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Author Meier, Gustav, 1929-2016

Title The score, the orchestra, and the conductor / Gustav Meier
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 497 pages) : illustrations, music
Contents The Beat -- Reading the Score -- Preparation of the Score for Conducting -- Seating Arrangements : Symbols for a Cuing System -- Sorting the Orchestration -- The Zigzag Way -- Special Techniques -- Additional concerns
Summary Known internationally for his work as a teacher of conducting, Gustav Meier's influence in the field cannot be overstated. In The Score, the Orchestra and the Conductor, Meier demystifies the conductor's craft with explanations and illustrations of what the conductor must know to attain podium success. He provides useful information from the rudimentary to the sophisticated, and offers specific and readily applicable advice for technical and musical matters essential to the conductor's first rehearsal with the orchestra. This book details many topics that otherwise are unavailable to the aspir
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Conducting.
Orchestral music -- Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Conducting.
Conducting
Orchestermusik
Dirigieren
Schlagtechnik
Partitur
Notenschrift
Orchesterleitung
Partiturlesen
Musikinstrument
Orchester
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2008027044
ISBN 9780199716906
0199716900
0199886776
9780199886777