Wind Ensemble Sourcebook and Biographical Guide - Music Reference Collection Author:Marshall Stoneham, Jon A. Gillaspie, David Lindsey Clark Mozart wrote some of the greatest serenades for wind ensemble. He was not alone in writing works for wind sextet, octet, or larger ensembles--Over 12,000 works for wind harmony by over 2,200 composers are extant. Describing this "new" genre, Wind Harmony, which is far larger and more influential than ever recognized, this sourcebook includes bio... more »graphical details, discusses many of the works, and presents country surveys. There is also a survey of the way wind instruments developed at the critical time, and of performance practices. Companion volumes, the Wind Ensemble Catalog and the Wind Ensemble Thematic Catalog 1700-1900, are cross-referenced.« less