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 Allegro Alto Alto Clarinets Andante B-flat band bass Bassoons baton beat-point Beethoven Boosey & Hawkes Cello Chapter choral conductor chord chorus clarinet clef conductor Copyright cresc cutoff dead gesture downbeat dynamic eighth note ensemble Example fermata Figure finger flute FOUR French horn fz fz fz gesture of syncopation ictus instruments left hand legato Malko Melding melody metronome move musicians Nicolai Malko notated oboe Oboi octave orchestra percussion performance phrase piano pitch pizz played players preparatory beat rebound Recommended Reference Readings rehearsal rest rhythm rhythmic right hand score second measure sempre solo soloist Soprano Soprano Clarinet sound speed of motion spiccato staccato stick stop strings Symphony takt technique tempo Tenor tenuto Three time-beating Timpani Training Exercise transposing instruments transposition Trombones upward Viola violins voices wrist written