| The History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble: The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Before 1500 Contributor(s): Dabelstein, Craig (Editor), Whitwell, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 1936512173 ISBN-13: 9781936512171 Publisher: Whitwell Publishing OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2011 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Music | Reference - Music | History & Criticism - General |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 7.99" W x 10" (1.44 lbs) 328 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Wind Band and Wind Ensem-ble Before 1500 is the first vol-ume in Dr. David Whitwell's ground break-ing thir-teen vol-ume His-tory and Lit-er-a-ture of the Wind Band and Wind Ensem-ble series. Whitwell's metic-u-lous schol-ar-ship reveals the con-tin-u-ous his-tory of the wind ensem-ble, from its ear-li-est roots to the nine-teenth cen-tury - an unbro-ken tra-di-tion of wind music that music schol-ars have never been fully able to appre-ci-ate until now. This vol-ume includes: 1] court wind music devel-op-ing form crude cer-e-mo-nial instru-ments into the real wind bands of the fif-teenth century 2] the ancient tra-di-tion of civic wind music, cen-ter-ing on 'watch' duty and the grad-ual devel-op-ment of more aes-thetic func-tions includ-ing real concerts 3] the com-plete pro-hi-bi-tion of wind music in the early Chris-t-ian church and its grad-ual accep-tance into the ser-vice through the medieval church drama and the bands that accom-pa-nied nobles in their pri-vate church ceremonies. Updated with the inclu-sion of rel-e-vant iconog-ra-phy, this sec-ond edi-tion belongs in music libraries and con-ser-va-toires around the world. |
