Inside conducting. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Cambridge EBA.
• Further Information: Note: Christopher Seaman ; illustrations by Michael Richards.
• Authors: Seaman, Christopher
• Other Names: Richards, Michael illustrator.
• Contents: The conductor's mind. Background ; Harmony ; Memory ; Perfect pitch ; Training conductors ; Youth orchestras -- The conductor's skills. Balance ; Choral works ; Concerto accompaniment ; Ear ; Eye contact ; Opera ; Rehearsing -- The conductor's hands. Baton ; Beat ; Behind-the-beat playing ; Directing from the harpsichord ; Economy of gesture, cueing, use of the left hand -- The conductor and the musicians. Auditions ; Chamber orchestras ; Chief conductor ; Friend or boss? ; Orchestral playing ; Role of concertmaster ; Solos in an orchestral piece ; Stage settings -- The conductor and the instruments. Strings ; Winds ; Timpani and Percussion -- The conductor, the composer, and the score. Composers ; Learning scores, interpretation ; Marking parts ; Performance practice ; Shape and structure ; Tempo and metronome -- The conductor and the audience. Addressing the audience ; Applause, platform demeanor, coughing ; Program planning -- The conductor and "the business." Career and agents ; Critics ; Gender ; Guest conducting ; Orchestra managements ; Recording ; Travel and packing -- Inside the conductor. Concentration ; Control and power ; Ego ; Languages ; Nervousness ; Our heritage : some ancestors and my links with them.
• Publisher Details: Suffolk : Boydell & Brewer
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages)
• Subjects: 781.45; Conducting; Conductors (Music); Direction musicale; Chefs d'orchestre; conductors (musicians); Conducting; Conductors (Music); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781580468305; 1580468306
• Related ISBNs: 9781580464116
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.