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The Compleat Conductor
Gunther Schuller
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Description for The Compleat Conductor
Paperback. Written by a world renowned conductor and composer, this highly provocative critique of modern conducting is sure to spark debate in the music world. Num Pages: 592 pages, numerous musical examples. BIC Classification: AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 832.
Gunther Schuller is one of America's leading contemporary composers, conductors, and musicologists. He has become increasingly dismayed about the way contemporary orchestra leaders have been ignoring the composer's intentions in playing the basic concert repertory from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. In this controversial new book, Schuller puts forth his own principles of conducting, and then analyses in detail several classical masterpieces, comparing the composers' original notation to the way conductors interpret them. Showing ways in which current orchestra and conducting standards can be radically improved, this book is an indictment of contemporary musical trends and an ... Read more
Gunther Schuller is one of America's leading contemporary composers, conductors, and musicologists. He has become increasingly dismayed about the way contemporary orchestra leaders have been ignoring the composer's intentions in playing the basic concert repertory from the mid-nineteenth century to the present. In this controversial new book, Schuller puts forth his own principles of conducting, and then analyses in detail several classical masterpieces, comparing the composers' original notation to the way conductors interpret them. Showing ways in which current orchestra and conducting standards can be radically improved, this book is an indictment of contemporary musical trends and an ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195126617
SKU
V9780195126617
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About Gunther Schuller
Gunther Schuller is one of America's leading contemporary composers, conductors, and musicologists.
Reviews for The Compleat Conductor
[Schuller's] analyses should be read by all serious conductors, for they contain insights that the ordinary listener does not consider but that, if followed, will help truly realize a composer's work.
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