Conducting

Written by a renowned composer whose works have been performed by major orchestras around the world, The Study of Orchestration is the only text that explores the characteristics of orchestral instruments and shows students how a master composer...

Exactly what does a conductor do in front of an orchestra? Internationally renowned conductor Christopher Seaman offers lively and informative answers in this wise yet humorous book. What does a conductor actually do? How much effect does he or she...

* A Financial Times Book of the Year *'What does a conductor do? It may be a favourite joke among the musicians in an orchestra, but Wigglesworth wants to find a more thoughtful answer. Avoiding jargon, he analyses what he has discovered during 30 years...

Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was the greatest conductor of his generation. His reputation is legendary, and yet astonishingly, in his five decades on the podium, he conducted only 89 concerts, some 600 opera performances, and produced 12 recordings. How...

How to teach Whole-class instrumental lessons presents 50 diverse ideas for teachers of every instrument. The ideas are concise, easy to implement and tackle everything from repertoire to behaviour management. Whether you're new to teaching or...

This book starts at the very beginning and ends with some remarkably profound insights on conductorial subtleties. An experienced conductor is one in whom detection, diagnosis, and remedy take place simultaneously; as he hears the error, he realizes...

The first detailed study of the working relationship and productive friendship between Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) and Adrian Boult (1889-1983). From 1918 onwards, Boult became one of Vaughan Williams's most important interpreters, giving the...

George Szell was the Cleveland Orchestra's towering presence for over a quarter of a century. From the boardroom to the stage, Szell's powerful personality affected every aspect of a musical institution he reshaped in his own perfectionist image. Marcia...

How was large-scale music directed or conducted in Britain before baton conducting took hold in the 1830s? This book investigates the ways large-scale music was directed or conducted in Britain before baton conducting took hold in the 1830s. After...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538154595Author Carl TopilowFormat PaperbackPage Count 260Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & LittlefieldWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781101973608Author John MauceriFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc

This book explains what is actually involved in being a conductor and unravels some of the mystique that surrounds this intensely public profession. The author, who has worked with orchestras and opera companies all over the world, writes about all...

Comprising a brief biography and chapters written by those who worked with him, such as Janet Baker and Alfred Brendel, this is a celebration of an exceptional, creative life. By the time of his death in 2010 at the age of 84, Sir Charles Mackerras...

The Study of Orchestration Workbook features a wide variety of exercises-many new to this edition-for any orchestration class and students of all skill levels. Test Yourself activities test factual information presented in the text, Worksheets offer...

Gunther Schuller is one of America's leading contemporary composers, conductors, and musicologists. He has become increasingly dismayed about the way contemporary orchestra leaders have been ignoring the composer's intentions in playing the basic concert...

Following on the heels of his Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble, John F. Colson takes students to the next level in conducting practice with Rehearsing: Critical Connections for the Instrumental Music Conductor. Colson draws...

In The Score, The Orchestra, and the Conductor, internationally-renowned conducting instructor Gustav Meier presents his practical approach to preparing an orchestral score for rehearsal and performance. Well-illustrated with numerous music examples,...

A selection of Hans Keller's writings on Benjamin Britten including previously unseen correspondence and reprints of long unavailable writings. It was hearing an early performance of Benjamin Britten's Peter Grimes that turned the young emigre writer...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780849735684Author Bradley EllingboeFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Kjos (Neil A.) Music Co ,U.S.Publisher Kjos (Neil A.) Music Co ,U.S.Weight(grams)...

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Conducting is not simply the act of marking beats; it is the much more rich art of communicating emotion, character, and mood through movement to a large group of performers in order to freeire them to create music together. Baton Basics is based on the...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781936512126Author Craig DabelsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Whitwell PublishingPublisher Whitwell PublishingWeight(grams) 590g

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Camerata: A Guide to Organizing and Directing Small Choruses distinguishes itself from all other works on choral conducting by starting at the very beginning-the conception and purpose of an ensemble-and continuing through all other aspects of rehearsing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781508458111Author Kurt HenningFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789526506319Author Maja Metelska-RäsänenFormat HardbackPage Count 262Imprint Met-Music PublishingPublisher Met-Music PublishingWeight(grams) 898g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913397890Author Tommy SwindaliFormat HardbackPage Count 136Imprint Fortune PublishingPublisher Fortune PublishingWeight(grams) 354gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781523796274Author Francisco Navarro LaraFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788833641874Author Aldo CeccatoFormat PaperbackPage Count 298Imprint Edizioni PendragonPublisher Edizioni PendragonWeight(grams) 440g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781538186800Author Leonard SlatkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Rowman & Littlefield PublishersPublisher Rowman & Littlefield

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Titles in Dictionaries for the Modern Musician: A Scarecrow Press Music Series offer both the novice and the advanced artist key information designed to convey the field of study and performance for a major instrument or instrument class, as well as the...

Camerata: A Guide to Organizing and Directing Small Choruses distinguishes itself from all other works on choral conducting by starting at the very beginning-the conception and purpose of an ensemble-and continuing through all other aspects of rehearsing...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781530510641Author Maestro Navarro LaraFormat PaperbackPage Count 86Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781518669057Author Jorge R Perez-GomezFormat PaperbackPage Count 104Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

In Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble Repertoire, Dirk Meyer provides conductors, musicians, and librarians with all the information needed to plan their performances of modern chamber music. Meyer lists almost 4,000 works written during the 20th and 21st...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781537432724Author Nick FuryFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Conductors John Yaffe and David Daniels have created a one-stop sourcebook for orchestras, opera companies, conductors, and librarians who research and/or prepare programs of vocal excerpts-such as solos, ensembles, and choruses-for concert performance...