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The grammar of conducting : a practical guide to baton technique and orchestral interpretation / by Max Rudolf.

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In the "conductor's bible," Rudolf "proposes a course of baton training that allows the student to progress from simple to more exacting assignments, always applying baton technique to carefully chosen musical examples."--Inside cover.

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Main Author: Rudolf, Max, 1902-1995
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Schirmer Books, ©1980.
Edition:2d ed.
Subjects:
Conducting.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Introduction
  • The non-espressivo pattern (4-beat)
  • Staccato patterns (4-beat)
  • The espressivo-legato pattern (4-beat)
  • Starting on other counts
  • The 3-beat
  • Sudden changes of dynamics and articulation
  • Crescendo and decrescendo
  • The 2-beat
  • Facing the orchestra
  • The 1-beat
  • The marcato pattern
  • Start after the count
  • The 6-beat
  • Subdivision
  • Rests
  • Ritardando and accelerando
  • The tenuto pattern
  • Holds (I)
  • Holds (II)
  • Accents and syncopation
  • Phrasing
  • Different uses for basic patterns
  • Achieving complete physical control
  • On preparation in general
  • Number of beats in a measure (I)
  • Number of beats in a measure (II)
  • 5-time, 7-time, and other asymmetric time patterns
  • Changes of rhythm and tempo
  • Free style
  • Application of baton technique
  • Score study
  • Choice of tempo
  • Performance practice (I)
  • Performance practice (II)
  • Preparation of orchestra materials
  • Rehearsal techniques
  • Conducting opera
  • Conducting choral works with orchestra. Appendix A. Discussion of complete works or movements. Concerto grosso in G minor, op. 6, No. 6
  • Third movement (Musette) / George Friedrich Händel ; Serenade for strings, op. 22
  • First movement / Antonín Dvorák ; Air from Suite No. 3 in D major / Johann Sebastian Bach ; Symphony No. 4, in E minor, op. 98
  • First movement / Johannes Brahms ; Overture to "Egmont", op 84. / Ludwig van Beethoven ;
  • Overture to "Die Fledermaus" ("The Bat") / Johann Strauss ; "Fêtes" ("Festivals"), no. 2 from Nocturnes for orchestra / Claude Debussy ; Concerto for orchestra
  • First movement / Béla Bartók ; Violin concerto in E minor, op. 64
  • Third movement / Felix Mendelssohn ; Recitative, "E Susanna non vien, " from "The marriage of Figaro, " act III / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ; Prologue to "Pagliacci" / Ruggiero Leoncavallo. Appendix B. Wagner's instructions regarding the performance of the overture to "Tannhauser" and the prelude to "Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg". Appendix C. The first violin part of Mozart's symphony No. 35 (K.385) marked for performance.

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