| Edition |
2nd ed. |
| Description |
xxxii, 466 p. : ill., music ; 27 cm. + 1 DVD-video (sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Note |
DVD contains discussion and demonstration of instrumental and choral conducting techniques by the author and Eugene Migliaro Corporon; in part, animation. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-458) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Pt. I. The foundations of conducting : spirit, consistent tempo, alignment, and breath -- 1. Beginnings -- 2. The role of self for beginning conductors -- 3. The essences of gesture : to advocate and connect -- 4. Alignment : creating the inner space for breath -- 5. Essential understandings : primal building blocks of conducting technique -- 6. Consistent tempo : a prerequisite and essential skill -- Pt. II. The mechanics and architecture of conducting -- 7. The anticipatory process : readiness to receive sound and breath -- 8. Breathing and dropping in : gesture informed by breath -- 9. The architecture of conducting patterns -- 10. Initiating sound through the breath impulse gesture : definition and importance of the ictus -- 11. Understanding the Saito conducting method -- 12. Pattern mechanics and geometry -- Pt. III. Additional understandings to refine conducting technique, skill, and awareness -- 13. Your movement potential and conducting : an application of the work of Rudolf von Laban -- 14. Teaching body awareness to conductors : the use of the Swiss ball -- 15. Adding weight to conducting gesture : experiencing kinesthetic transfer -- 16. Creating integrative conducting technique through core distal connectivity -- 17. The morphology of sounds : conducting note attacks, releases, and fermatas -- 18. Listening -- 19. The left hand -- 20. Receiving, listening to, and reacting to the sound -- 21. Initiation of the musical line -- 22. Music aptitude : realizing your music potential as a conductor -- Pt. IV. Score analysis and instrumental conducting -- 23. Preparing the score : allowing the music to speak -- 24. Preparing for the kinesthetic of conducting : the principles of Laban score movement analysis (LMSA) -- 25. Basics for choral conductors working with instrumentalists / Robert W. Rumbelow -- 26. Facing the orchestra : a choral conductor's guide to the orchestra / James Whitbourn -- 27. Giving meaning to the music through the text -- 28. Trust and conducting : interpreter or transmitter? -- Pt. V. Supporting materials for conducting study -- 29. 'The anatomy of conducting' DVD : a companion to 'Evoking sound' -- 30. 'Music for conducting study' : a companion to 'Evoking sound.' |
| Subject |
Choral conducting.
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Conducting.
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| Added Author |
Corporon, Eugene.
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| Note |
Title on DVD menu screen: Anatomy of conducting : architecture & essentials |
| ISBN |
9781579997267 |
|
1579997260 |
| Music No. |
G-7359 GIA Publications |
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G-7359DVD GIA Publications |
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