Concert band
Bands today: Typo
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Before the 1950s, wind ensembles included various combinations of instruments. The modern "standard" instrumentation of the wind ensemble was more or less established by [[Frederick Fennell]] at [[Eastman School of Music]] as the [[Eastman Wind Ensemble]] in 1952 after the model of the [[orchestra]]: a pool of players from which a composer can select in order to create different sonorities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/arts/music/frederick-fennell-90-innovative-band-conductor-dies.html|title=Frederick Fennell, 90, Innovative Band Conductor, Dies|first=Daniel J.|last=Wakin|date=9 December 2004|access-date=22 April 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]}} According to Fennell, the wind ensemble was not revolutionary, but developed naturally out of the music.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} |
Before the 1950s, wind ensembles included various combinations of instruments. The modern "standard" instrumentation of the wind ensemble was more or less established by [[Frederick Fennell]] at [[Eastman School of Music]] as the [[Eastman Wind Ensemble]] in 1952 after the model of the [[orchestra]]: a pool of players from which a composer can select in order to create different sonorities.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/09/arts/music/frederick-fennell-90-innovative-band-conductor-dies.html|title=Frederick Fennell, 90, Innovative Band Conductor, Dies|first=Daniel J.|last=Wakin|date=9 December 2004|access-date=22 April 2021|website=[[The New York Times]]}} According to Fennell, the wind ensemble was not revolutionary, but developed naturally out of the music.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} |
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==Concert Band |
==Concert Band Organizations== |
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The [[British_Association_of_Symphonic_Bands_and_Wind_Ensembles|British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles]] (BASBWE) has been a key organisation in the development and promotion of wind, brass, and symphonic band music in the [[United Kingdom]], supporting performers, composers, and educational initiatives within the concert band community.{{cite book |title=The Annual Directory 1988–1989 |url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL21574509M/The_annual_directory_1988-1989 |
The [[British_Association_of_Symphonic_Bands_and_Wind_Ensembles|British Association of Symphonic Bands and Wind Ensembles]] (BASBWE) has been a key organisation in the development and promotion of wind, brass, and symphonic band music in the [[United Kingdom]], supporting performers, composers, and educational initiatives within the concert band community.{{cite book |title=The Annual Directory 1988–1989 |url=https://openlibrary.org/books/OL21574509M/The_annual_directory_1988-1989 |
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