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A Concise History of the Wind Band David Whitwell

Whether used for personal reference or as a text for a class in the history of the wind band this book is the most comprehensive single-volume history of the wind band ever written. This volume draws on the author's multi-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and follows the development of the wind band through the civic, court, church and military performances of the ...

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Band Music of the French Revolution David Whitwell

This is the definitive study in English of the role of the wind band during the French Revolution and the Bourbon Restoration. In instrumentation the modern wind band begins here. Finally available in a fully updated second edition including new material on works by Anton Reicha, Nicolas-Charles Bochsa and Hector Berlioz.