The fortieth anniversary of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, founded in 1952 by Frederick Fennell, was celebrated with a series of concerts, conducting workshops and scholarly papers presented under the aegis of the American Sonneck Society. These papers are primary research into the areas of historical development of the wind band, repertoire analysis and performance practice; of particular interest to musicologists will be the essay on the underlying principles of the wind ensemble concept by Donald Hunsberger, the Eastman Wind Ensemble's conductor since 1965. There are also international reports on wind band history and development in England, Europe and Japan, and a complete discography of the Eastman Wind Ensemble.

Contributors: FRANK CIPOLLA, DONALD HUNSBERGER, RAOUL CAMUS, JOHN NEWSOM, ROBERT SHELDON, JON MITCHELL, ROBERT WASON, FRANK BYRNE, MICHAEL VOTTA, TIMOTHY REYNISH, LEON BLY and TOSHIO AKIYAMI.