The Score, the Orchestra, and the Conductor
The Score, the Orchestra, and the Conductor

Author: Gustav Meier

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-08-26

Total Pages: 510

ISBN-13: 0199716900

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Known internationally for his work as a teacher of conducting, Gustav Meier's influence in the field cannot be overstated. In The Score, the Orchestra and the Conductor, Meier demystifies the conductor's craft with explanations and illustrations of what the conductor must know to attain podium success. He provides useful information from the rudimentary to the sophisticated, and offers specific and readily applicable advice for technical and musical matters essential to the conductor's first rehearsal with the orchestra. This book details many topics that otherwise are unavailable to the aspiring and established conductor, including the use of the common denominator, the "The ZIG-ZAG method", a multiple, cross-indexed glossary of orchestral instruments in four languages, an illustrated description of string harmonics, and a comprehensive listing of voice categories, their overlaps, dynamic ranges and repertory. The Score, the Orchestra and the Conductor is an indispensable addition to the library of every conductor and conducting student.

The Beat Stops Here
The Beat Stops Here

Author: Mark Gibson

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0190605871

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In The Beat Stops Here: Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor, master conductor Mark Gibson addresses the technique of conducting as an extension of intimate knowledge of the score to the hands and arms. He employs a variety of everyday activities and motions (brushing the dog, Tinkerbelle, the "door knob") to describe the physical aspects of the role. He advocates a comprehensive, detailed approach to score study, addressing major works bar-by-bar in terms of both musical analysis and conducting method. Finally, Gibson explores the various roles a conductor plays, as a teacher, a scholar and a member of the musical community. His writing is highly focused, with an occasionally tongue-in-cheek, discussing everything from motivic development in Brahms to how to hold a knife and fork in public. In short, The Beat Stops Here is a compendium of style and substance in the real world of today's conductor.

Norad Defenders
Norad Defenders

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Published: 2020-09

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781621561026

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NORAD Defenders is a concert march disguised as a field march. It shows clever use of silence and a quirky use of harmonic progression. If you're looking for a march that's just a little different, here it is.

Guide to Score Study for the Wind Band Conductor
Guide to Score Study for the Wind Band Conductor

Author: Frank Battisti

Publisher: Meredith Music

Published: 2000-03-01

Total Pages: 123

ISBN-13: 1476850674

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(Meredith Music Resource). This outstanding "one-of-a-kind" text was designed to assist the conductor in achieving a personal interpretation of music.

The Orchestral Conductor: Theory of His Art
The Orchestral Conductor: Theory of His Art

Author: Hector Berlioz

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2021-04-25

Total Pages: 47

ISBN-13:

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The following book is a unique look into what conducting an orchestra is like from the perspective of a composer and conductor of the French Romantic era, Hector Berlioz. Though he only met occasional success in France as a composer, Berlioz was highly regarded in Germany, Britain, and Russia both as a composer and as a conductor.