LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS: Facsimiles of Manuscripts and Printed Music, Photographs, and Poetic Texts TABULAR INFORMATION FOREWORD: From the Series Editor PREFACE: From the Author ABBREVIATIONS FOR SIGLA TREATMENT OF TITLES CHAPTER 1: Introduction: Destined to Compose for Wind Band A Brief Overview of American Wind Band History Details of Cowell¿s Arrest and Sentencing Prison Composer and Musician A Note on Dating Cowell¿s Compositions Isolation from the Musical Mainstream CHAPTER 2: The Genesis of the Early Band Works San Quentin State Prison A Conspiracy of Bandsmen Cowell and the San Quentin Concert Band Sidney Robertson Cowell¿s Views of Cowell¿s Band Music "The Jute Mill Works" Hypothetical Questions CHAPTER 3: Celtic Set for Band: The Countless California Confluences Discovering "Irishness" with the Help of Percy Grainger "Chrysanthemums" Cowell¿s Devotion to Writing for the Wind Band Making Contact: Expressions of Admiration CHAPTER 4: The Celtic Set Letters from Cowell to Grainger, 1937-1940 The Dialogue Begins A Summer of Unexpected Pleasures Grainger¿s Band Shell Letter of 24 August 1939 A New Cellblock Routine Parole and Release into the Custody of Grainger The Final Weeks at San Quentin CHAPTER 5: Celtic Set ¿Composed by Cowell, Edited by Grainger, Rescored by Goldman Origins Early Performances "Reel" ("Interlochen Camp Reel") "Caoine" "Hornpipe" A Speculation CHAPTER 6: Cowell on His Own: Sublime Wind Band Music The Cowell Approach "Air for Band" "Shoonthree" The Realization of the Wind Ensemble Concept CHAPTER 7: Unpublished Band Works for Friends and Fellow Prisoners, 1938-1940 "Herman¿s Wedding March" "Quaint Minuet" "Crystal Set" and "Quaint Minuet" Vox Humana "The Exuberant Mexican: Danza Latina for Band" "Christ lag in Todesbanden" Polonaise by Chopin Symphony No. 3 for Band with Strings Easter Music "Fire and Ice" CHAPTER 8: On Parole: Compositions for Band Birthday Gifts for Grainger "Blarneying Lilt" Shipshape Overture Little Concerto for Piano and Band Festive Occasion Coda CHAPTER 9: Works for Band, 1942-1950 "Animal Magic of the Alaskan Esquimo" Hymn and Fuguing Tune No. 1 " Grandma¿s Rhumba" A Pedagogical Study in the Spirit of Grainger A Curse and A Blessing CHAPTER 10: "Simplification with Substance": 1950-1965 Fantasie Singing Band CHAPTER 11: Conclusions An Original Wind Band Scoring An American Work Ethic and Inspiration in Adversity Cowell¿s Transethnic Aesthetic vs. the Eurocentric Mantra The Spiritual Power of Music and the Absence of Rage BIBLIOGRAPHY:Suggested Further Reading DISCOGRAPHY: Recorded Performances APPENDIX 1: The Wind Band Works of Cowell: A Classification APPENDIX 2: The Unfinished Band Works of Cowell APPENDIX 3: Inventory of Letters Consulted APPENDIX 4: Grainger¿s Letter of Support for Cowell¿s Parole APPENDIX 5: Scoring Comparison of the Four Version of Celtic Set APPENDIX 6: A Henry Cowell / Ben Weber Curiosity APPENDIX 7: Directions to Cowell¿s New York Home APPENDIX 8: The Cowell Collective INDEX 1: Titles of Musical and Literary Works INDEX 2: Names and Subjects PLAYLIST: Recorded Examples.