Frank L. Battisti Papers

Books: Guide to Score Study for the Wind Band Conductor by Frank L. Battisti and Robert Garofalo (Meredith Music Publications, 1990); The 20th Century American Wind Band/Ensemble - History, Development and Literature by Frank L. Battisti (Meredith Music Publications, 1995); The Winds of Change – The Evolution of the Contemporary American Wind Band/Ensemble and its Conductor by Frank L. Battisti (Meredith Music Publiations, 2002); Lead and Inspire – A Guide to Expressive Conducting by Robert Garofalo and Frank L. Battisti (Whirlwind Music Publications, 2005); On Becoming a Conductor: Lessons and Mediations on the Art of Conducting by Frank L. Battisti (Meredith Music Publications, 2007); The Best We Can Be: The Story of the Ithaca High School Band, 1955-67 by Frank L. Battisti and R. Bruce Musgrave (Meredith Music Publications, 2010); Winds of Change II – The New Millennium: A Chronicle of the Continuing Evolution of the Contemporary American Wind Band/ Ensemble by Frank L. Battisti (Meredith Music Publications, 2012); Sourcebook for Wind Band and Instrumental Music by Frank L. Battisti, William Berz; The Conductor’s Challenge: Finding Expressive Meaning in the Score by Frank L. Battisti (Meredith Music Publications, 2016); The NEW Winds of Change by Frank L. Battisti: The Evolution of the Contemporary American Wind Band/Ensemble and Its Music (Meredith Music Publications, 2018.

DVD of Battisti: Three Icons: Frank Battisti, Robert Reynolds, Donald Hunsberger (World Projects - GIA); Frank Battisti: The Inspiring, Skilled and Purposeful Conductor-Teacher (Master Conductors – GIA)

Book about Battisti: 1. In Search of Meaning: Frank L. Battisti by Mitchell Lutch (Meredith Music Publications, 2019)

Factors Contributing to the Commissioning of American Band Works Since 1945 by William D. Nicholls (University of Miami, Miami, FL, 1980) ; Wind Ensembles in Six American Collegiate Institutions by Ronald Wayne Johnson (University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1986); The Ithaca (NY) High School Band from 1955 -1967 Directed by Frank L. Battisti by Brian Harry Norcross (The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC,1991); Triumph: A Paraphrase in Music form The Mask of Time by Patrick Allen Reynolds (Cincinnati College Conservatory, Cincinnati, OH, 1997); Mixed-Wind Chamber Ensembles Repertoire: A Status Study of Selected Institutions of Higher Learning by John L. Baker (Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 1997); Six Highly Successful Band Conductors and the Development of their Band Programs by Christopher Hayes (University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO, 1998); A Case Study of the Ridgewood Concert Band , A New Jersey Community Band Dedicated to Life-Long Learning by Carl C. Wilhjelm, Jr. (Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY, 1998); The Communication of Musical Feeling and It’s Implications for Preparing Future Conductors by Frederick E. Harris, Jr. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1999) ; An American Song by Alan Fletcher by Mark Emerson Hopkins (New England Conservatory, Boston, MA, 1999); Three City Blocks by John Harbison by Robert J. Spittal (Cincinnati College Conservatory, Cincinnati, OH, 2000); An Analysis of John Harbison’s Three City Blocks by Alan D. Wagner (Florida State University, FL, 1994); Nutrition for Musicians: A Conceptual Paradigm for Rehearsing Instrumental Music; A Theoretical, Psychological, and Emotional Prospective On Music Making by Shelley May Jagow (Graduate College of Union Institute and University, Cincinnati, OH, 2004); A Stylistic Analysis of the Wind Music of Michael Colgrass, with particular emphasis on Winds of Nagual: A Discussion of it’s Relationship to the Writings of Carlos Castaneda and a Practical Guide for It’s Effective Performance by Tiffany J. Engle (Michigan State University, Lansing, MI, 2005); Frank L. Battisti:Insegnameanti a Maditazioni di un Direttore-Educatore by Paolo Grosso (Conservatorio de Musica”S. Giacomantonio-Cosenza, 2007-2008); High School Band Repertoire 1980-1985 by Brain H. Norcross (New England Conservatory), 1986; An Interpretive Analysis of Arctic Dreams by Michael Colgrass by Frederick Hanna (New England Conservtory, 1997); The Communication of Musical Feeling and its Implications for Preparing Future Conductors by Frederick Edward Harris, Jr. (University of Minnesota, 1999).

Symphonies of Wind Instruments – scores and materials; Octet for Wind Instruments – score and materials; Concerto for Piano and Winds – score; Histoire du Soldat – score; Instrumental Miniatures for 15 Players – score; Battisti-Robert Craft letters; Articles and Misc. materials about Stravinsky.