The Modern Conductor: A College Text on Conducting Based on the Technical Principles of Nicolai Malko as Set Forth in His The Conductor and His BatonAppropriate for junior- to graduate-level courses in Introduction to Conducting (advanced techniques included), Band, Orchestra, Chorus. Requires background in Music Theory, Music History, and Music Analysis. Extensively refined and updated, this new edition on conducting posits that conducting is a time-space art. It builds basic manual techniques and includes additional band scores excerpts, placed in proximity with the classic repertoire. The text adds new baton timing techniques, and shows the relationships of time, speed, and motion. |
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accent accompanying Allegro Alto band bass baton beat becomes Beethoven beginning called Cello Chapter Choral chord clarinet clef comes complete composer conducting conductor continue Copyright cresc cutoff direction double dynamic ensemble Example Exercise fermata Figure final finger FOUR fz fz gesture given horn ictus indicated instruments left hand legato length major marked means measure mind motion move notated occurs orchestra passage pattern performance permission phrase piano pitch played players position Practice preparatory beat problems Reference rehearsal rest rhythm rhythmic right hand score shown slow solo Soprano sound speed staccato Start starts stick stop strings style sure sustained Symphony technique tempo tenuto third Three time-beating Timpani tone Training upward usually violins voices wrist writing written