Wind Ensemble Sourcebook and Biographical Guide

MARSHALL STONEHAM is Massey Professor of Physics, University College London, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and Chief Scientist of AEA Technology. He has written extensively not only on the physical sciences, but on music as well. He has taken the opportunity to visit libraries in many countries when on travels associated with his scientific work. He is an experienced horn player and the founder and organizer of the Dorchester Wind Players, which, over the past twenty years, has played many works of the genre described in this book.JON A. GILLASPIE is a freelance musicologist and music cataloger as well as a composer, arranger, record producer, and experienced bassoonist and keyboard player. Born in Potsdam, New York, he studied social anthropology before emigrating to England in 1973. His extensive travels researching into primary sources of wind harmony now total more than three actual years in the field and his own extensive collection includes the former wind harmony of the Dowenstein Kapelle. He has composed and arranged widely for wind ensemble, including many works for the Dorchester Wind Players.DAVID LINDSEY CLARK was a Music Librarian to Oxfordshire County Libraries, Oxford, England. He has been involved in the revision of the Music Catalogs of a number of libraries, including the Bodleian of Oxford University. Now retired, he continues his bibliographical work, reflecting his interest in exploring the repertoire of music on which he has written over a number of years.

• Preface The Phenomenon of Wind Harmony Common Ground: Music for All Occasions English-Speaking Countries France German-Speaking Countries and the Austro-Hungarian Empire Italy The Periphery: Russia, Scandinavia, Iberia, and Distant Empires References and Notes Composers and Arrangers: Biographical Information Introduction Biographical Information Instruments and Performance Practice Development of Wind Instruments Aspects of Authenticity References and Notes Index