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Tarrant turned the second-story apartment into a broader historical museum, with numerous war artifacts, including his great grandfather’s diaries and sketches from the Civil War, along with his drum and fife.
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Susan Glaser, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
His supporters, some dressed as American Revolution-era patriots and playing fifes, were thrilled by Ramaswamy’s turn in the spotlight Wednesday night.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
Audiences are not always sure what to expect from a fife and drum corps comprised of young people.
—Jan Crawford, CBS News, 29 May 2023
That initial group of 16 Italian musicians who arrived from Catania in 1805 largely left the service before their three-year contacts were up (though future Marine Band leader, fife and drum major Venerando Pulizzi, was among their ranks).
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
The Heat are a bandaged fife-and-drum brigade at this point.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2022
The musical anachronist is also adept at a variety of suitably ancient instruments such as the fife and quills, and he’s even issued a single on wax cylinder.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2021
There was cannon fire, fife troupes populated with high school band students, and long orations about the importance of remembering the past.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2023
Reenactors dressed in Revolutionary War uniforms fired salutes, and a fife and drum corps played music.
—Dorvall Bedford, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
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Susan Glaser, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2023
His supporters, some dressed as American Revolution-era patriots and playing fifes, were thrilled by Ramaswamy’s turn in the spotlight Wednesday night.
—Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
Audiences are not always sure what to expect from a fife and drum corps comprised of young people.
—Jan Crawford, CBS News, 29 May 2023
That initial group of 16 Italian musicians who arrived from Catania in 1805 largely left the service before their three-year contacts were up (though future Marine Band leader, fife and drum major Venerando Pulizzi, was among their ranks).
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2023
The Heat are a bandaged fife-and-drum brigade at this point.
—Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 28 May 2022
The musical anachronist is also adept at a variety of suitably ancient instruments such as the fife and quills, and he’s even issued a single on wax cylinder.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 July 2021
There was cannon fire, fife troupes populated with high school band students, and long orations about the importance of remembering the past.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2023
Reenactors dressed in Revolutionary War uniforms fired salutes, and a fife and drum corps played music.
—Dorvall Bedford, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
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fife
noun
: a small high-pitched musical instrument resembling a flute
Geographical Definition
Fife
geographical name
variants
or Fifeshire
ˈfīf-ˌshir 
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administrative area of eastern Scotland between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth area 509 square miles (1319 square kilometers), population 365,198
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