What about nowadays? 

What is happening with this unique identity that every Country in Europe could express through music?

Is globalization overcoming this identity leaving us just with one big international sound stereotype?

Do we really want to loose this precious identity?

Maybe we can preserve it ...

1.  Let's start by discovering the historical situation in the second half of the Nineteenth century.

2.  Then we will take a close look to one of the most representative professional military wind bands who really cared about keeping their sound identity as a great value without which they would loose their own musical identity and become just one prefessional wind band among many others in Europe.

3.  Thirdly, we will seak inside some famous compositions, repertoire milestones for wind band, and analyse the sound differences between the original version and the transcriptions made for modern setting.

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By “sound identity” I intend the combination of aspects which allow us to recognize a professional wind band immediately just by listening to its sound.

In the beginning of the XX century wind bands in Europe had different settings due to the development of the wind instruments system. 

History and the professional wind music scene of that time also had a very important role in the repertoire played by the wind bands so in that period it was quite easy for a well trained listener to understand which professional wind band was performing.

1. What is the “sound identity”

of a wind band?