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Author Leinsdorf, Erich, 1912-1993.

Title The composer's advocate : a radical orthodoxy for musicians / Erich Leinsdorf
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [1981]
©1981

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 W'PONDS  781.63 Lei  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 216 pages : music ; 24 cm
Contents Knowing the score -- Knowing the composer -- Knowing what composers wanted -- Knowing musical tradition -- Knowing the right tempo : I -- Knowing the right tempo : II -- Knowing the conductor's role
Summary In this work, the author puts forward his theory that the role of the conductor is to discover, and then deliver upon, the intentions of the great composers for how they wanted their compositions to sound
Analysis Conducting
Music Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Music Performance
Music Interpretation
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes index
Subject Conducting.
Conductors (Music)
Music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
Music -- Performance.
LC no. 80017614
ISBN 0300024274