This expansion on Battisti's The Twentieth Century American Wind Band/Ensemble includes discussions on the contribution of important wind band/ensemble personalities and organizations, and provides important information on hundreds of compositions for this medium. Challenges facing the 21st century wind band/ensemble conductor including training and development are also discussed.
Spis treści:
Development, history, literature
1. Beginnings - 16th through the 19th century
2. The Twentieth Century
3. Innovations (1952 - 1959)
4. The Change
5. Changes and growth (1960 - 1974)
6. Exansion and new connections (1975 - 1989)
7. Two different worlds and exposures (1990 - 1994)
8. The final five years of the twentieh century (1995 - 1999)
9. Commisioning (1945 - 1999)
10. The contemporary wind band / ensemble
11. Repertoire establishment and program planning
12. The American school band (1945 - 1999)
Part 2 - Essays on topics important to contemporary wind band / ensemble conductors
13. A "taste" for quality
14. Expression and emotion
15. For the advancement of the wind band / ensemble - strike up the orchestra!
16. Beyond music teaching and conducting - leadership
17. The Pulitzer prize in music
Part 3. 20th century review and 21st century agenda
18. What leaders think
19. Challenges
20. Discography
Postscript
Endnotes
Appendix 1: Twenttieth - century chronology of selected wind band / ensemble literature
Appendix 2: Recommended Twentieth - Century Literature for the Oniversity, School of Music, Professional Contemporary Wind Band / Ensemble
Appendix 3: Recommended Twentieth Century Literature for the Contemporary High School Wind Band / Ensemble
Appendix 4: Instrumentation of selective wind bands and wind ensembles from 1952 - 1999
Appendix 5: Recommended Reading - Articles, Dissertations, Books, Reference Dictionaries and Journals
Appendix 6: Repertoire of Ensemble Works performed by the Longy Club
Appendix 7: Repertoire of the La Societe de Musique de Chambre pour instruments a vent
Appendix 8: Selective repertoire of chamber wind music by genre and / or instrumentation
Index
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