The Modern Conductor

by Elizabeth A. H. Green, Mark Gibson

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Appropriate for junior- to graduate-level courses in Introduction to Conducting (advanced techniques included), Band, Orchestra, Chorus. Requires background in Music Theory, Music History, and Music Analysis.Extensively refined and updated, this new edition on conducting posits that conducting is a time-space art. It builds basic manual techniques--and includes additional band scores excerpts, placed in proximity with the classic repertoire. The text adds new baton timing techniques, and show more shows the relationships of time, speed, and motion. show less

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A decent reference book and good for learning conducting in the classroom this book is not for the self-taught conductor.
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A college text on conducting based on the principles of Nicolai Malko as set forth in his The conductor and his baton

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Mark Gibson, Bpharm, Ph.D., CChem, MRSC, MRpharmS, is responsible for product development of New Molecular Entities and New Product Opportunities at AstraZeneca RD Charnwood, Leicestershire, UK. His experience encompasses 25 years in the pharmaceutical industry, both as a bench scientist and a manager, at Cyanamid (Lederle), Fisons show more Pharmaceuticals, Astra Pharmaceuticals, and AstraZeneca. He has worked on a wide variety of dosage forms and routes of delivery, including inhalation, oral, nasal, opthalmic, parenteral, and transdermal, some of which have resulted in patents and marketable products. Dr Gibson is a member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society, the Royal Society of Chemistry, the UK Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and the Parenteral Drug Association. show less

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The Modern Conductor

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Music, Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
781.45Arts & recreationMusicGeneral principles and musical formsTechniques of musicConducting
LCC
MT85 .G785MusicInstruction and studyInstruction and studyConducting. Score reading and playing
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