{"product_id":"9781936512171","title":"The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Before 1500: The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Before 1500","description":"The Wind Band and Wind Ensem­ble Before 1500 is the first vol­ume in Dr. David Whitwell's ground break­ing thir­teen vol­ume His­tory and Lit­er­a­ture of the Wind Band and Wind Ensem­ble series. Whitwell's metic­u­lous schol­ar­ship reveals the con­tin­u­ous his­tory of the wind ensem­ble, from its ear­li­est roots to the nine­teenth cen­tury - an unbro­ken tra­di­tion of wind music that music schol­ars have never been fully able to appre­ci­ate until now. This vol­ume includes: [1] court wind music devel­op­ing form crude cer­e­mo­nial instru­ments into the real wind bands of the fif­teenth century [2] the ancient tra­di­tion of civic wind music, cen­ter­ing on 'watch' duty and the grad­ual devel­op­ment of more aes­thetic func­tions includ­ing real concerts [3] the com­plete pro­hi­bi­tion of wind music in the early Chris­t­ian church and its grad­ual accep­tance into the ser­vice through the medieval church drama and the bands that accom­pa­nied nobles in their pri­vate church ceremonies.\u003cbr\u003eUpdated with the inclu­sion of rel­e­vant iconog­ra­phy, this sec­ond edi­tion belongs in music libraries and con­ser­va­toires around the world.","brand":"Whitwell Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47063556194544,"sku":"9781936512171","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781936512171_p0.jpg?v=1763658528","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781936512171","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}