Abstract

"Songs of Sailor and Sea" was commissioned by the Navy Band in 1997, which was dedicated to Lieutenant commander John R. Pastin(?-) who served Navy band for 28 years. This article studied from the beginning of the wind band around Europe and mid. Asia, further more; we discuss the development of the bands of United State of America and Japan. Gathering all these information, we specify the differences of those bands, which established between 18th century to 20th century, and the sound effects, which differ from different instruments they used those days. Moreover, we connect these studies with the composition of Robert W. Smith’s (1958-) “Songs of Sailors and Sea”, to understand the features and the structures of this work.