A Concise History of the Wind Band

A Concise History of the Wind Band
ISBN-10
1936512068
ISBN-13
9781936512065
Category
Band music
Pages
406
Language
English
Published
2011-01-04
Author
David Whitwell

Description

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 Ancient World through the nineteenth century.

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