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This treatise examines how John Barrows helped contribute to the expansion of the horn repertoire. Barrows accomplished this in several ways. First, he had a very close relationship with composer Alec Wilder. Wilder wrote several pieces...
Derek Bourgeois' Concerto for Trombone, Op. 114 is a masterwork that has tested the limits of trombone technique since it's premiere. Considering Bourgeois' goal was to challenge Lindberg, the command of the instrument required to...
This document provides biographical information about the trombone soloists of John Philip Sousa's civilian band. During the Sousa Band's thirty-nine year existence from 1892 to 1931, the ensemble made annual cross-country trips, toured...
As a relatively young instrument, the euphonium's solo repertoire lacks the depth available for instruments such as the violin or piano. Even other instruments in the brass family have repertoire composed by historically important...
This treatise focuses on Paul Lansky's percussion quartet Threads, a ten-movement work organized into three distinct movement families: Preludes and Arias, Recitatives, and Choruses. While the composer creates three distinct "threads"...
Richard Goldman has labeled two historical functions for bands, no matter their place or time: "military" and "popular." Throughout the development of wind bands, marches have served as a significant literature for these two functions....
The baroque era boasted two of the world's most well-known composers, Johann Sebastian Bach and George Friedrich Handel. Lost in the historical web are many of the composers whom they influenced. Christoph Graupner (1683-1760) is one of...
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