Conducting Technique: For Beginners and Professionals / Edition 3

by Brock McElheran

Overview

This book starts at the very beginning and ends with some remarkably profound insights on conductorial subtleties. An experienced conductor is one in whom detection, diagnosis, and remedy take place simultaneously; as he hears the error, he realizes where the fault lies and what to do about it. This book gives valuable hints about these three basic conductorial functions from the viewpoint of chorus and orchestra alike. McElheran leads the student toward mastery of the problems at hand, with firmness and gentle humour.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780193868540
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/16/2004
Edition description:	3RD SPIRAL
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	7.99(w) x 5.67(h) x 0.39(d)

About the Author

Brock McElheran was a conductor and professor at the Crane School of Music at Potsdam, the State University of New York. During his active career he prepared choruses for many of the world's leading conductors, including Eugene Ormandy, Robert Shaw and Zubin Mehta.

Table of Contents

ForewordPreface to the third editionPreface to the revised editionPreface to the first editionInspirationOther studiesConducting technique - generalThe batonOdds and endsBeat patterns - theoryBeat patterns - specificThe left handDynamics, accents, phrasing, tempo, characterCuesOff-beat cues, accents, and syncopationsConducting to recordsMore odds and endsStarts and stopsSubdivision and 'merging'Moulding the musicFermatasEarsNervesThoughts and interpretationSome rehearsal suggestionsSolos and recitativesChanging beat unitsThe avant-gardeThe concertNon-musical choresOn teaching conductingAdditions and amplifications for the third editionIndex