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Genre/Form: | Nonfiction |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Frank L Battisti |
ISBN: | 9781574630862 1574630865 |
OCLC Number: | 166379733 |
Description: | xii, 167 pages : illustrations, music ; 26 cm |
Contents: | Introduction : observations on conducting and the conductor -- pt. I. Personal characteristics : essential knowledge, skills, experiences, and work ethic/mentor/models -- Personal characteristics and essential knowledge, skills, experiences -- Dedication, work ethic, and models/mentors -- pt. II. Selecting literature/programming : reading, studying, and marking the score -- Selecting literature and programming -- Skills needed for reading and inner hearing what's in a score -- Score study -- Marking the score -- pt. III. Realizing the music : role of integrity, imagination, and emotion -- Interpretation/realization -- pt. IV. Creativity and imagination : conducting technique, conductor/player relationship, leadership -- Conductor's creativity and imagination -- Conducting technique : gestures of expression -- Conductor/player relationship : the art of collaboration -- Leadership -- pt. V. Rehearsal planning and execution : conducting a performance, study repertoire -- Rehearsals, preparation/planning, formulating schedules -- Rehearsal considerations -- Seating arrangements -- Amount of rehearsal time -- Conducting a performance -- Study repertoire -- pt. VI. Evaluation, maturation, and reflection -- Conductor evaluation and player progress assessment -- Continuous personal growth/development -- pt. VIII. Conductor-teacher as music educator -- Music and the arts : the conductor-teacher's role -- Suggestions concerning what conductors should and should not do -- Postscript and a poem -- Appendix 1. Sources of quotations -- Appendix 2. Bibliography and recommended books for conductor-teachers -- Appendix 3. Additional resources (books, guides, journals) -- Appendix 4. DVDs for conductors. |
Responsibility: | Frank L. Battisti. |
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