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David Whitwell
In this book the reader will find the dramatic story of how the early Roman Church sought to end the general education of the public and how knowledge struggled to…
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In the ancient civilizations music education was based on principles which seemed to them obvious and natural, that there was something universal about how people heard and understood music and…
The Longy Club was a large chamber wind ensemble made up entirely of members of the Boston Symphony and founded by the principal oboist, Georges Longy. Longy and several of…
The Wind Band and Wind Ensem-ble Before 1500 is the first vol-ume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground break-ing thir-teen vol-ume His-tory and Lit-er-a-ture of the Wind Band and Wind Ensem-ble…
Wagner was present for the birth of the modern conductor, living and working during the period when the idea of a conductor evolved from a man sitting at the first…
For the first time, Dr. David Whitwell presents a thorough study of the performance of music in society together with the philosophical views on art versus entertainment, the role of…
The colorful and sometimes startling style expressed in the music of Berlioz is also found in his prose. The man wrote hundreds of newspaper articles and many more private letters…
A Catalog of Multi-Part Repertoire for Wind Instruments or for Undesignated Instrumentation before 1600 is the sixth volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen-volume History and Literature of the…
Francois Sudre was a nineteenth-century musician who invented something long dreamed of by philosophers: a language based on music. For several decades he successfully demonstrated his new musical language throughout…
For a period which ended 2,500 bc ours was a matriarchal world. History does not tell us how well the women did because history [his-story] was written by later men…
Classical Period Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire is the eighth volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series…
Nineteenth-Century Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire is the ninth volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. During…
David Whitwell has drawn together a valuable collection of Schumann’s own intimate revelations on his personality, his character and his health, the latter a critical issue in the case of…
A Supplementary Catalog of Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire is the tenth volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind…
David Whitwell has drawn together a valuable collection of Mendelssohn’s own intimate revelations on his personality, his character and his health. Here as well the reader will find Mendelssohn’s personal…
A Catalog of Wind Repertoire Before the Twentieth Century for One to Five Players is the eleventh volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen-volume History and Literature of the…
David Whitwell has drawn together a valuable collection of Liszt’s own intimate revelations on his personality, his character and his health. Here as well the reader will find Liszt’s personal…
This volume is a compilation of original philosophic views on the relationship of music and religion as early history progressed towards more modern times, beginning with the strong association of…
This volume contains a fascinating collection of observations by ancient writers as they were attempting to understand Music in its relationship with the world around them. The book begins with…
This book follows the fascinating attempt of man to explain the nature of Music, that powerful and mysterious art from which cannot be seen. From original accounts from the earliest…
The first part of this volume presents first-hand accounts of individual ancient musicians, singers, instrumentalists, conductors, both men and women.The second part presents much background information on those wandering musicians…
This volume presents the early views of philosophers and musicians having to do with the general background of what is known as Performance Practice. Performance Practice refers to the knowledge…
Ethics, from the original Greek word, ethos, had to do with the character of a man. The first part of this book presents the arguments of the ancient philosophers who…
This volume contains first-hand and eye-witness descriptions of the actual performance of music in ancient and medieval societies. Documented here are not only concerts of art music in real concert…
This volume consists of essays which present the reader with Renaissance views on their philosophy of music. The contemporary opinions here cover the general new view of man himself in…
This volume contains the fascinating views of some of the most well-known and influential men of the Renaissance. Here we find interesting information not mentioned in traditional texts. For example…
This is the definitive study in English of the role of the wind band during the French Revolution and the Bourbon Restoration.In instrumentation the modern wind band begins here. Finally…
David Whitwell has drawn together a valuable collection of Chopin’s own intimate revelations on his personality, his character and his health. Here too the reader will find Chopin’s personal insights…
For the first time, Dr. David Whitwell presents a thor-ough study of the per-for-mance of music in soci-ety together with the philo-soph-i-cal views on art ver-sus enter-tain-ment, the role of…
Name Index, Volumes 1-12 is the thirteenth and final volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. This volume includes…
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For the first, Dr. David Whitwell presents a thorough study of the performance of music in society together with the philosophical views on art versus entertainment, the role of performance…
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This book traces the history of music education from the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece and Rome to the modern era. The reader will see the most natural concepts of…
David Whitwell is one of the most influential college band directors of the twentieth century and the author of more than forty books on music, education, history and aesthetics. In…
David Whitwell is one of the most influential college band directors of the twentieth century and the author of more than forty books on music, conducting, education, history and aesthetics…
With the exception of the new form, Opera, the previous two centuries of musicology have tended to present the Baroque Period, 1600-1750, as a period of functional, even mechanical, music…
The Renaissance Wind Band and Wind Ensemble is the second volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series…
The Baroque Wind Band and Wind Ensemble is the third volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series…
The Wind Band and Wind Ensem-ble of the Classical Period is the fourth vol-ume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground break-ing thir-teen vol-ume His-tory and Lit-er-a-ture of the Wind Band and…
Dr Whitwell’s studies of Mozart began with his Ph.D. dissertation (1963) on the early symphonies of Mozart, which included an extensive study of pre-Classical composers and the early development of…
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Beginning in the mid-twentieth century American music educators began a shift toward teaching Conceptual aspects of music for the purpose of accountability in the new science led world. But Conceptual…
The Aesthetics of Music is a specialized field of Philosophy which studies fundamental questions. Regarding the mind, what is the role of the senses? What is the role of experience…
