Background
Whitwell, David Elbert was born on October 25, 1937 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Elbert M. and Nevada Miller Whitwell.
(Nineteenth-Century Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire...)
Nineteenth-Century Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire is the ninth volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. During the first decades of the nineteenth century one finds continued composition of music for Harmoniemusik. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars there was a new birth of civic bands in Europe and this resulted in numerous original compositions for large concert band. For society at large, however, the nineteenth century was one of enormous interest in all things military, which resulted in a great deal of marches and dance music. One very important exception is a large body of slow, expressive and beautiful original music composed for the church, music which was performed during the church service, including communion, as part of an annual recognition of the military by the clergy. 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.
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(A Catalog of Multi-Part Repertoire for Wind Instruments o...)
A Catalog of Multi-Part Repertoire for Wind Instruments or for Undesignated Instrumentation before 1600 is the sixth volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. This volume is a companion to the first two volumes in the series, The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble before 1500 and The Renaissance Wind Band and Wind Ensemble. 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. Court, Civic and Church records document the fact that before 1550 the employed instrumentalists were wind players. In the surprisingly large repertoire, in particular the so-called ‘textless’ manuscripts represented by this volume, one can hear the wind ensemble in the earliest period when players began to play from the written page. One finds here already a high level of musicality.
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(The Baroque Wind Band and Wind Ensemble is the third volu...)
The Baroque Wind Band and Wind Ensemble is the third 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 the change of instrumentation from Renaissance consorts to the new modern instruments; 2 the Hautboisten band and its function as a bridge between the repertoire of Renaissance consorts and the repertoire of Harmoniemusik bands; 3 the transition of the concerto da camera of the Hautboisten repertoire to the Classic Period symphony and partita and the Hautboisten Ouverture to the Classic Period Divertimento; 4 the first modern appearance of military bands.
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Whether used for personal reference or as a text for a class in the history of the wind band this book is the most comprehensive single-volume history of the wind band ever written. This volume draws on the author’s multi-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and follows the development of the wind band through the civic, court, church and military performances of the Ancient World through the nineteenth century.
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(The Nineteenth-Century Wind Band and Wind Ensemble is the...)
The Nineteenth-Century Wind Band and Wind Ensemble is the fifth 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 describes the cultural environment of Europe after the Napoleonic Wars, a century when the military is associated with the highest society. Consequently military bands reached a great climax and by the 1860s were performing serious music before larger audiences than at any time in the history of bands. On the other hand, the financial strain on the aristocratic courts to finance the Napoleonic Wars led to the dissolution of the long tradition of their Hautboisten and Harmoniemusik small bands. In the period of peace after the wars, however, new civic societies came into being which sponsored chamber music for wind ensembles. Much of the repertoire which was created for these societies, from the Reicha Quintets to the Gounod Petite Symphonie, are in the repertoire to the present day.
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(Name Index, Volumes 1–12 is the thirteenth and final volu...)
Name Index, Volumes 1–12 is the thirteenth and final volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. This volume includes nearly eight thousand entries — musicians, composers, publishers, historians, royalty, philosophers — a virtual encyclopedia of people who have played a part, big or small, in the creation and growth of the wind band and wind ensemble. From the earliest philosophers of ancient Greece to composers from the twentieth century, this index to the History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series completes one of the most amazing works of music research. 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.
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(The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble of the Classical Period ...)
The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble of the Classical Period is the fourth 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 twentieth century — an unbroken tradition of wind music that music scholars have never been fully able to appreciate until now. This volume includes the story of the transformation of the twelve-member Hautboisten bands into the remarkable Harmoniemusik repertoire of the Classical Period. This is the climax of the history of the small band with the greatest composers, including Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven and Schubert, composing for an ensemble associated with the highest society. At the same time occurs the beginning of the preference for the modern large ensemble, created for an integral role in the political celebrations of the historic French Revolution.
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Classical Period Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire is the eighth volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. This volume is a companion to the fourth volume in this series, The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble of the Classical Period. Beginning in October 1969, with his series of articles on ‘The Incredible Vienna Octet School,’ David Whitwell became the first scholar to introduce to readers everywhere the long forgotten repertoire called Harmoniemusik. This repertoire was associated with the highest levels of society and, together with the amazing musical abilities it documents, this body of music has forever ended the old prejudice about the wind players being merely Tafel musicians. While previously no scholar in the world was aware of more than a handful of wind octets, today these works number in the thousands, as this catalog, together with Volume 9 of this series, documents. Also in this volume the reader will find a large number of collections of regular band repertoire of the Classical Period, including the music of the French Revolution. 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.
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(A Second Supplementary Catalog of Early Wind Band and Win...)
A Second Supplementary Catalog of Early Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire is the twelfth volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. The repertoire found in this supplementary volume is the result of visits to specific European collections recommended by other musicians. These include a deserted palace in Hungary, a large Hautboisten collection in Sweden and a visit in Paris with the widow of Charles Koechlin. Also included in this volume are lists of original wind repertoire from the early twentieth century which, because it was created outside the world of educational publications, may not have come to the attention of most conductors. 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.
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('Baroque Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire' is the s...)
'Baroque Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire' is the seventh volume in Dr. David Whitwell’s ground breaking thirteen-volume 'History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble' series. This volume is a companion to the third volume in this series, 'The Baroque Wind Band and Wind Ensemble'. Of great significance is the continuation of the church wind ensemble forms of the sixteenth century and the extraordinary multi-movement concert Hautboisten repertoire of the Baroque. The Hautboisten repertoire was a development of the earlier music of the Les Grands Hautbois and directly developed into the Harmoniemusik of the Classical Period. 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.
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(A Supplementary Catalog of Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Re...)
A Supplementary Catalog of Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire is the tenth volume in Dr. David Whitwell?s ground breaking thirteen-volume History and Literature of the Wind Band and Wind Ensemble series. This volume represents Whitwell?s continuing research in the field of wind band repertoire with a focus on libraries in England and Italy. Because of the earlier political connection between Northern Italy and Austria, the holdings of the civic libraries in Italy offer important contributions to our understanding of the Harmoniemusik Period of Central Europe. With respect to large band repertoire, Italy was far ahead of the rest of Europe in the creation of an important body of aesthetic music. 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.
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(The Renaissance Wind Band and Wind Ensemble is the second...)
The Renaissance Wind Band and Wind Ensemble is the second 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: • court wind music that left important bodies of literature, especially in France and England • larger civic wind bands, with extant literature, representing a climax in the devlopment of early civic wind bands • evidence of wind bands participating in the Catholic Mass and the Protestant Service • the music of Gabrieli and his contemporaries, a body of music important for its impact on the development of the Baroque wind band.
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(The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Before 1500 is the first...)
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. Updated with the inclusion of relevant iconography, this second edition belongs in music libraries and conservatoires around the world.
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Whitwell, David Elbert was born on October 25, 1937 in Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Elbert M. and Nevada Miller Whitwell.
Bachelor of Music, The University of Michigan, 1959. Doctor of Philosophy, The Catholic University of America, 1963.
Director of bands The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, 1963—1967, California State University, Northridge, California, 1969—2000. Guest professor over 90 Universities Internationally. Technology sergeant United States Air Force, 1960-1963.
(Whether used for personal reference or as a text for a cl...)
(A Catalog of Multi-Part Repertoire for Wind Instruments o...)
(A Second Supplementary Catalog of Early Wind Band and Win...)
(A Supplementary Catalog of Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Re...)
(The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble of the Classical Period ...)
(Nineteenth-Century Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire...)
(Classical Period Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire i...)
(The Nineteenth-Century Wind Band and Wind Ensemble is the...)
('Baroque Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Repertoire' is the s...)
(The Wind Band and Wind Ensemble Before 1500 is the first...)
(The Renaissance Wind Band and Wind Ensemble is the second...)
(The Baroque Wind Band and Wind Ensemble is the third volu...)
(Name Index, Volumes 1–12 is the thirteenth and final volu...)
Married Giselle Eckhardt Luzio, June 20, 1964. Children: Stefan, Floriano.