The Cambridge Companion to Conducting (Cambridge Companions to Music)
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (861 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0521527910 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-03-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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José Antonio Bowen is Caestecker Chair of Music and Director of the Music Program at Georgetown University. . He is also the Director of the Music Program and Director of the Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music (CHARM)
Managers, artistic directors, soloists, players and conductors openly discuss their different perspectives in this comprehensive work.. 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. Written by many working conductors, this book considers all facets of musical conducting
xvi-xvii). Bowen provides depth and informed criticism of the conducting styles of different conducting luminariesand meticulously detail how these conductors handled tempi, marking, the rehearsal process, a conducting ethos, realization of the composer's intentions, and sonic idealsThe American tradition as Bowen and David Mermelstein suggest, is unique in the paradox of its simultaneous rootedness in European origins and struggle to become independent of themTheir approach is original: they reference cities and their orchestras, instead of prominent conductors, as the central core of conducting traditionsAs a whole, this volume clearly succeeds in providing illuminating insight, practical advice and insider information that is otherwise unavailable in academic circlesMost notably, however, this collection of essays displays the fundamental impact th
Conducting Edited by Jose A. Bowen Peter F. Lesses This a book with chapters by many notable conductors and those connected with such. I learned a lot about the inner world of conducting and managing from reading this. Actually, only two chapters deal with any specifics of executing music those being by Raymond Holden on orchestral conducting and Vance George, who systematically gets into the use of consonants and vowels in articulating choral parts. The excellent chapter by Charles Barber was unusually perceptive where he said that any unnecessary words from the podium are nails in the coffin. My experience is having played violin and viol. Compelling evidence for "the Conductor is always right"! Aussietrainman I had effectively rated it 5 star before I ordered it. I had the book as a 'borrowed item' form my local public library and I got sick of renewing it, so now I have my own copy. Thank you! Sorry, I forgot to add a note about the (physical) quality of the book - excellent.. "Very interesting" according to Aaron Daniel. I have very much enjoyed reading this book, and I have recommended it to all my friends who are interesting in studying conducting.