A History Of Orchestral Conducting
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A History Of Orchestral Conducting
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Author : Elliott W. Galkin
language : en
Publisher: Pendragon Press
Release Date : 1988
A History Of Orchestral Conducting written by Elliott W. Galkin and has been published by Pendragon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1988 with Conducting categories.
Although the bibliography of literature about personalities in the conducting world is extensive, a comprehensive, scholarly study of the history of conducting has been sorely lacking. Georg Schünemann's respected study, published in 1913, was brief and restricted to the procedures of time-beating. No work has attempted to examine the role of the orchestral conductor and to document the evolution of his art from historical, technical, and aesthetic perspectives. Dr. Elliott W. Galkin, musicologist, conductor, and critic-twice winner of the Deems Taylor award for distinguished writing about music-has produced such a work in A History of Orchestral Conducting. The central historical section of the book, which examines chronologically the theories and functions of time-beating and interpretative concepts of performance, is preceded by discussions of rhythm, development of the orchestral medium, and the evolving characteristics of orchestration. Conductors of unusual pivotal influence are examined in depth, as is the increasingly complex psychology of the podium. Critical writings since the time of Monteverdi and the birth of the orchestra are surveyed and compared. Analyses of conducting as an art and craft by musicians from Berlioz to Bernstein and commentators from Mattheson, Bernard Shaw, and Thomas Mann to Jacques Barzun, are described and discussed. A fascinating collection of engravings, wood cuts, photographs and caricatures contributes to the richness of this work.
Orchestral Conducting In The Nineteenth Century
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Author : Roberto Illiano
language : en
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Release Date : 2014
Orchestral Conducting In The Nineteenth Century written by Roberto Illiano and has been published by Brepols Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Conducting categories.
The nineteenth century witnessed the birth of the public figure of the orchestral conductor. Like composers and performers, orchestral conductors registered the transformed concept of the 'musical work'. Whilst the Industrial Revolution generated new types of profession, the orchestral conductor's career emerged, as an outcome of the greater consideration that was devoted to the act of 'performance'. In the present volume nineteen scholars explore historical and sociological phenomena connected to the nineteenth-century system of performance and musical production in which the orchestral conductor worked. A number of chapters investigate the musical performances of famous orchestral conductors; conducting by renowned composers (including Berlioz, Bottesini, Charpentier, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Paganini and Rolla) and orchestral treatises for military bands. The authors featured are: Fabrizio Ammetto, Maria Teresa Arfini, Remy Campos, Paola Cannas, Antonio Carlini, Claudia Colombati, Mariateresa Dellaborra, Gilles Demonet, Elisa Grossato, Emmanuel Herve, Etienne Jardin, Walter Kurt Kreyszig, Naomi Matsumoto, Michela Niccolai, Fiona M. Palmer, Rudolf Rasch, Renato Ricco, Gesine Schroder, Ruben Vernazza.
Orchestral Conducting A Textbook For Students And Amateurs
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Author : Adam Carse
language : en
Publisher: Read Books
Release Date : 2008
Orchestral Conducting A Textbook For Students And Amateurs written by Adam Carse and has been published by Read Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Music categories.
Contents Include: Part 1 The Technique of Conducting - The Beat - Starting position - Action - Gesture - "Getting Hold of the Orchestra" Change of Speed, Change of Time - Beginning a Piece of Movement - Pauses and Leads - Rehearsing - The Score and Parts - Concertos, Solos and Recitative - Arrangement of the Orchestra on the Platform, Customs, Pitch - Part 2 The Instruments of the Orchestra: The Constitution of the Orchestra - String Technique - Wind Instruments, Practical Acoustics - Wood-Wind Instruments - Brass Instruments - Reeds and Mouthpieces - Transposition - Wind Instruments - Part 3 - A Short History of Conducting - Vocabulary of Orchestral Terms - Bibliography: Historical: Conducting; Orchestration
The Orchestra From Beethoven To Berlioz
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Author : Adam Carse
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1976
The Orchestra From Beethoven To Berlioz written by Adam Carse and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with Music categories.
Techniques Of Modern Orchestral Conducting
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Author : Benjamin Grosbayne
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Techniques Of Modern Orchestral Conducting written by Benjamin Grosbayne and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Music categories.
George Szell
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Author : Michael Charry
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2011-06-01
George Szell written by Michael Charry and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book is the first full biography of George Szell, one of the greatest orchestra and opera conductors of the twentieth century. From child prodigy pianist and composer to world-renowned conductor, Szell's career spanned seven decades, and he led most of the great orchestras and opera companies of the world, including the New York Philharmonic, the NBC and Chicago Symphonies, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic and Opera, and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. A protégé of composer-conductor Richard Strauss at the Berlin State Opera, his crowning achievement was his twenty-four-year tenure as musical director of the Cleveland Orchestra, transforming it into one of the world's greatest ensembles, touring triumphantly in the United States, Europe, the Soviet Union, South Korea, and Japan. Michael Charry, a conductor who worked with Szell and interviewed him, his family, and his associates over several decades, draws on this first-hand material and correspondence, orchestra records, reviews, and other archival sources to construct a lively and balanced portrait of Szell's life and work from his birth in 1897 in Budapest to his death in 1970 in Cleveland. Readers will follow Szell from his career in Europe, Great Britain, and Australia to his guest conducting at the New York Philharmonic and his distinguished tenure at the Metropolitan Opera and Cleveland Orchestra. Charry details Szell's personal and musical qualities, his recordings and broadcast concerts, his approach to the great works of the orchestral repertoire, and his famous orchestrational changes and interpretation of the symphonies of Robert Schumann. The book also lists Szell's conducting repertoire and includes a comprehensive discography. In highlighting Szell's legacy as a teacher and mentor as well as his contributions to orchestral and opera history, this biography will be of lasting interest to concert-goers, music lovers, conductors, musicians inspired by Szell's many great performances, and new generations who will come to know those performances through Szell's recorded legacy.
The Silent Musician
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Author : Mark Wigglesworth
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2019-03-21
The Silent Musician written by Mark Wigglesworth and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-21 with Music categories.
The conductor—tuxedoed, imposingly poised above an orchestra, baton waving dramatically—is a familiar figure even for those who never set foot in an orchestral hall. As a veritable icon for classical music, the conductor has also been subjected to some ungenerous caricatures, presented variously as unhinged gesticulator, indulged megalomaniac, or even outright impostor. Consider, for example: Bugs Bunny as Leopold Stokowski, dramatically smashing his baton and then breaking into erratic poses with a forbidding intensity in his eyes, or Mickey Mouse in Fantasia, unwittingly conjuring dangerous magic with carefree gestures he doesn’t understand. As these clichés betray, there is an aura of mystery around what a conductor actually does, often coupled with disbelief that he or she really makes a difference to the performance we hear. The Silent Musician deepens our understanding of what conductors do and why they matter. Neither an instruction manual for conductors, nor a history of conducting, the book instead explores the role of the conductor in noiselessly shaping the music that we hear. Writing in a clever, insightful, and often evocative style, world-renowned conductor Mark Wigglesworth deftly explores the philosophical underpinnings of conducting—from the conductor’s relationship with musicians and the music, to the public and personal responsibilities conductors face—and examines the subtler components of their silent art, which include precision, charisma, diplomacy, and passion. Ultimately, Wigglesworth shows how conductors—by simultaneously keeping time and allowing time to expand—manage to shape ensemble music into an immersive, transformative experience, without ever making a sound.
Philharmonic
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Author : Howard Shanet
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Release Date : 1975
Philharmonic written by Howard Shanet and has been published by Doubleday Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with Music categories.
In this book the author traces the history of America's oldest symphonic organization down to the beginning of Pierre Boulez's conductorship. Against the background of changing cultural patterns of American life over a century and a quarter, the author examines interactions between the New York Philharmonic and the society in which it functioned. There are colorful personality portraits, often tied to surprising reappraisals of such glamorous Philharmonic stars as Arturo Toscanini (who enjoined other conductors to play every note "as written," but who felt free - as the author documents - to make his own changes to the scores of the masters), Gustav Mahler, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Leopold Stokowski, Bruno Walter, and the spectacular Leonard Bernstein. The author gives the reader insight into an organization that has helped shape America's musical taste - an organization that has brought its performances to the largest audiences in the annals of symphonic music, yet has often suffered from "the vast, and largely unjustified, inferiority complex that has oppressed American music throughout its history."
The Cambridge Companion To Conducting
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Author : José Antonio Bowen
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2003-11-20
The Cambridge Companion To Conducting written by José Antonio Bowen and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-20 with Music categories.
In this wide-ranging inside view of the history and practice of conducting, analysis and advice comes directly from working conductors, including Sir Charles Mackerras on opera, Bramwell Tovey on being an Artistic Director, Martyn Brabbins on modern music, Leon Botstein on programming and Vance George on choral conducting, and from those who work closely with conductors: a leading violinist describes working as a soloist with Stokowski, Ormandy and Barbirolli, while Solti and Abbado's studio producer explains orchestral recording, and one of the world's most powerful managers tells all. The book includes advice on how to conduct different types of groups (choral, opera, symphony, early music) and provides a substantial history of conducting as a study of national traditions. 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.
Orchestral Conducting
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Author : Adam von Ahn Carse
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935
Orchestral Conducting written by Adam von Ahn Carse and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1935 with categories.