Nov. 15, 2018

Songs Out of Time: Rediscovering a Navy Surgeon's Life and Music

"His music fits right into the genre of salon music - I can see why it was so successful in its day." said Stephen Swanson, a freelance pianist and choir master based in St. Paul, Minn. Swanson is referring to Dr. Thomas Van Dyke Wiesenthal, a naval physician who more than dabbled as a composer of popular song before his death 185 years ago.

Oct. 4, 2016

The History of Navy Music

Navy Band director Lieutenant Charles Benter (right) and Rear Admiral Benjamin F. Hutchison (left) inspecting the Navy Band's new uniform, at the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., in about 1926. This garb was informally known as the Lion-Tamer Uniform. The original photograph was received from the Bureau of Construction & Repair in 1926.The Navy has 11