Title: A composer's insight
Description: This is 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 conductors, composers or enthusiasts interested in acquiring a richer musical understanding of the composers' training, compositional approach, musical influences and interpretative ideas. Features the music of: Timothy Broege, Michael Colgrass, Michael Daugherty, David Gillingham, John Harbison, Karel Husa, Alfred Reed and others.
Subjects: Analysis, appreciation, Band music, Composers, Wind ensembles, Bands (Music), History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, History, Analyse et appreciation, Harmonie (Orchestre), Musique d', Analyse et appréciation