| Description |
xvii, 501 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-490) and index. |
| Contents |
Part I: The rehearsal scenario. The rehearsal scenario: infrastructure and process -- Creating the rehearsal environment and climate -- The ten essentials of the rehearsal process scenario -- Part II: The conductor in the rehearsal process. Conducting technique -- Score study, music imagery, and inner singing -- Rehearsal segments and procedures -- An integrated approach to rehearsing -- Part III: Technical priorities and teaching strategies. Intonation and tuning -- Rhythms and rhythm patterns -- Ensemble sonority: tone, balance, blend, color, and texture -- Articulation and bowing -- Part IV: Musical priorities and teaching strategies. Tempo and ensemble precision -- Phrasing and the musical line -- Style and musical interpretation -- Dynamics, nuances, and musical expression -- Part V: The conductor in the 21st century. Conducting and rehearsing contemporary music -- Conductor profile and self-evaluation -- Coda: from rehearsal process to concert performance -- Appendixes. |
| Summary |
Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble is the most comprehensive guide on the rehearsal process for conducting instrumental music ensembles. Ideal for the advanced instrumental music conductor seeking to look beyond basic conducting technique, this work breaks the multidimensional activity of working with an ensemble, orchestra, or band into its constituent components. Advanced students of conducting will find within the full range of conducting activities: chapters on the infrastructure of the rehearsal, the rehearsal environment, 10 rehearsal essentials, score study, music imagery, inner singing, and rehearsal procedures (with an emphasis on an integrated approach to rehearsing); the technical priorities of intonation and tuning, rhythm patterns, ensemble sonority (tone, balance, blend, color and texture), and articulation; the musical priorities of tempo and ensemble precision, phrasing and the musical line, style and interpretation, dynamics and musical expression; emphasizing the expectations of 21st-century conductors, the challenges of conducting and rehearsing contemporary music, preparing conductor profiles and self-evaluations, and moving from the rehearsal process to concert performance [Publisher description] |
| Subject |
Conducting.
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Instrumental music -- Instruction and study.
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| ISBN |
9780810882607 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0810882604 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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