Acknowledgments

This research was compiled in Valencia, Spain with the assistance from: the William T. Fulbright Foundation (1997) and Berklee College of Music (1996).

	Francisco Carreño Garrido Director of Bands Cheste, Spain
	Jose Blasco Garcia La Armonica Librarian Buñol, Spain
	Miguel Vallés Manzano Tubist, Banda Municipal Valencia, Spain

Juan Mifsud Librarian Tabernes Villdigna, Spain     Bernardo Adam Ferrero Director of Spanish National Navy Band   Vicente Cardona Sanz Librarian Municipal Band of Valencia   Jesus Piles Publisher Valencia, Spain   Miguel Mengual Musician Valencia, Spain & Boston, Massachusetts   Rafael Sanz Espert Director of Unió Musical Llíria, Spain

Also: Carmen Gomez, Municipal Library of Valencia Francisco Pontones, Department of Culture and Education, City of Valencia Patricia Zahniser, Program Director, Commission for Cultural Educational and Scientific Exchange between the United States of America and Spain, Madrid, Spain Salvador Chuliá, President of the Association of Composers of Valencia Jose Miguel Martinez Falomir, Municipal Band of Valencia José Tello Espert, Director of Yatoba, Band la familia de los Santos de Buñol and always Linda M. S. Fritze who was always there.