Description |
xviii, 346 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
Series |
Cambridge companions to music
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-340) and index. |
Contents |
PART I. PRACTICE -- Technique of conducting / Raymond Holden -- Conductors in rehearsal / Charles F. Barber -- Studio conducting / Michael Haas -- Conductor and the soloist / Joseph Silverstein -- Choral conducting / Vance George -- Opera conducting / Sir Charles Mackerras -- Orchestra speaks / Robert L. Ripley -- PART II. HISTORY -- Rise of conducting / Jose Antonio Bowen -- Central European tradition / Jose Antonio Bowen, Raymond Holden -- French tradition / David Cairns -- Italian tradition / Michael Rose -- American tradition / Jose Antonio Bowen, David Mermelstein -- English tradition / Stephen Johnson -- Russian tradition / David Nice -- PART III. ISSUES -- Conductor as artistic director / Bramwell Tovey -- Women on the podium / J. Michele Edwards -- Conducting early music / Bernard D. Sherman -- Training conductors / Harold Farberman -- Composer-conductor and modern music / Martyn Brabbins -- Managers and the business of conducting / Stephen Wright -- Future of conducting / Leon Botstein. |
Subject |
Conducting.
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Conductors (Music)
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Added Author |
Bowen, Jose Antonio.
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ISBN |
0521821088 |
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0521527910 (pbk.) |
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