A Concise History of the Wind Band

by David Whitwell, Craig Dabelstein (Editor)

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.

414 pages, Paperback

First published January 4, 2011