Prof. Nick Childs - 'History of Brass Bands - The Golden Period'

Title:	Prof. Nick Childs - 'History of Brass Bands - The Golden Period'
Web Resource Address:	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L_T4mweHtQ
Author:	Leeds Metropolitan University
Description:	The repertoire played by bands has altered radically over many years. However, commissioning bodies have always been governed by a desire to attract the leading mainstream composers of the day to write original material for the medium. The so-called 'Golden Period', spanning the period between the Great Depression and the Second World War, encapsulates this ambition at its most successful. A sequence of seminal works, by John Ireland, Gustav Holst, Granville Bantock, Herbert Howells, and Sir Edward Elgar revitalised the repertory and placed amateur musicians in a place of honour within the British musical establishment. In an illustrated lecture, Prof. Nicholas Childs and the Black Dyke Band place this music in its wider context, from the production of the first original band compositions in 1913 up until the death of Elgar in 1934.
Keywords:	ukoer; Brass band; black dyke band; compositions; music history
Persistent Link:	http://open.jorum.ac.uk:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/5828
Date:	2010-05-31

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