Author : Kimberly K. Archer
Publisher : GIA Publications
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 26,89 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781579997397
Each composer addresses the following topics: Biographical information, The creative process ... how a composer works, Orchestration, Views from the composer to the conductor, Commissioning new works, The teaching of composition, Influential individuals, Ten works all band conductors at all levels should study, Ten composers whose music speaks in especially meaningful ways, The future of the wind band, Other facets of everyday life, Comprehensive list of works for band.
Author : Frederick Fennell
Publisher : Kenosha, Wis : G. Leblanc Company
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 28,56 MB
Release : 1954
Category : Wind instruments
ISBN :
This book had its origins in a series of ten lectures, The Development of the Orchestra, which were prepared and delivered to the service men and women who frequented the music room of the Fifth Avenue USO Club in San Diego, California, during my war-time stay in that important training area as National USO music advisor. In expanding those informal essays into this little book, which is concerned with the development of wind instruments and their use, it has been my desire to afford both the casual reader and the serious student of the orchestra and band with a single volume which might prove of interest. --Preface.
Author : Leon J. Bly
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 1188 pages
File Size : 24,26 MB
Release : 2024-07
Category :
ISBN : 364391654X
The book provides a historical survey of the wind band’s music and denotes how historical and cultural developments have influenced it over the course of time. Although the modern wind band developed first in the 19th century, it has its roots in the wind music of ancient times, and music survives that has been composed since the Middle Ages. Therefore, this book covers the music from that time to the present, including the dance music of the Renaissance, the Harmoniemusik of the Classical Period, and the nationalistic music of the Romantic Period, as well as the major wind band repertoire developed after 1900.
Author : Frank L. Battisti
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 10,75 MB
Release : 2018-08-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 1574634747
(Meredith Music Resource). A new and expanded version of the first two Winds of Change volumes containing much new information about wind band/ensemble literature, important conferences, concerts and events from the 19th century through 2015.
Author : George Odam
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,52 MB
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 1351217763
Liverpool-born composer and pianist, John McCabe, established himself as one of Britain's most recorded contemporary composers as well as a celebrated performer and recording artist. This book covers every aspect of his compositions and will help guide both general and specialist listeners and performers through the so-called landscapes of the mind that his music evokes. The title was suggested by McCabe himself and his composing and performing life took him on journeys all over the world through a variety of landscapes, many of which are to be found in essence in his music. The detailed discography will help readers to find recordings of many of the works described in the series of articles written by a collection of experienced critics, performers, broadcasters and reviewers, and the copious illustrations and full pages of musical score provide a variety of insights into McCabe's life and work.
Author : Julian Horton
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 12,29 MB
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521884985
A comprehensive guide to the historical, analytical and interpretative issues surrounding one of the major genres of Western music.
Author : Douglas Yeo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 31,31 MB
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 1538159678
Modern low brass instruments—trombone, tuba, and euphonium—have legions of ancestors, cousins, and descendants in over five-hundred years of history. Prominent scholar and performer Douglas Yeo provides a unique, accessible reference guide that addresses a broad range of relevant topics and brings these instruments to life with clear explanations and the most up-to-date research. Brief biographies of many path-changing individuals highlight their influence on instrument development and use. The book’s inclusive scope also recognizes the work of diverse, influential artists whose important contributions to trombone and tuba history and development have not previously been acknowledged in other literature. Extensive illustrations by Lennie Peterson provide insight into many of the entries.
Author : Louis D. Rubin, Jr.
Publisher : LSU Press
Page : 1064 pages
File Size : 49,41 MB
Release : 1995-09-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780807119921
In A Writer’s Companion, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., has drawn on his years of accumulated wisdom—as well as the advice of some fifty prominent writers from various fields—to put together in a single volume a vast array of information. Organized in such a way as to make it exceptionally easy to use, and enhanced by Rubin’s graceful and witty prose, A Writer’s Companion will merit a place on the desk of every serious wordsmith. It is also a book that will bring endless hours of pleasure to anyone who enjoys reading simply for the sake of gaining new knowledge. As Casey Stengel said, “You could look it up.”
Author : Robert Riggs
Publisher : University Rochester Press
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 48,41 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1580463436
In addition to Riggs's extensive interviews with the composer, the biography is documented with Kirchner's colorful correspondence from a roster of luminaries: Saul Bellow, Leonard Bernstein, Edward Cone, Aaron Copland, Darius Milhaud, Isaac Stern, Roger Sessions, and many others. Excerpts from Kirchner's own elegantly written essays and speeches complete the portrait and reveal his highly personal, romantic view of music as powerful art capable of endowing humanity with an "aesthetic sensibility and protective wisdom, without which we cannot survive." --Book Jacket.
Author : Frederick Fennell
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 13,50 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781574630947
(Meredith Music Resource). Frederick Fennell, widely acknowledged as the "dean of American band conductors," has freely shared what he called "long-distilled thoughts" about the world's greatest music for band. In this collection, he covers original scores by Persichetti, Hanson, Schuman and Chance, as well as classic works by Wagner and Holst. Fennell's clear and to-the-point analysis/interpretations are based on a lifetime of careful research, rehearsals, and professional performances. In this informative work, you will find inspiration for a truly superior presentation of these masterworks for band. Includes: Divertimento for Band (Persichetti) * Symphony for Band (Persichetti) * Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral (Wagner) * Chorale and Alleluia (Hanson) * George Washington Bridge (W. Schuman) * A Moorside Suite (Holst) * Variations on a Korean Folk Song (Chance) * I Really Do Love Marches! (Fennell).
