The complete set of 13 volumes of the History and Literature of the Wind Band is finally back in print after 25 years.
You can find detailed information on each volume at:
search for the author 'David Whitwell'
- The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble before 1500, 314 pages
- The Renaissance Wind Band and Wind Ensemble, 290 pages
- The Baroque Wind Band and Wind Ensemble, 248 pages
- The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble of the Classical Period, 240 pages
- The Nineteenth-Century Wind Band and Wind Ensemble, 238 pages
- A Catalog of Multi-Part Repertoire for Wind Instruments or for Instrumentation before 1600, 138 pages
- Baroque Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire, 238 pages
- Classical Period Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire, 400 pages
- Nineteenth-Century Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire, 310 double column pages
- A Supplementary Catalog of Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire, 290 pages
- A Catalog of Wind Repertoire before the 20th Century for One to Five Players, 346 pages
- A Second Supplementary Catalog of early Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire, 238 pages
- Name Index, Volumes I - 12, The History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble, 220 pages
The amazing story of an attempt to replace all languages with communication through music. No one but the inventor could make it work, but it seems clear that this is where Wagner got the idea for his leit-motiv idea.
Three books based on intimate letters to family and friends which will help those who love the music of these composers really come to know them as persons, quite unlike the outside observer status assigned the reader in traditional biographies.
- Chopin. A Self-Portrait, 102 pages
- Schumann. A Self-Portrait, 144 pages
- Mendelssohn. A Self-Portrait, 168 pages
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