Category: Wind Band History

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 treatise on the structure and administration of military bands in 19th-century France.

Wilhelm Wieprecht (1802–1872) was a visionary German bandmaster, composer, and conductor who revolutionized military and brass band music.

First published in 1909, Militarism and Music is a thoughtful exploration of the historical relationship between military organisation and musical culture.

On the History of Instrumental Music is a critical re-examination of how instrumental music emerged, developed, and came to be judged.

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 development of military music as both an artistic and social force.

The Military Band (1917) is Marie Bobillier’s sweeping survey of military music from antiquity to the 19th century.

Adolphe Sax makes a bold and impassioned case for the cultural, moral, and economic importance of the military band.