Subject Guides: Music 510: Band Literature: Band History

Library Resources to Consult

Time and the Winds by Frederick Fennell
Call Number: ML 930 .F46 T55 1954
A short history of the use of wind instruments in the orchestra, band and the wind ensemble.
Master conductors : a history of the school band movement-- as told by those who were there by Frederick Fennell et al
Call Number: MT 85 .M376 H57 2008 DVD
Publication Date: 2009
First hand personal accounts, recollections and experiences from the early days of the school band movement.
Master conductors: reflection on life and the podium by Harry Begian
Call Number: MT 85 .M376 B44 2009 DVD
Publication Date: 2009
Conducting from the Inside Out by Allan McMurray
Call Number: MT 85 .M326 C66 2004 vol.1-3
Publication Date: 2004
Series of conducting videos filmed at University of Colorado Boulder.
A Concise History of the Wind Band by David Whitwell; Craig Dabelstein (Editor)
Call Number: ML 1300 .W44 C66 2010
ISBN: 1936512068
Publication Date: 2011-01-04
A comprehensive single-volume text on the history of the wind band,
The history and literature of the wind band and wind ensemble by David Whitwell; Craig Dabelstein (Editor)
Call Number: ML 1300 .W56 2012 vol.1-13
ISBN: 9781936512171
Publication Date: 2011-09-16
The longer history -- in 13 volumes.
The university band : its repertoire and the prospective music educator by Donald L. .Peterson
Call Number: MT 733 .P472 U54 1986
Publication Date: 1986
Is there a core of standard band literature? What works should studnets be exposed to while in college?

Dr. David Whitwell's website - videos related to his books can be seen here.

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The Instrumentalist is an important publication for Band. Full text is available in PRINT only. It is INDEXED in MUSIC INDEX.

(Click on PUBLICATIONS to see all issues 1972-2019.)

For issues from 1946-1972, use the PRINT version of Music Index, ML 118 .M84.