On Music Education
Weber: The musical situation and popular education in France
This first English translation makes available an important primary source for musicians, conductors, teachers, historians, and all readers interested in the history of music education, […]
Guimet: Popular Music
In La Musique populaire, Guimet offers a searching examination of the choral and band movements of his time. […]
Dabelstein: On Music, Conducting, and Other Things I Pretend to Understand
What is music education really teaching — and what responsibility comes with standing in front of others and asking them to make art? […]
On Wind Band History
Weber: The musical situation and popular education in France
This first English translation makes available an important primary source for musicians, conductors, teachers, historians, and all readers interested in the history of music education, […]
Berr: The need to reconstitute the School of Military Music
Originally published in 1838, Frédéric Berr’s The Need to Reconstitute the School of Military Music on a New Basis to Improve Regimental Music is a […]
Wieprecht: The military band and the musical organization of an army
Wilhelm Wieprecht (1802–1872) was a visionary German bandmaster, composer, and conductor who revolutionized military and brass band music. […]
Eichborn: Militarism and Music
First published in 1909, Militarism and Music is a thoughtful exploration of the historical relationship between military organisation and musical culture. […]
Eichborn: On the History of Instrumental Music
On the History of Instrumental Music is a critical re-examination of how instrumental music emerged, developed, and came to be judged. […]
Neukomm: History of the Military Band
First published in 1889, History of the Military Band stands as one of the earliest attempts to trace, in a coherent and systematic way, the […]
Bobillier: The Military Band
The Military Band (1917) is Marie Bobillier’s sweeping survey of military music from antiquity to the 19th century. […]
Sax: On the Necessity of Military Bands
Adolphe Sax makes a bold and impassioned case for the cultural, moral, and economic importance of the military band. […]
Guimet: Popular Music
In La Musique populaire, Guimet offers a searching examination of the choral and band movements of his time. […]
On Aesthtics and Philosophy
Dabelstein: On Music, Conducting, and Other Things I Pretend to Understand
What is music education really teaching — and what responsibility comes with standing in front of others and asking them to make art? […]
On Miscellaneous Topics
Closson: The musical instrument as an ethnographic document
Ernest Closson was one of Belgium’s most distinguished musicologists, serving as a composer, critic, librarian, and scholar during a formative period in the development of […]
Comettant: Francis Planté
Francis Planté (1839–1934) was a celebrated French pianist renowned for his technical prowess and deeply expressive style. […]