迎親燈籠、裝點精緻的花轎、幾十人的迎親隊伍和傳統的吹打樂隊，勾勒出一幅上世紀初紹興傳統的婚禮畫面。無論排場大小，吹打樂在當時紹興婚慶中一直是不可缺少的。直到20世紀20年代，一支名為「新聲」的銅管樂隊為紹興帶來了不同以往的音響和表演形式，並很快開始在當地上層階級的婚禮中流行。從第一支樂隊創立至今，紹興已有多達百余支銅管樂隊，兩千多名樂手。但我在一年多的田野調查中卻發現一直被冠以「洋氣」、「時髦」的銅管樂隊仍延續著很強的紹興當地的傳統文化特徵。 / 這其中有很多有趣且值得思考的問題：現用的銅管樂緣何被帶入紹興並成為婚慶音樂？在演奏和傳承過程中，它是如何適應當地的禮俗以及當地人的觀念？西方樂器與紹興當地文化之間的結合又揭示了什麼？帶著這些問題，本文的論述內容主要分為三個部分：1、追溯銅管樂隊在紹興產生和發展的歷史，瞭解不同時代背景下，銅管樂隊如何適應傳統婚慶儀式；2、通過記述近期紹興婚禮儀式的描述及口述歷史中的紹興婚慶習俗，探究它們之間的關係，以及樂隊和音樂在當地婚禮中的角色；3、探討文化、社會環境和政治因素對婚禮音樂的影響，以及紹興婚禮「傳統」在不斷延續和變化中，當地人對銅管樂隊、樂手和音樂的理解和看法。 / 本文認為儘管紹興婚慶的儀式、樂手、樂器、音樂都在改變，傳統文化的影響和人們的音樂觀念仍然在看似「洋化」了的銅管樂中延續，而被改變了的銅管樂也正締造著新的傳統。 / Red lanterns, elaborate bridal sedan, traditional Chinese wind and percussion (chuida 吹打) ensembles, once characterized conventional Shaoxing weddings in the early 20th century. No matter how simple the wedding was, chuida music was a very essential part, which decorated an atmosphere of lively joyance. Since the late 1920s, a newly established western brass band named Xinsheng (New Sound) brought into this county a strikingly different sound, as well as musical practices. In smart military uniform, this band of six, performing a mixed repertoire of Western and Chinese pieces, soon became popular in the weddings of the more affluent class. / As a convenient symbol of Western taste and fashion, this new band positioned itself well by its name "New Sound," an image its members initially wanted to project. However, almost ninety years after its establishment, I have found in my fieldwork that traditional Chinese concepts and practices remalll strong in the brass band's performances and activities. These unique features of border and genre crossing are also the reason why, over the course of a century, the number of brass bands in Shaoxing has increased significantly, and has become an indispensable component of present day weddings. / However, there are some interesting and important questions I want to ask in this thesis: why was the brass band brought into Shaoxing and chosen for the wedding ceremony? How did the band and its repertoire adapt to the Chinese traditional ritual context and appeal to local tastes and aesthetics? What does the brass band's negotiation between Western practices and local culture reveal? In order to answer these questions, this thesis first tracks the band's history and transmission. Then after a chapter of wedding ethnography and a chapter of oral history on traditional wedding, it looks into the function of brass bands and their musIc at weddings, and explores the cultural, historical and political meanings behind them. This paper examines the ways in which musical concepts of local people influence the Western brass bands, performers and the brass music itself. / The paper holds that although the rituals, performers, musical instruments and musical language continued to change throughout during years, the local cultural traditions and people's concepts are still maintained III the Western musical practices. The brass bands chosen by history are also creating and reconstructing the history and tradition. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 鄭思. / "2013年1月". / "2013 nian 1 yue". / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 80-85). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract in Chinese and English. / Zheng Si. / 目錄 --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / 中文摘要 --- p.iv / Chapter 第一章、 --- 研究背景介紹 --- p.1 / Chapter 一、 --- 紹興及其婚慶禮俗 --- p.2 / Chapter 二、 --- 文獻回顧 --- p.6 / Chapter 三、 --- 研究方法 --- p.11 / Chapter 第二章、 --- 口述歷史中的紹興婚禮儀式和樂隊 --- p.16 / Chapter 一、 --- 紹興三埭街的「墮民」 --- p.15 / Chapter 二、 --- 「墮民」樂手陳順泰 --- p.18 / Chapter 三、 --- 紹興婚禮的口述歷史 --- p.19 / Chapter 第三章、 --- 紹興婚慶儀式中的銅管樂隊 --- p.26 / Chapter 一、 --- 「新聲」的新生 --- p.26 / Chapter 二、 --- 銅管樂的學習和傳承 --- p.31 / Chapter 三、 --- 銅管樂隊在歷史中的轉變和發展 --- p.31 / Chapter 1、 --- 「新聲」在轉變中適應 --- p.32 / Chapter 2、 --- 從業人員 --- p.34 / Chapter 3、 --- 收益 --- p.35 / Chapter 4、 --- 銅管樂的現在：「紹興人只要結婚，都請、銅管樂 的現在：「紹興人只要結婚，都請隊」 --- p.36 / Chapter 第四章、 --- 銅管樂隊伴奏中的紹興婚慶儀式 --- p.38 / Chapter 一、 --- 紹興婚禮田野志 --- p.38 / Chapter 二、 --- 銅管樂隊演出的節氣、吉日、時辰 --- p.51 / Chapter 三、 --- 銅管樂隊的與鬧 銅管樂隊的與鬧 --- p.55 / Chapter 1、 --- 〈老八套〉 --- p.55 / Chapter 2、 --- 媒體影響下的流行音樂 --- p.61 / Chapter 第五章、 --- 結論 --- p.63 / 參考文獻 --- p.80

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James Robert Gillette (1886-1963) was an early advocate for original wind band music at a time when marches and band transcriptions of orchestral music contributed heavily to the wind band repertoire. Primarily known as an influential, in-demand organist and composer, Gillette became the director of the Carleton College band program in Northfield, Minnesota in 1924. Taking an innovative approach to building, organizing, and programming, Gillette transformed that group into the Carleton Symphony Band and led a wider push for the symphonic band movement. In promoting his ideals of the symphonic band, he composed and arranged music specifically for the Carleton Symphony Band. One of his original works, Vistas, was widely performed and well-received in the decade just prior to and after its publication in 1934. Despite the popularity of the piece at that time, it has since gone out of print and is a rarely performed piece from Gillette's repertoire. This dissertation focuses on Vistas, Gillette's second published tone poem. This study starts with the examination of the history of Vistas from its origins as a movement in Gillette's transcription of Paul Robert Fauchet's Symphony in B-flat to its subsequent transformation and publication as an original work for band. Next, the performance history and reception of Vistas in the United States is traced and described from the year of publication to the present day. Finally, discrepancies present in the 1934 publication of Vistas are addressed through the creation of a performance edition. This performance edition also provides modifications to make the piece more widely accessible to wind bands today and the full score is presented at the end of the study.

The wind band provides an outlet for composers to use their platform to reach performers, enlighten audiences, and heal communities. This document is an analysis of three composers' approach to incorporate social consciousness in their wind band music. Adam Schoenberg, Omar Thomas, and Frank Ticheli work with specific social justice issues to respond to specific events, allowing them to reach and empower performers and audiences, to heal, thrive and build past these events. The chapters contain each composer's biographical information, then provide detailed information of the three works; background and cursory information, the composer's use and understanding of the social justice issue and an extensive analysis of each work. The composers use compositional design techniques to convey their intent to share a specific message. This document provides insight through each composer's techniques and thought processes, providing a better understanding of the works. The knowledge gained will help conductors and performers understand social consciousness in wind band music.

An examination of the utilization of folk song elements in the wind band music of Australian composer David Stanhope, represented in two movements ("Lovely Joan" and "Rufford Park Poachers") from his Folk Songs for Band. Sets 1 and 2. Included is an historical overview of English folk music, emphasizing the theoretical properties of the English folk song and the events surrounding the modern renaissance of British folk music. Background information related to the musical development of Vaughan Williams, Grainger, and Stanhope is provided, noting the influence of the folk idiom in their compositional styles and Grainger's influence on the music of David Stanhope. An historical account of the two folk songs examines the events and compositional procedures related to the inclusion of "Lovely Joan" in Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Greensleeves. and Grainger's use of "Rufford Park Poachers" in Lincolnshire Posv. Emphasis is placed on the subsequent compositional treatment of the folk elements in Stanhope's wind band compositions. A detailed analysis of Stanhope's compositional style includes structural, harmonic, melodic, and historical considerations, while specifically illuminating his contemporary and innovative approaches to scoring and instrumentation.