The Modern Conductor (7th Edition)

Building upon a classic conducting book, this edition updates references and expands sections to provide more comprehensive explanations of concepts. For individuals preparing for a career in conducting.. It emphasizes the motto “Clarity of intent, not just clarity of beat,” in various contexts throughout the book—suggesting that a technical approach should be complimented with musical insight and an understanding of conducting as a gesture. This text details baton timing techniques; shows the relationship of time, speed, and motion; discusses subdivided beats, the expressive gestures, and the development of the left hand; looks at twentieth-century innovations, and much more

From the Publisher Extensively refined and updated, this new edition on conducting posits that conducting is a time-space art. The text adds new baton timing techniques, and shows the relationships of time, speed, and motion. . It builds basic manual techniques--and includes additional band scores excerpts, placed in proximity with the classic repertoire

the publication is on much better paper compared to more recent editions Even thought the edition is an older one, the publication is on much better paper compared to more recent editions. More recent editions have too thin of paper and are easily seen through and hard to read.. "Great Book after reading Rudolf's book" according to Hermes Camacho. This book written by the legendary conducting teacher Elizabeth A.H. Green is very insightful and shows the beginnings of conducting from an old master like Malko.I would reccommend buying the Max Rudolf text (used by most major conservatories and universities) for a more substantial basis. Then read this book and get a whole new perspective on several different baton techniques, rehearsal techniques, and conducting in general.My only problem is that I don't think this book is. Allison said The best part of this book is the diagrams of gesture. The best part of this book is the diagrams of gesture. I also enjoy that this book has bowing suggestions in the appendix and musical examples.

His students occupy podiums around the world, including Xian Zhang, first prizewinner of the inaugural Maazel/Vilar Conductors' Competition. During the summers, Mr. Prior to joining the faculty of CCM, Mr. Gibson has been invited as guest professor of conducting at the Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, the Hochschule fur Musik a