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A concert band, also called a wind band, wind ensemble, wind symphony, wind orchestra, symphonic band, the symphonic winds, or symphonic wind ensemble, [1] is a performing ensemble consisting of members of the woodwind, brass, and percussion families of instruments, [2] and occasionally including the harp, double bass, or bass guitar.
Ancient music – Early history – 1500s – 1510s – 1520s – 1530s – 1540s – 1550s – 1560s ... 1984 in Norwegian music. Notable events: Band Aid is formed ...
Taylor Swift is the highest-grossing live music artist of all time, collecting $3 billion according to Pollstar. The Rolling Stones are the highest-grossing live music group of all time, collecting over $2.9 billion according to Billboard Boxscore. U2, Coldplay, and Elton John also passed two-billion mark
With an audience of over 184,000 people on April 21, 1990, McCartney's record was broken by Norwegian synth-pop band a-ha with 198,000 paying audience during Rock in Rio on the 26 January 1991, then a-ha record was broken by a Japanese rock band, Glay, which held a concert with an audience of 200,000 people on July 31, 1999, in Chiba, Japan ...
The following is a list of concert tours that have generated the most gross income. The data and rankings come largely from reports by trade publications Billboard and Pollstar . Billboard , which launched the boxscore ranking in 1975 through its spin-off magazine Amusement Business , has featured the ranking in its own magazine since the issue ...
Concert music may refer to Brass band, music performed by brass ensembles; Classical music, the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 9th century to present times Orchestral music, as distinct from chamber music
The following works are some of the most universally respected and established cornerstones of the band repertoire. All have "stood the test of time" through decades of regular performance, and many, either through an innovative use of the medium or by the fame of their composer, helped establish the wind band as a legitimate, serious performing ensemble.
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