Mus.

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-Effort vs quality.
Band music of John Mackay.
Modern concerto (Harvest).
The symphony for band.
Michael Markowski?
The Romantic Era
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The dawn of the orchestra. Have all the greats to lean on.
The wind band is still a military institution.
Fundamental changes (the Parisian style): had at least 45 members,
clarinet becomes the fundamental melodic instrument.
Important advancements that led to this: brass and wind all gain equal
facility; almost all chromatic; sax is invented; formal training of civilian
musicians (the French Revolution); the wind octet continues to be
important AND it becomes the nucleus for expanded instrumentation;
the first treatise on how to write for winds will be written.
Nocurno in C for eleven winds: Felix Mendellsohn
o Three different versions, a fourth exists in Bb now
Serenade for wind instruments: Anton Dvorak
o Large piece; written for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoon,
4 horns, Double Bass.
o Presumably an homage to Mozart (harmoniemusik)
Problems of rep and perception: monarchies wealth gets spread, band
perceived as extension of failing monarchy, orchestra and opera for the
middle class, bands continue to flourish with the military/service
(citizens army), little innovation was going to wind bands
Composers who shaped the future of wind bands:
o Anton Reicha (1770-1836)
The c
o Hector Berlioz
Symphonie Fantastique
o Richard Wagner
o Florent Schmitt
Dionysiaques op. 62
o Gustav Holst
First Suite in E Flat (1909)
1792 the General Council prepared the order for a free music school of
Parisian National Guard. By 1793 funding had still not improved,
Bernard Sarratte made a move to create a public music school that
would b come the National Conservatory of Paris.
o An upheaval of nationalism.

o Goes through three iterations: Guarde nationale, Institute

national de musique(1792-93), Paris conservatoire (1800-) {First
in Western Music}
The commemoration Symphony
o Written for outdoor performance/ a commemoration for the
heroes of the French Revolution.
o Last time we saw anything quite this big was the firework music.
o Not very good orchestration, kind of a blown up octet.
The Ophiclide
Symphony Fantastique (1830)
o Beginning of modern wind band (Frederick Fennell); huge wind
section
o Unusual to find the cornet in a concert setting
The art of orchestration begins with Berlioz
o Published Grand Treatise in 1844
o First time a composer had a treatise.
Grand Symphonie funebre et tromphale
A lot more people are able to play now: bigger sounds.
Dyonisiaques- Florent Schmitt
o Part of the contest music- a piece of music that everyone must
play
o War forced it to be premiered 12 years after it was written.
o Uses sarrusaphone