The American Wind Band: A Cultural History
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| Rating | : | 4.44 (772 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1579994679 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 503 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. Awesome book!. "The American Wind Band: A Cultural History" according to Richard J. Chandler. Through Dr. Hansen's The American Wind Band: A Cultural History, I was surprised and delighted to discover a far richer tapestry of music history in America than what I previously had known. I was especially enthralled with the ways in which wind bands and symphony orchestras selected and programmed music to serve the `perceived' differences in their audiences throughout our history. This book is an outstanding source of useful information for music historians, wind and string orchestra conductors, music programming board members and composers and arrangers of wind music.- Richard J. Cha
A remarkable amount of historical information is covered in this comprehensive history of the American band. Timelines and photos track developments in American band music from colonial drum and fife corps to the Big Band era; and useful tables compare band music milestones to those of other arts in western civilization, events in U.S. history, and with other American musical breakthroughs. The final section of the book discusses new directions in American music and predicts a bright future for the modern wind band.