RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS WIND WORKS..........$28.95
by Jon Ceander Mitchell
ISBN 978-1-57463-098-5
This exciting new work, by one of today's most highly regarded music scholars,
brings new light to the more than two dozen works by Ralph Vaughan Williams
for military band, brass band and wind ensemble. Vaughan Williams' unique
relationship with fellow composer Gustav Holst is examined as well as his
relationships with personnel at the Royal Military School of Music, the
BBC and the Salvation Army. There’s much more in this hard-to-put-down
volume for conductors, performers, students and aficionados!
"...the contributions of Jon Mitchell have become a cornerstone of
serious scholarship in our field. ...a welcome insight into the life
and works of Vaughan Williams. Contained within are valuable insights
into the world of Vaughan Williams that, for the majority of us, will
be an undiscovered country."
Craig Kirchhoff
Professor of Music/Director of Bands
University of Minnesota
The Interpretive Wind Band Conductor will help conductors make the
creative leap from simply reading notes to insightful musical
interpretation. In additional to a long list of topics on conducting
and interpretation, it includes in-depth analysis of 6 masterworks for
band and provides solutions for conducting irregular and non-metrical
problems inherent in contemporary music.
An essential book for all performers, teachers and conductors of wind
instruments. It clears away the cobwebs of superstitions and the fixed
ideas of what can and can’t be done. It is a book to return to again
and again written by one of the great wind virtuosos of our time. Among
the important concepts and techniques included are:
A one-of-a-kind interpretive source for the student, performer and conductor.
The author's scholarly research provides a comprehensive study of the wind
band masterworks of Holst, Vaughan Williams and Grainger. Includes folk song
sources, analyses, musical examples, discography, bibliography and more.
With a foreword by Michael Colgrass, this is the first in a five-volume
series on major contemporary composers and their works for wind band.
Included in this initial volume are rare, 'behind-the-notes' perspectives
acquired from personal interviews with each composer. An excellent
resource for conductor, composer or enthusiast interested in acquiring a richer
musical understanding of the composers' training, compositional approach,
musical influences and interpretative ideas.
This text is the second in a five-volume series on major contemporary
composers and their works for wind band. Included in this volume are rare,
‘behind-the-notes’ perspectives acquired from personal interviews with
each composer. An excellent resource for conductor, composer or enthusiast
interested in acquiring a richer musical understanding of the composers’
training, compositional approach, musical influences and interpretative ideas.
"Tim Salzman has gathered together the life work of many of the
leading composers of our time in a reference book that is as informative
as it is comprehensive. These volumes belong in the 'at arms length'
section of every music educator’s personal resource bookshelf."
The third in a five-volume series on major contemporary composers and their
works for wind band. Included in this volume are rare, ‘behind-the-notes’
perspectives acquired from personal interviews with each composer. An excellent
resource for conductor, composer or enthusiast interested in acquiring a richer
musical understanding of the composers’ training, compositional approach, musical
influences and interpretative ideas.
“A rich and compelling contribution to all who care about living, breathing
music. Tim Salzman and his colleagues beautifully illuminate the backgrounds,
beliefs, and musical intentions of many of today's most important composers.
Rarely has there been such a lucid and eloquent representation of so many
talented composers' thoughts about themselves, their lives, and their music.”
Frank Ticheli
This expansion on Battisti’s The Twentieth Century American
Wind Band/Ensemble includes discussions on the contribution of
important wind band/ensemble personalities and organizations, and
provides important information on hundreds of compositions for
this medium. Challenges facing the 21st century wind band/
ensemble conductor including training and development are
also discussed.
New from Robert Garofalo, an instructional unit on Milhaud's original classic
work for band, Suite Francaise. This incredible teaching tool contains
Interpretive Analysis, Folk Song Sources, Teacher's Lesson Plan and Student
Learning Guide. Written for any band or orchestra conductor planning to
perform this work. An outstanding teaching tool that applies the MENC
"Standards" to the podium. A "MUST HAVE" for the serious wind band conductor!
Battisti's program of guest artists, commissions and student creativity
projects provides an outstanding model for music programs of the
21st century.
"...The Ithaca H.S. Band...under Frank Battisti is one
of the truly great achievements of instrumental music education
in the 20th century."
A focus on the development of the wind band/ensemble and its literature
as a medium of artistic musical expression. Incredibly insightful
and written by perhaps the most knowledgeable person in the field
today.
"Read this book...read it all; every word....only by reading
it all will you understand why musicians affiliated with this
art form belong in the history books."
THE INTERPRETIVE WIND BAND CONDUCTOR..........$24.95
by John W. Knight
ISBN 1-57463-082-2
"I must thank you for your musical and detailed commentary of my
transcription of Elgar's 'Nimrod.' Your in depth analysis and
interpretive suggestions will help conductors give a musical
performance of this piece."
Alfred Reed
Composer
"Dr. Knight has produced a book that all wind conductors need to read.
It is a comprehensive book that quotes many professionals...[he] has
made a lifelong study of conducting the winds and has written an
impressive book... It is an excellent treatise that can be of value to us
all."
W. Francis McBeth
Composer/Conductor
THE ART OF WIND PLAYING..........$19.95
by Arthur Weisberg
ISBN 1-57463-084-9
THE WIND BAND MASTERWORKS OF HOLST, VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, AND GRAINGER...........$24.95
by Willis Rapp
ISBN 1-57463-038-5
A COMPOSER'S INSIGHT:
THOUGHTS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY ON CONTEMPORARY
MASTERPIECES FOR WIND BAND VOLUME I..................$29.95
Edited by Timothy Salzman
ISBN 0-634-05827-4
A COMPOSER'S INSIGHT:
THOUGHTS, ANALYSIS, AND COMMENTARY ON CONTEMPORARY
MASTERPIECES FOR WIND BAND: VOLUME II...................$29.95
Edited by Timothy Salzman
Foreword by Norman Dello Joio
ISBN 1-57463-034-2
Libby Larsen
Composer
A COMPOSER'S INSIGHT:
THOUGHTS, ANALYSIS AND COMMENTARY ON CONTEMPORARY
MASTERPIECES FOR WIND BAND VOLUME III..................$39.95
Edited by Timothy Salzman
with a foreword by John Corigliano
ISBN 1-57463-048-2
Composer/Professor of Music,
University of Southern California
Thornton School of Music
THE WINDS OF CHANGE...................$34.95
The Evolution of the Contemporary American
Wind Band/Ensemble and its Conductor
by Frank L. Battisti
SUITE FRANCAISE...................$16.95
by Darius Milhaud
Instructional Unit by Robert Garofalo
CASSETTE TAPE of Original Folk Songs.............$10.95
ONE BAND THAT TOOK A CHANCE
The Ithaca High School Band From 1955 to 1967
Directed By Frank Battisti...........................$29.95
by Brian H. Norcross
Foreword by Eugene Corporon
Eugene Corporon
THE TWENTIENTH CENTURY AMERICAN WIND BAND/ENSEMBLE:.....................................$34.95
History, Development and Literature
by Frank Battisti
Thomas C. Duffy
Director of Bands, Yale University