Whitwell Publishing

Inspiring the world, one chapter at a time.

Whitwell Publishing is a family business in every sense of the word, founded by Dr. David Whitwell. The collection then grew with the addition of Giselle Whitwell's books and also features a set of Whitwell History books which tell the story of one of America's oldest families which has played an active civic, cultural and philanthropic role from the pre-revolutionary era through and including modern times.

Musicians

This wonderful collection of eight volumes is a change of tact for David Whitwell, in that these books focus on eight incredibly influential musicians: Berlioz, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schumann, Longy, Sousa, and Wagner. David Whitwell goes much deeper than the usual biography and will astound you with fascinating insights into their lives, their personal thoughts, and things that many of you will not know about these famous personalities. David Whitwell then goes one step further and explores the interplay between these aspects of their life and their mindset and their lives as musicians.

Berlioz on Bands

The colorful and sometimes startling style expressed in the music of Berlioz is also found in his prose. The man wrote hundreds of newspaper articles and many more private letters which have yet to be made available to English readers. ...

Length: 320 pages

Language: English

Publication Year: 2012

Chopin: A Self-Portrait

David Whitwell has drawn together a valuable collection of Chopin’s own intimate revelations on his personality, his character and his health. Here too the reader will find Chopin’s personal insights on his own musical studies, his creative process and his resulting compositions. Chopin has also left fascinating first-hand observations on other pianists, composers and personalities whom he knew. ...

Length: 114 pages

Language: English

Publication Year: 2012

Mendelssohn: A Self-Portrait

David Whitwell has drawn together a valuable collection of Mendelssohn’s own intimate revelations on his personality, his character and his health. Here as well the reader will find Mendelssohn’s personal insights on his own musical studies, his creative process and on some of his compositions. Mendelssohn has also left fascinating first-hand observations on other pianists, composers and personalities whom he knew.

Length: 182 pages

Language: English

Publication Year: 2012

On the Performance

of the Music of Mozart

Dr. Whitwell's studies of Mozart began with his Ph.D. dissertation (1963) on the early symphonies of Mozart, which included an extensive study of pre-Classical composers and the early development of the sonata form. He was employed by Universal Edition in Vienna in 1968 to help prepare their Urtext edition of the first seven Mozart sonatas. ...

Length: 188 pages

Language: English

Publication Year: 2022

On the Performance of the Music of Mozart

Schumann: A Self-Portrait

David Whitwell has drawn together a valuable collection of Schumann's own intimate revelations on his personality, his character and his health, the latter a critical issue in the case of Schumann. Here as well the reader will find Schumann's personal insights on his own musical studies, his creative process and on some of his compositions. Schumann has also left fascinating first-hand observations on other pianists, composers and personalities whom he knew. ...

Length: 156 pages

Language: English

Publication Year: 2012

The Longy Club:

An Early Wind Ensemble in Boston

The Longy Club was a large chamber wind ensemble made up entirely of members of the Boston Symphony and founded by the principal oboist, Georges Longy. Longy and several of the other players had been students of the musicians of the famous Société de Musique de Chambre pour Instruments à Vent in Paris which had commissioned the well-known Petite Symphonie by Gounod. ...

Length: 238 pages

Language: English

Publication Year: 2011

The Longy Club: An Early Wind Ensemble in Boston

The Sousa Oral History Project

The literature on the early twentieth-century composer and band leader, John Philip Sousa, has focused on the man himself, his wealth and role as a popular figure in society, the almost universal appeal of his marches, and the popularity of his band concerts. But what did the members of the band themselves think of this experience and what did other distinguished conductors think of the concerts they heard? This book, the result of an oral history, attempts to help illuminate these questions.

Length: 96 pages

Language: English

Publication Year: 2010

Wagner on Bands

Wagner was present for the birth of the modern conductor, living and working during the period when the idea of a conductor evolved from a man sitting at the first violin desk setting tempi to the present role of one who personifies the composer’s ideas. Because Wagner was also working as a conductor during these transformational years, his letters and the newspaper articles he wrote are filled with a wide perspective of the world of the conductor. ...

Length: 152 pages

Language: English

Publication Year: 2011