Posted by RVW!! on March 19, 2001 at 22:28:11:
In Reply to: Wind Band Composers posted by Ridley on March 19, 2001 at 22:21:49:
Well, of course, you would have to have a full section on Grainger and Holst, but I think that Persichetti was quite influential later on. But I need to say one thing, Vaughan-Williams. His body of works, while not primarilly written for wind band have shaped the wind band world.