Library
There is a "core" library which is indispensable which I use for study and research frequently. Below is listed a selection of books to which I refer from time to time in my personal library.
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| Band Music of the French Revolution |
David Whitwell |
1979 Schneider |
| Band Works of Gustav Holst |
Jon Mitchell |
1990 Schneider |
| Besetzung und Instrumentation des Blasorchesters |
Bernhard Habla |
1990 Schneider |
| Instrumentation of American Collegiate Wind-Band |
Joseph Mnfredo |
1995 Schneider |
| Blasmusik in Burgenland |
Heinrich Zwittkovits |
1993 Schneider |
| Kongressbericht 1992 |
Wolfgang Suppan |
1994 Schneider |
| Schneider Kongressbericht 1988 & 1990 |
Bernhard Habla |
1992 Schneider |
| Kongressbericht 2000 & 2002 |
Bernhard Habla |
2003 Schneider |
| Musical Society Community Bands of Valencia |
Scott Cohen |
2002 Schneider |
| Repertorium der Mäarsche |
Wolfgang Suppan |
1990 Schneider |
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| Hallelujah Trombone (Henry Fillmore) |
Paul Bierley |
1982 Integrity Press |
| John Philip Sousa |
Paul Bierley |
1973 Prentice Hall |
| Kenneth Alford: - see Military MusicColonel Bogey |
John Trendell |
1991 Blue Band Magazine |
| Music of Henry Fillmore |
Paul Bierley |
1982 Integrity |
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| About Conducting |
Henry Wood |
1945 Sylvan Press |
| Art of Conducting, The |
Lumlet & Springthorpe |
1989 Rhinegold |
| Blasorchester Dirigent |
Felix Hauswirth |
1997 Emil Ruh |
| Compleat Conductor, The |
Gunther Schuller |
1994 Oxford |
| Conducting Beethoven |
Norman del Mar |
1992 OUP |
| Conducting with Feeling |
Frederick Harris |
2001 Meredith Music |
| Conductor and his Baton, The |
Nicolai Malko |
1950 Hansen |
| Conductor Raises his Baton, The |
William J Finn |
1944 Harper |
| Conductor, The |
Michael Bowles |
1961 Bell |
| Conductor's Anthology |
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1989 The Instrumentalist |
| Conductor's Art, The |
Warwsick Braithwaite |
1952 Williams |
| Elements of Conducting, The |
William Cox-Ife |
1964 John Baker |
| Essentials of Conducting |
Lazare Saminsky |
1958 Dobson |
| History of Orchestral Conducting |
Elliuott Galkin |
1986 Pendragon Press |
| Modern Conductor, The |
Elizabeth Green |
1969 Prentice-Hall |
| On Conducting |
Richard Wagner |
1972 Reeves |
| Perfect Conductor, The |
Frederick Goldbeck |
1960 Dobson |
| Rehearsing the Band |
John Williamson |
1998 Ken Neidig |
| Studier für unga dirigenter |
Siegfried Naumann |
1991 Kungl |
| Technique of Conducting, The |
Adrian Boult |
1968 Patterson |
| The Art of Musical Conducting |
David Whitwell |
1998 Shattinger |
| The Composer's Advocate |
Erich Leinsdorf |
1981 Yale |
| Weingartner on Music and Conducting |
Felix Weoingartner |
1969 Dover |
| The Art of Conducting |
Hunsberger and Ernst |
1983 Knopf |
| Art of Elementary Band Conducting |
Eileen Fraedrich |
1997 Meredith |
| Conducting the Music, not the Musicians |
Jerry Nowak |
2002 Carl Fischer |
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| 1000 Selected Works for Bands & Ensembles |
Felix Hauswirth |
1998 Emil Ruh |
| British Music for Wind Band |
Jonathan Good |
1998 Montana University |
| Compleat Conductor, The |
Gunther Schuller |
1994 Oxford |
| Neue Blasmusik Lexikon |
Wolfgang Suppan |
1994 Schulz |
| Program Notes |
Norman Smith |
1998 Program Note Press |
| Rehearsing the Band |
John Williamson |
1998 Ken Neidig |
| The Composer's Advocate |
Erich Leinsdorf |
1981 Yale |
| The Heritage Encyclopedia of Wind Music 3 vols |
ed Paul Bierley |
1991/1996 Integrity Press |
| Wind Ensemble Catalog |
Gillaspie/Stoneham/Clark |
1998 Greenwood Press |
| Wind Ensemble Literature |
Reynolds/Corporon |
1975 Univ.of Wisconsin |
| Wind Ensemble Sourcebook & Biographical Guide |
Gillaspie/Stoneham/Clark |
1997 Greenwood Press |
| WASBE Journals |
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| CBDNA Journals |
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| Title | Author | Publisher |
| Alternative Rehearsal Techniques |
Edward Lisk |
1987 Meredith Music |
| Arranging for Concert Band |
Frank Erickson |
1983 Belwin Mills |
| Band Director's Companion |
James Middleton |
1998 Southern |
| Band Betterment |
Edwin Frank Goldman |
1934 Carl Fischer |
| Band Director's Brain Bank |
Jack Mercer |
Instrumentalit |
| Best Music for High School Band |
ed Bob Margolis |
19943 Manhattan |
| Blueprint for Band |
Robert Garofalo |
1976 Meredith Music |
| Blueprint for Band |
Robert Garofalo |
1976 Meredith Music |
| Developing Competence in teaching Music |
Roy Ernst |
1978 Ergo |
| Developing Competence in teaching Music |
Roy Ernst |
1978 Ergo |
| Guides to Band Masterworks |
Robert Garofalo |
1992 Meredith |
| How to Promote Your Band; Public Relations |
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Selmer |
| Improving Intonation in Band Performance |
Robert Garofalo |
1996 Meredith Music |
| Rehearsal Handbook for Band Students |
Robert Garofalo |
1983 Meredith Music |
| Teaching Techniques and Insights |
Joseph Casey |
1991 GIA |
| Training Musicians |
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1978 Gulbenkian Trus |
| Wind Bands & Brass Bands |
Kevin Thompson |
1985 OUP |
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| College and University Band |
Whitwell and Ostling |
1977 MENC/CBDNA British |
| Wind Music non-selective catalogue 1993 |
Tim Reynish |
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| Nordic Instrumental Music |
Mark Lammers |
1991Gustavus Adolphus College |
| Wind Works |
edited Donald Hunsberger |
Warner |
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| Colonel Bogey to the Fore |
John Trendell |
1991 Blue Band Magazine |
| Hundred Years of Military Music; Kneller hall |
P L Binns |
1959 Blackmore Press |
| Military Band Instrumentation |
Charles Hoby |
1936 OUP |
| Military bands and their Uniforms |
Jack Cassin-Scott |
1978 Blandford Press |
| Military Music of the American Revolution |
Raoul Camus |
1976 U of North Carolina |
| Military Music |
Henry Farmer |
1950 Max Parrish |
| Musique Militaire |
Michel Bene |
Henri Lzaurens |
| Romance of Military Marches |
Walter Wood |
Clowes |
| Treatise on the Military Band |
H E Adkins |
1951 Boosey & Hawkes |
| Trumpets will Sound; Kneller Hall |
Gordon Turner |
1996 Parapress |
| Wind Orchestra |
Arthur Clappé |
1911 Henry Holt |
| Zavertal and the Royal Artllery Band |
Henry Farmer |
1951 Hinrichsen |
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| American Wind Symphony Commissioning Project |
Jeffrey Renshaw |
1991 Greenwood Press |
| Band Music Guide |
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1982 Instrumentalist |
| Band Music Guide |
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1996 Instrumentalist |
| Dictionary of Wind instruments |
Henk van Lijnschotten |
1989 Molenaar |
| Konzertante Blasmusik auf Tontrrager |
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2000 Obermeyer |
| Neue Blasmusik Lexikon |
Wolfgang Suppan |
1988 Schulz |
| Neue Blasmusik Lexikon |
Wolfgang Suppan |
1994 Schulz |
| Resource Guide Wind Band Discography |
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2000 Shattinger |
| Swedish Music for Mixed ensembles |
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| Swedish Wind Music |
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| The Heritage Encyclopedia of Wind Music |
Paul Bierley |
1991 & 1996 Integrity Press |
| Wind Ensemble Catalog |
Gillaspie/Stoneham/Clark |
1998 Greenwood Press |
| Wind Ensemble Literature |
Reynolds/Corporon |
1975 University of Wisconsin |
| Wind Ensemble Sourcebook & Biographical Guide |
Gillaspie/Stoneham/Clark |
1997 Greenwood Press Music |
| Lexikon des Blasmusikwesens |
Wolfgang Suppan |
1982 Schulz |
| Woodwind Music Guide |
Hymie Voxman |
1982 Instrumentalist |
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| 1000 Selected Works for Bands & Ensembles |
Felix Hauswirth |
1998 Emil Ruh |
| 20th Century American Wind Band/ensemble |
Frank Battisti |
1995 Meredith Music |
| 333 Selected Works for Grade 2 & 3 |
Felix Hauswirth |
1998 Emil Ruh |
| Best Music for Beginning Band |
ED Bob Margolis |
2000 Manhattan |
| Best Music for High School Band |
ED Bob Margolis |
1993 Manhattan |
| British Music for Wind Band |
Jonathan Good |
1998 Montana University |
| Composer's Insight, A |
Timothy Salzman |
2003 Meredith Music |
| Composers on Composing |
Camphouse |
2002 GIA |
| More ideas for Wind Orchestras |
Geoffrey Emerson |
1975 Emerson |
| Music for Concert Band |
Joseph Kreines |
1989 Florida Music service |
| One Band that Took a Chance |
Brian Norcross |
1994 Meredith |
| Program Notes |
Norman Smith |
1998 Program Note Press |
| Programmnotizen |
Smith/Hauswirth/Halder |
1993 nms |
| Teaching Music through Performance in Band |
Richard Miles Vol 1 |
1997 GIA |
| Teaching Music through Performance in Band |
Richard Miles Vol 2 |
1998 GIA |
| Teaching Music through Performance in Band |
Richard Miles Vol 3 |
2000 GIA |
| Teaching Music through Performance in Band |
Richard Miles |
GIA |
| Teaching Music through Performance in Beginning Band |
Richard Miles |
2001 GIA |
| Title | Author | Publisher |
| A New History of Wind Music |
Daviud Whitwell |
1980 The Instrumentalist |
| Aesthetics of Baroque Music in England |
David Whitwell |
1997 WINDS |
| Analysis of Jacob Druckman's works for WE |
Erwin Nigg |
1995 UMI |
| Concise History of the Wind Band |
David Whitrwell |
1985 WINDS |
| Harmoniemusik of Die Entführung |
Bastiaan Blomhert |
1987 Blomhert |
| Note Grouping |
James Thurmond |
1983 Meredith |
| Retrospective: A Brief History of Wind Music |
Tim Reynish |
1999 Winds Magazine |
| Suite Francaise |
Robert Garofalo |
1998 Meredith |
| The Longy Club |
David Whitwell |
1988 WINDS |
| Time and the Winds |
Frederick Fennel |
Leblanc |
| Wind Ensemble |
Frederick Fernnell |
1988 Delta |
| Wind Music Research since 1966; Bibliography |
Wolfgang Suppan |
2003 Schneider |