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Maestros and Their Music

The Art and Alchemy of Conducting

by John Mauceri ...

An exuberant, uniquely accessible, beautifully illustrated look inside the enigmatic art and craft of conducting, from a celebrated conductor whose international career has spanned half a century.John Mauceri brings a lifetime of experience to bear in an unprecedented, hugely informative, consistently entertaining exploration of his profession, rich with anecdotes from decades of working alongside ... Read more

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An exuberant, uniquely accessible, beautifully illustrated look inside the enigmatic art and craft of conducting, from a celebrated conductor whose international career has spanned half a century.John Mauceri brings a lifetime of experience to bear in an unprecedented, hugely informative, consistently entertaining exploration of his profession, rich with anecdotes from decades of working alongside
... Read more
The Score, the Orchestra, and the Conductor

by Gustav Meier ...

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 ... Read more

$45.35 CAD

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
... Read more
Before the Singing

Structuring Children's Choirs for Success

by Dr. Barbara Tagg ...

All children must have an opportunity to share the joy of choral music participation - whether in school, church, or community choirs. What happens before the singing begins, is critical to supporting, sustaining, and nurturing choirs to give every child the opportunity to experience the wonder of choral singing. Based on years of experience conducting and teaching, Barbara Tagg brings a wealth of ... Read more

$37.43 CAD

All children must have an opportunity to share the joy of choral music participation - whether in school, church, or community choirs. What happens before the singing begins, is critical to supporting, sustaining, and nurturing choirs to give every child the opportunity to experience the wonder of choral singing. Based on years of experience conducting and teaching, Barbara Tagg brings a wealth of
... Read more
Requiem d'une Reine déchue

Romance lesbienne, roman lesbien

by Kyrian Malone, Livre Lesbien - Steditions ...

Series series Roman lesbien
Les meilleurs films ont souvent une fin que la littérature peut prolonger. Avec Requiem d'une Reine déchue, Kyrian Malone signe une projection fictionnelle libre inspirée de Tár de Todd Field - là où le film s'achève sur une chute, le roman ouvre une voie vers la rédemption saphique.Résumé de Requiem d'une Reine déchueClémence Marchand, jeune violoniste française fraîchement installée à New York, ... Read more

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Les meilleurs films ont souvent une fin que la littérature peut prolonger. Avec Requiem d'une Reine déchue, Kyrian Malone signe une projection fictionnelle libre inspirée de Tár de Todd Field - là où le film s'achève sur une chute, le roman ouvre une voie vers la rédemption saphique.Résumé de Requiem d'une Reine déchueClémence Marchand, jeune violoniste française fraîchement installée à New York,
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Beyond the Baton

What Every Conductor Needs to Know

by Diane Wittry ...

Seasoned conductor Diane Wittry draws a comprehensive roadmap to a successful career in Beyond the Baton. With first-hand understanding of how the role of the conductor has changed across the years, she expertly examines the new set of duties--both on and off of the podium--that now fall upon the shoulders of the music director. From getting a job to fundraising and educational outreach, Wittry's ... Read more

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Seasoned conductor Diane Wittry draws a comprehensive roadmap to a successful career in Beyond the Baton. With first-hand understanding of how the role of the conductor has changed across the years, she expertly examines the new set of duties--both on and off of the podium--that now fall upon the shoulders of the music director. From getting a job to fundraising and educational outreach, Wittry's
... Read more
瓦格纳论指挥

by （德）理夏德·瓦格纳 ...

作者简介：里夏德·瓦格纳，浪漫主义时期德国作曲家、指挥家。理查德·瓦格纳是欧洲浪漫主义音乐达到高潮和衰落时期的具有代表性的作曲家，也是继贝多芬、韦伯以后，德国歌剧舞台上的重要人物。《论指挥》一书是瓦格纳论著的集大成之作，详细阐述了他关于指挥和音乐作品诠释的理论。本书也是指挥艺术的最早的经典著作之一，他的观点和指挥风格影响了众多同辈与后辈指挥家，在指挥艺术史中有着十分重要的地位和意义。此前从未有这样一位音乐大家在纸上写下如此富有洞察力、饱含深意、启迪心灵的基本原理来指导上台表演的音乐家。徐志廉教授的译本是根据纽约 Dover Publications 在1989年出版的英文版翻译而成，此版本是伦敦1887年版本的再版。相信它的面世将为国内的指挥艺术的研究提供一份非常有价值的重要文献。 ... Read more

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作者简介：里夏德·瓦格纳，浪漫主义时期德国作曲家、指挥家。理查德·瓦格纳是欧洲浪漫主义音乐达到高潮和衰落时期的具有代表性的作曲家，也是继贝多芬、韦伯以后，德国歌剧舞台上的重要人物。《论指挥》一书是瓦格纳论著的集大成之作，详细阐述了他关于指挥和音乐作品诠释的理论。本书也是指挥艺术的最早的经典著作之一，他的观点和指挥风格影响了众多同辈与后辈指挥家，在指挥艺术史中有着十分重要的地位和意义。此前从未有这样一位音乐大家在纸上写下如此富有洞察力、饱含深意、启迪心灵的基本原理来指导上台表演的音乐家。徐志廉教授的译本是根据纽约 Dover Publications 在1989年出版的英文版翻译而成，此版本是伦敦1887年版本的再版。相信它的面世将为国内的指挥艺术的研究提供一份非常有价值的重要文献。
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Wilhelm Furtwängler

Art and the Politics of the Unpolitical

by Roger Allen ...

Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954) has entered the historical memory as a renowned interpreter of the canon of Austro-German musical masterworks. His extensive legacy of recorded performances of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner and Wagneris widely regarded as unsurpassed. Yet more than sixty years after his death he remains a controversial figure: the complexities and equivocacy of his high-profile ... Read more

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Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886-1954) has entered the historical memory as a renowned interpreter of the canon of Austro-German musical masterworks. His extensive legacy of recorded performances of Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner and Wagneris widely regarded as unsurpassed. Yet more than sixty years after his death he remains a controversial figure: the complexities and equivocacy of his high-profile
... Read more
Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble

Scenarios, Priorities, Strategies, Essentials, and Repertoire

by John F. Colson ...

Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble is the most comprehensive guide on the rehearsalprocess for conducting instrumental music ensembles. Ideal for the advanced instrumental music conductor seeking to look beyond basic conducting technique, this work breaks the multidimensional activity of working with an ensemble, orchestra, or band into its constituent components.Advanced ... Read more

$127.97 CAD

Conducting and Rehearsing the Instrumental Music Ensemble is the most comprehensive guide on the rehearsalprocess for conducting instrumental music ensembles. Ideal for the advanced instrumental music conductor seeking to look beyond basic conducting technique, this work breaks the multidimensional activity of working with an ensemble, orchestra, or band into its constituent components.Advanced
... Read more
Corresponding with Carlos

A Biography of Carlos Kleiber

by Charles Barber ...

Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was the greatest conductor of his generation. His reputation is legendary, and yet astonishingly, in his five decades on the podium, he conducted only 89 concerts, some 600 opera performances, and produced 12 recordings. How did someone who worked so little compared to his peers achieve so much?Between his relatively small output and well-known aversion to publicity, ... Read more

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Carlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was the greatest conductor of his generation. His reputation is legendary, and yet astonishingly, in his five decades on the podium, he conducted only 89 concerts, some 600 opera performances, and produced 12 recordings. How did someone who worked so little compared to his peers achieve so much?Between his relatively small output and well-known aversion to publicity,
... Read more
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Conducting Music

The Fundamentals and More for Conducting Bands, Orchestras, Choirs, and Ensemble

by Michael Miller ...

The complex art of conducting may look effortless to the casual onlooker, however, it requires a great deal of knowledge and skill. The success of a performance hinges on the director's ability to keep the group playing together and interpreting the music as the composer intended.The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Conducting Music shows student and novice conductors how to lead bands, orchestras, ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

The complex art of conducting may look effortless to the casual onlooker, however, it requires a great deal of knowledge and skill. The success of a performance hinges on the director's ability to keep the group playing together and interpreting the music as the composer intended.The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Conducting Music shows student and novice conductors how to lead bands, orchestras,
... Read more
The Beat Stops Here

Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor

by Mark Gibson ...

In The Beat Stops Here: Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor, master conductor Mark Gibson addresses the technique of conducting as an extension of intimate knowledge of the score to the hands and arms. He employs a variety of everyday activities and motions (brushing the dog, Tinkerbelle, the "door knob") to describe the physical aspects of the role. He advocates a comprehensive, ... Read more

$32.39 CAD

In The Beat Stops Here: Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor, master conductor Mark Gibson addresses the technique of conducting as an extension of intimate knowledge of the score to the hands and arms. He employs a variety of everyday activities and motions (brushing the dog, Tinkerbelle, the "door knob") to describe the physical aspects of the role. He advocates a comprehensive,
... Read more
On the Performance of Beethoven's Symphonies and Other Essays

by Felix Weingartner ...

Series series Dover Books On Music: Analysis
This volume contains English translations of three important literary works by Austrian conductor Felix Weingartner (1863–1942). The title essay is a detailed account of specific performing difficulties and questions of interpretation in each of the nine symphonies, a comprehensive treatment that will be indispensable to music students. Additional features include "On Conducting" and "The Symphony ... Read more

$14.75 CAD

This volume contains English translations of three important literary works by Austrian conductor Felix Weingartner (1863–1942). The title essay is a detailed account of specific performing difficulties and questions of interpretation in each of the nine symphonies, a comprehensive treatment that will be indispensable to music students. Additional features include "On Conducting" and "The Symphony
... Read more
Baton Basics

Communicating Music through Gestures

by Diane Wittry ...

Baton Basics offers a unique approach to teaching conducting based upon the concept of conveying weight, resistance, and energy in order to communicate a better concept of musical sound to the musicians. Featuring many detailed drawings and access to over 60 video examples on the companion website, Baton Basics guides conductors away from simply marking beat patterns, and towards a nuanced and ... Read more

$36.71 CAD

Baton Basics offers a unique approach to teaching conducting based upon the concept of conveying weight, resistance, and energy in order to communicate a better concept of musical sound to the musicians. Featuring many detailed drawings and access to over 60 video examples on the companion website, Baton Basics guides conductors away from simply marking beat patterns, and towards a nuanced and
... Read more
Rehearsing the Jazz Band - Resource Book

Includes Suggested Jazz Charts from Each Author

Edited by Mary Jo Papich, Ryan Adamsons ...

(Meredith Music Resource). This book provides one huge "room" where everyone can gather to ask questions on the art of rehearsing and listen to answers from people who know. It includes chapters by Caleb Chapman, John Clayton, Jose Antonio Diaz, Curtis Gaesser, Antonio Garcia, Gordon Goodwin, Roosevelt Griffin III, Sherrie Maricle, Ellen Rowe, Roxanne Stevenson, Steve Wiest, and Greg Yasinitsky. ... Read more

$21.86 CAD

(Meredith Music Resource). This book provides one huge "room" where everyone can gather to ask questions on the art of rehearsing and listen to answers from people who know. It includes chapters by Caleb Chapman, John Clayton, Jose Antonio Diaz, Curtis Gaesser, Antonio Garcia, Gordon Goodwin, Roosevelt Griffin III, Sherrie Maricle, Ellen Rowe, Roxanne Stevenson, Steve Wiest, and Greg Yasinitsky.
... Read more
Eight Symphonic Masterworks of the Twentieth Century

A Study Guide for Conductors

by Leonard Slatkin ...

Based on his decades of experience conducting these works, Leonard Slatkin guides readers through eight of the most beloved orchestral pieces of the twentieth century:Claude Debussy’s La MerDmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5Béla Bartók’s Concerto for OrchestraIgor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)George Gershwin’s An American in ParisAaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring ... Read more

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Based on his decades of experience conducting these works, Leonard Slatkin guides readers through eight of the most beloved orchestral pieces of the twentieth century:Claude Debussy’s La MerDmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5Béla Bartók’s Concerto for OrchestraIgor Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring)George Gershwin’s An American in ParisAaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring
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The Real Toscanini

Musicians Reveal the Maestro

by Cesare Civetta ...

Series series Amadeus
Lauded by Verdi, Debussy, and other music legends, the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini raised the standards of orchestral and operatic performance over an astonishing 69 years on the podium. But as he did so, he acquired a reputation as something of a tyrant, who unleashed an explosive temper at musicians if rehearsals did not meet his expectations.In The Real Toscanini, Cesare Civetta ... Read more

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Lauded by Verdi, Debussy, and other music legends, the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini raised the standards of orchestral and operatic performance over an astonishing 69 years on the podium. But as he did so, he acquired a reputation as something of a tyrant, who unleashed an explosive temper at musicians if rehearsals did not meet his expectations.In The Real Toscanini, Cesare Civetta
... Read more
Music Production, Songwriting & Audio Engineering, 2022+ Edition: The Professional Guide for Music Producers, Songwriters & Audio Engineers in Music Studios

by Tommy Swindali ...

Techniques, Tricks & Pro Tips to Make Your Sound The Very Best it Can Be!Do you want to make better music? How about achieving a professional sound? Or even being able to work in professional studios?If you're serious about improving your music production, songwriting & audio engineering skills to a professional level then keep on reading…Most musicians dream of making professional sounding music. ... Read more

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Techniques, Tricks & Pro Tips to Make Your Sound The Very Best it Can Be!Do you want to make better music? How about achieving a professional sound? Or even being able to work in professional studios?If you're serious about improving your music production, songwriting & audio engineering skills to a professional level then keep on reading…Most musicians dream of making professional sounding music.
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Symphonic Works Analyzed

by Robert Quebbeman ...

Conceived as a sequel to the eminent twentieth-century text The Symphony and the Symphonic Poem, Robert Quebbeman' s Symphonic Works Analyzed offers in-depth analysis of over sixty works from additional standard orchestral genres, including the overture, incidental pieces, and works for orchestra and chorus. With repertoire spanning the Classical period to the twentieth century, each analysis ... Read more

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Conceived as a sequel to the eminent twentieth-century text The Symphony and the Symphonic Poem, Robert Quebbeman' s Symphonic Works Analyzed offers in-depth analysis of over sixty works from additional standard orchestral genres, including the overture, incidental pieces, and works for orchestra and chorus. With repertoire spanning the Classical period to the twentieth century, each analysis
... Read more
Theophano: Oper in drei Aufzügen

by Paul Graener, Otto Anthes ...

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt von "Theophano", einer Oper, die Geschichte und Emotionen in einem meisterhaften Werk vereint!In "Theophano: Oper in drei Aufzügen" entführen Paul Graener und Otto Anthes die Leser in eine dramatische Erzählung voller Intrigen, Machtkämpfe und leidenschaftlicher Liebe. Die Oper erzählt die Geschichte der byzantinischen Prinzessin Theophano, deren Schicksal ... Read more

$19.99 CAD

Entdecken Sie die faszinierende Welt von "Theophano", einer Oper, die Geschichte und Emotionen in einem meisterhaften Werk vereint!In "Theophano: Oper in drei Aufzügen" entführen Paul Graener und Otto Anthes die Leser in eine dramatische Erzählung voller Intrigen, Machtkämpfe und leidenschaftlicher Liebe. Die Oper erzählt die Geschichte der byzantinischen Prinzessin Theophano, deren Schicksal
... Read more
Los Cimientos De La Economía Moderna

by Frank Alva ...

«El hombre que no conoce su historia está condenado a repetirla»PRESENTACIÓN Desgraciadamente la historia se repite en innumerables ocasiones. La sociedad pronto olvidó el desastre de la I Guerra Mundial para que 20 años después, desembocáramos en otra guerra todavía más cruenta como fue la segunda gran guerra; parece como si la historia se borrase de la mente del ser humano . En la economía ... Read more

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«El hombre que no conoce su historia está condenado a repetirla»PRESENTACIÓN Desgraciadamente la historia se repite en innumerables ocasiones. La sociedad pronto olvidó el desastre de la I Guerra Mundial para que 20 años después, desembocáramos en otra guerra todavía más cruenta como fue la segunda gran guerra; parece como si la historia se borrase de la mente del ser humano . En la economía
... Read more
Transforming Choral Singing

An Activist's Guide for Choir Directors

by Charles W. Beale ...

Choral conductors and clinicians often focus on honing the technical and artistic elements of their choir's performance, but what is the true purpose of choral singing? Choral performances sound beautiful, but they also tell stories, "say something" to someone, and create change in them. In that fundamental sense, they are always activist. In Transforming Choral Singing: An Activist's Guide for ... Read more

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Choral conductors and clinicians often focus on honing the technical and artistic elements of their choir's performance, but what is the true purpose of choral singing? Choral performances sound beautiful, but they also tell stories, "say something" to someone, and create change in them. In that fundamental sense, they are always activist. In Transforming Choral Singing: An Activist's Guide for
... Read more
The New Modern Conductor

by Mark Gibson ...

Conductors today must come to the podium with a wide-ranging set of skills. A modern symphony conductor is expected not only to reveal the spirituality in a Brahms symphony, but also to perform the latest symphonic arrangement of The Lord of the Rings for movie lovers, put together an evening of light classics, and program the first half of a pops concert before reading the charts of a country ... Read more

$71.99 CAD

Conductors today must come to the podium with a wide-ranging set of skills. A modern symphony conductor is expected not only to reveal the spirituality in a Brahms symphony, but also to perform the latest symphonic arrangement of The Lord of the Rings for movie lovers, put together an evening of light classics, and program the first half of a pops concert before reading the charts of a country
... Read more
Basic Conducting Techniques

by Joseph A. Labuta, Wendy K. Matthews ...

Basic Conducting Techniques, Seventh Edition, provides a clear and intelligible introduction to the art of conducting an ensemble. Over the course of fourteen chapters, the authors explicate the elements of conducting, supplementing their teachings with an extensive selection of musical examples from the classical repertoire. Practical and innovative, clear and approachable, this text illuminates ... Read more

$179.75 CAD

Basic Conducting Techniques, Seventh Edition, provides a clear and intelligible introduction to the art of conducting an ensemble. Over the course of fourteen chapters, the authors explicate the elements of conducting, supplementing their teachings with an extensive selection of musical examples from the classical repertoire. Practical and innovative, clear and approachable, this text illuminates
... Read more
Constant Lambert

Beyond The Rio Grande

by Stephen Lloyd ...

To the economist and ballet enthusiast John Maynard Keynes he was potentially the most brilliant man he'd ever met; to Dame Ninette de Valois he was the greatest ballet conductor and advisor this country has ever had; to the composer Denis ApIvor he was the greatest, most lovable, and most entertaining personality of the musical world; whilst to the dance critic Clement Crisp he was quite simply a ... Read more

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To the economist and ballet enthusiast John Maynard Keynes he was potentially the most brilliant man he'd ever met; to Dame Ninette de Valois he was the greatest ballet conductor and advisor this country has ever had; to the composer Denis ApIvor he was the greatest, most lovable, and most entertaining personality of the musical world; whilst to the dance critic Clement Crisp he was quite simply a
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