The Cambridge companion to conducting / edited by José Antonio Bowen.

Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Description
xviii, 346 p. : ill., music ; 25 cm.

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    Subject(s)
    Related name
    Series
    The Cambridge companions to music
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-340) and index.
    Contents
    • PART I. PRACTICE
    • The technique of conducting / Raymond Holden
    • Conductors in rehearsal / Charles F. Barber
    • Studio conducting / Michael Haas
    • The conductor and the soloist / Joseph Silverstein
    • Choral conducting / Vance George
    • Opera conducting / Sir Charles Mackerras
    • The orchestra speaks / Robert L. Ripley
    • PART II. HISTORY
    • The rise of conducting / José Antonio Bowen
    • The central European tradition / Jose Antonio Bowen, Raymond Holden
    • The French tradition / David Cairns
    • The Italian tradition / Michael Rose
    • The American tradition / José Antonio Bowen, David Mermelstein
    • The English tradition / Stephen Johnson
    • The Russian tradition / David Nice
    • PART III. ISSUES
    • The conductor as artistic director / Bramwell Tovey
    • Women on the podium / J. Michele Edwards
    • Conducting early music / Bernard D. Sherman
    • Training conductors / Harold Farberman
    • The composer-conductor and modern music / Martyn Brabbins
    • Managers and the business of conducting / Stephen Wright
    • The future of conducting / Leon Botstein.
    ISBN
    • 0521821088 (hbk.)
    • 0521527910 (pbk.)
    LCCN
    2003043813
    OCLC
    51647733
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