Two of the three most important dates in the modern history of the wind band are easily identified. The first was Bernard Sarrette s 1789 formation of the Garde Republicaine Band in Paris, an organization Richard Franko Goldman refers to as a group of 45 players incontestably the first modern wind band, in terms of size, of function, and of repertoire. The second was the creation of the Eastman Wind Ensemble by Frederick Fennell in 1952. The former marks the creation of the first modern wind band, the latter the creation of another wind instrument organization which combines the appropriate...
Two of the three most important dates in the modern history of the wind band are easily identified. The first was Bernard Sarrette s 1789 formation of...
