Frederick Fennell, born July 2, 1914, in Cleveland, Ohio, was an American
conductor, composer, and music educator. Considered a pioneer of the modern
symphonic wind ensemble, he earned a master's degree at the University of
Rochester's Eastman School of Music. Fennell founded and served as music
director of the Eastman Wind Ensemble, shaping the wind band repertoire. He
recorded more than 300 compositions across 29 albums for Mercury Records and
published the album The Civil War: Its Music And Its Sounds (1962). He later
served as principal conductor of the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orche...