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Essays – ContentsEssays – Contents

9 March 20189 March 2018 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 1:43 pm

Essays The Maxime Principle: Thoughts on the origin of dynamic markings Tenuto and Fermata: Rebels Against the Tyranny of Notation On the Significance of the Title The Conductor and his

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The Early Documentation of Emotion in MusicThe Early Documentation of Emotion in Music

19 January 202119 January 2021 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 6:34 am

Thoughts on The Early Documentation of Emotion in Music The earliest documentation we have of conductors is the images we see of them in the tomb paintings of ancient Egypt.

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score memorization

A Cheat’s Guide to Score MemorizationA Cheat’s Guide to Score Memorization

13 January 202113 January 2021 | Craig DabelsteinCraig Dabelstein | 0 Comment | 9:03 pm

Music is a special language for communicating feeling. Your job as the conductor is to work out what the composer felt, not what they wrote. There is no music in

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How to teach emotion

How to teach emotionHow to teach emotion

24 December 202024 December 2020 | Craig DabelsteinCraig Dabelstein | 0 Comment | 7:28 am

[bctt tweet=”Music is a special language to communicate feeling.” username=”Maximes_Music”] All aspects of music performance—composing, repertoire selection, programming, rehearsal technique, conducting and baton technique, recording—should stem from this fundamental truth.

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The aesthetic challenge for the wind band in the futureThe aesthetic challenge for the wind band in the future

8 February 20208 February 2020 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 2:23 pm

The wind band could perform a great public service in bringing aesthetic repertoire to an audience which has little access to it.

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On some problems in performanceOn some problems in performance

8 February 20208 February 2020 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 2:12 pm

Considerations for the future of wind bands, part 3 First we must redefine the word “Music.” Music is something which happens live before a listener. A recording of music is

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The need to rethink how we teach musicThe need to rethink how we teach music

8 February 20208 February 2020 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 1:54 pm

Music is a special language for communicating feeling or emotions to the listener. We all understand this, but we do not teach this.

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The language of musicThe language of music

8 February 20208 February 2020 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 7:35 am

The great genetic role of the right hemisphere of the brain is what creates meaning in music and is what we mean by "musicality" in performance.

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Question Nr. 27Question Nr. 27

23 September 201923 September 2019 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 10:00 am

And those who seek for the best kind of song and music ought not to seek for that which is pleasant, but for that which is True.

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Question Nr. 26Question Nr. 26

20 September 201920 September 2019 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 5:00 am

Plato presents questions about the arts which are only answered later when Aristotle founds the new branch of philosophy, Aesthetics.

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Question Nr. 25Question Nr. 25

18 September 201918 September 2019 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 5:00 am

Why is American music education based largely on grammar and not on music itself?

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The King Kong of Band Music!The King Kong of Band Music!

17 September 201917 September 2019 | Craig DabelsteinCraig Dabelstein | 0 Comment | 5:00 am

Danish composer Andreas Hallager presented a gift to Friedrich Wilhelm IV, King of Prussia, for his 47th birthday: an almost 900-page score of a programmatic composition for band.

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Question Nr. 24Question Nr. 24

16 September 201916 September 2019 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 5:30 am

It bothered Plato that not everyone agrees when it comes to describing the beauty. In the end he complains, "All that is beautiful is difficult."

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Question Nr. 23Question Nr. 23

13 September 201913 September 2019 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 6:00 am

Beethoven said that music is a more lofty revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. What higher wisdom do you experience in music?

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On the teaching of listeningOn the teaching of listening

12 September 201912 September 2019 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 6:00 am

Audiences are disappearing not because of the repertoire but because they haven't been educated to consider music as something other than background atmosphere.

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Question Nr. 22Question Nr. 22

11 September 201911 September 2019 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 6:00 am

With 500 TV channels, movies and sporting events beyond counting, should it be the school system's job to provide the public with more entertainment?

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Wagner for Band: A Repertoire ListWagner for Band: A Repertoire List

10 September 201910 September 2019 | Craig DabelsteinCraig Dabelstein | 0 Comment | 6:00 am

The music of Richard Wagner has always been a favourite amongst band conductors. At times Wagner himself recommended some of his music as an appropriate addition to the band repertoire.

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Question Nr. 21Question Nr. 21

9 September 20199 September 2019 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 10:00 am

Move to the tune of tears that flow: For tears are music too, and keep A song unheard in hearts that weep.

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Question Nr. 20Question Nr. 20

6 September 20196 September 2019 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 6:00 am

Every musician knows that the purpose of music is to communicate feelings to the listener. But this is first communicated in the choice of repertoire.

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The Longy Club: 1900–1917The Longy Club: 1900–1917

5 September 20195 September 2019 | Craig DabelsteinCraig Dabelstein | 0 Comment | 6:00 am

The Longy Club was a large chamber wind ensemble made up entirely of members of the Boston Symphony and founded by the principal oboist, Georges Longy.

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Question Nr. 19Question Nr. 19

4 September 20194 September 2019 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 6:00 am

Pythagoras (580–500 BC) as a teacher is still remembered for a number of symbolic utterances. One was "Abstain from beans."

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Holst for Band: A Repertoire ListHolst for Band: A Repertoire List

3 September 20193 September 2019 | Craig DabelsteinCraig Dabelstein | 0 Comment | 6:00 am

The music of Gustav Holst has always been a favourite amongst band conductors. Now there are a great more works by Holst available for band, at all levels of difficulty.

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Question Nr. 18Question Nr. 18

2 September 20192 September 2019 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 6:00 am

Porphyry recalled that Pythagoras (580–500 BC) allowed no one to become a friend or associate without first being examined in facial expression and disposition.

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Question Nr. 17Question Nr. 17

30 August 201930 August 2019 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 6:00 am

Pythagoras (580-500 BC) has been judged by Walther Kirchner (1960) as "one of the most outstanding mathematicians of all times," but by Heraclitus (c. 500 BC) as "the chief captain

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Question Nr. 16Question Nr. 16

28 August 201928 August 2019 | David WhitwellDavid Whitwell | 0 Comment | 6:00 am

Heraclitus (c. 513 BC) was one of the first philosophers to question the consideration given by musicians to their audience.

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  • The Early Documentation of Emotion in Music
  • A Cheat’s Guide to Score Memorization
  • How to teach emotion
  • The aesthetic challenge for the wind band in the future
  • On some problems in performance

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