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Author Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993.

Title The composer's advocate : a radical orthodoxy for musicians / Erich Leinsdorf.

Imprint New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1981.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Kansas Collection Clugston  781.45 L533c 1981    ---  Lib Use Only
Description viii, 216 pages : music ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Knowing the score -- Knowing the composer -- Knowing what composers wanted -- Knowing musical tradition -- Knowing the right tempo : I -- Knowing the right tempo : II -- Knowing the conductor's role.
Summary In this work, the author puts forward his theory that the role of the conductor is to discover, and then deliver upon, the intentions of the great composers for how they wanted their compositions to sound.
Subject Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Conducting.
Music -- Performance.
Conducting. (OCoLC)fst00874582
Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.) (OCoLC)fst01030374
Music -- Performance. (OCoLC)fst01030398
ISBN 9780300024272
0300024274
9780300028874
0300028873

 
    
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