patrick Sarsfield Gilmore | 70 | |
| Arthur Pryor | 81 | |
| Patrick Conway | 87 | |
| Edwin Franko Goldman | 92 | |
| III | Municipal Bands | 105 |
| THE ALLENTOWN BAND | 107 | |
| THE BARRINGTON BAND | 109 | |
| Herbert Lincoln Clarke | 110 | |
| Karl King | 121 | |
| THE BAND OF HAGERSTOWN | 124 | |
| PHILADELPHIA’S MUMMERS’ PARADE | 125 | |
| IV | Industrial Bands | 127 |
| Frank Simon | 130 | |
| V | The Salvation Army Band | 134 |
| Captain Richard E. Holz | 142 | |
| VI | Merle Evans, Toscanini of the Big Top | 146 |
| VII | College and University Bands | 156 |
| UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS BAND | 157 | |
| Albert Austin Harding | 158 | |
| Mark H. Hindsley | 161 | |
| UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN BAND | 163 | |
| William D. Revelli | 165 | |
| VIII | High School Bands | 167 |
| FARM AND TRADES SCHOOL BAND | 171 | |
| A. R. McAllister | 174 | |
| IX | As We Go Marching On | 178 |
| Books, Magazines, and Newspapers Consulted— | 183 |