The Cambridge Companion to Conducting

Written by many working conductors, this book considers all facets of musical conducting.Written by many working conductors, this book considers all facets of musical conducting. It includes practical advice on how to conduct different groups (choral, opera, symphony, early music) and a history of conducting presented as a study of national traditions. It is designed both for the lay reader who wants an inside look at the world of conducting and for potential students. It is an unusually more >>

Written by many working conductors, this book considers all facets of musical conducting.Written by many working conductors, this book considers all facets of musical conducting. It includes practical advice on how to conduct different groups (choral, opera, symphony, early music) and a history of conducting presented as a study of national traditions. It is designed both for the lay reader who wants an inside look at the world of conducting and for potential students. It is an unusually honest book about a secretive industry and managers, artistic directors, soloists, players and conductors openly discuss their different perspectives for the first time.Written by many working conductors, this book considers all facets of musical conducting. It includes practical advice on how to conduct different groups (choral, opera, symphony, early music) and a history of conducting presented as a study of national traditions. It is designed both for the lay reader who wants an inside look at the world of conducting and for potential students. It is an unusually honest book about a secretive industry and managers, artistic directors, soloists, players and conductors openly discuss their different perspectives for the first time.Written by many working conductors, this book considers all facets of musical conducting. It includes practical advice on how to conduct different groups (choral, opera, symphony, early music) and a history of conducting presented as a study of national traditions. Designed for the lay reader who wants an inside look at the world of conducting as well as for potential students, it is a revealing study about a secretive industry. Managers, artistic directors, soloists, players and conductors openly discuss their different perspectives in this comprehensive work.Part I. Practice: 1. The technique of conducting Raymond Holden; 2. Conductors in rehearsal Charles Barber; 3. Studio conduction Michael Haas; 4. The conductor and the soloist Joseph Silverstein; 5. Choral conducting Vance George; 6. Opera conducting Sir Charles Mackerras; 7. The orchestra speaks Robert L. Ripley; Part II. History: 8. The rise of conductors Josýý Antonio Bowen; 9. The central European tradition Josýý Antonio Bowen and Raymond Holden; 10. The French tradition David Cairns; 11. The Italian tradition Michael Rose; 12. The American tradition Josýý Antonio Bowen and David Mermelstein; 13. The English tradition Stephen Johnson; 14. The Russian tradition David Nice; Part III. Issues: 15. The conductor as Artistic Director Bramwell Tovey; 16. Women on the podium Michelle Edwards; 17. Conducting early music Bernard Sherman; 18. Training conductors Harold Faberman; 19. The composer/conductor and modern music Martyn Brabbins; 20. Managers and the business of conduction Stephen Wright; 21. The future of conducting Leon Botstein."Fascinating reading...Dozens of absorbing topics make this collection a page turner. Highly recommended." --Opera JournalýýThese essays, brought together by Josýý Antonio Bowen, are exploratory rather than didacticýýýOf particular use are the two bibliographiesýýýBy chossing practical musicians as his contributors, Bowen ensures that the vast majority of the commentary is perceptive and relevant to working musicians as well as to the interested reader.ýý The essays are pithy, touching on a massive range of subjects without becoming stuck in a bog of polemics.ýý Perhaps most admirably, Bowen is not afraid of opposing points of viewýýýThis is a rewarding and often revealing read. <br/>Robin Newton, Classical Musicýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýý ýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýý ýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýýThis volume presents a comprehensive (sometimes intersecting, sometimes contradictory) range of views about conducting. ýýý [Bowen] provides depth and informed criticism of the conducting styles of different conducting luminariesýýý[and] meticulously detail how these conductors handled tempi, marking, the rehearsal process, a conducting ethos, << less