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The Music of the People
Britain and America, have many things in common, including their inordinate interest in the military band. This became increasingly evident when a more comprehensive outlook on instrumentation was sought between them as early as 1920.
Publishers in Europe and England began to issue for the American Band Instrumentation (40 to 50 players) as well as for the Symphonic Instrumentation (6o to 8o players). Indeed, so adaptable is the British publisher that he actually issued alternative parts suitable for French and Belgian bands whose instrumentation in terms of completeness, was second only to that of America. To appreciate adequately the rise of the British school of instrumentation, and its own particular treatment in scoring, one must turn back the pages of history. … Continue Reading »
