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Is Band Really Better? Four composers make a score card.
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  • Dec 1, 2004

Is Band Really Better? Four composers make a score card.

Karel Husa, Libby Larsen, David Maslanka, and David Rakowski explain.

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NewMusicBox Staff

Karel HusaKarel Husa
The orchestras are more interested in still conserving Beethoven and Brahms, but the bands don’t have these composers…
Libby LarsenLibby Larsen
For me, composing for symphonic wind ensemble is quite different than composing for orchestra. At the heart of the wind ensemble is breath…
David MaslankaDavid Maslanka
The many thousands of young people who have had life-changing experiences in wind bands become the next generations of performers, conductors, and users of new music…
David RakowskiDavid Rakowski
Mostly I felt like a stranger in a strange land…

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