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xii, 244 pages : 24 cm Detailed guide to the principles of conducting. Considers special problems of individual sections of the orchestra and discusses interpretation and other aspects of the art Includes bibliographical references and index Part I: Beat. Beating different meters -- Starts -- Endings and pauses -- Changes of tempo and meter -- Accents, syncopation -- Left hand -- Cuing -- Unusual and combined metrical patterns -- Part II: Ear and the eye. Ear training -- Score reading -- Part III: Instruments. Strings -- Woodwinds -- Brasses -- Timpani and percussion -- Balance of tone -- Substitution of instruments -- Part IV: Interpretation. Basis: adherence to the letter of the score -- Tempo -- Dynamics -- Phrasing -- Ornaments -- Style -- Part V: Practical matters. Seating -- Rehearsals -- Conducting from memory -- Part VI: Additional conducting skills. Choral conducting -- Band conducting -- Accompanying a soloist -- Conducting opera and operetta

Author

Emil Kahn

Publisher

New York: Free Press

Published

1965

Language

EN

Subjects

Music, Arts