The Score, the Orchestra, and the Conductor
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.20 (626 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195326369 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
He provides useful information from the rudimentary to the sophisticated, and offers specific and readily applicable advice for technical and musical matters essential to the conductor's first rehearsal with the orchestra. 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. This book details many topics that otherwise are unavailable to the aspiring and established conductor, including the use of the common den
He has served on the faculties of Yale University, the Eastman School of Music, the University of Michigan and the Tanglewood Music Center. He makes regular appearances as guest conductor and teacher of conducting master classes in Europe, South and Central America, China, Canada, and throughout the United States.. Gustav Meier is the director of the Orchestra Conducting Program at the Peabody Institute and Music Director of t
Reading this book, I am once again equally inspired and impressed. "As a student of Gustav Meier, I was enormously inspired and impressed by his knowledge and unwavering commitment to the music. Now that I have his book, I'll still give him a try on the phone, but if I can't reach him, I'll know here I can get the answers I'm looking for. Gustav Meier is brilliant and clearly one of the leading conducting teachers in the world; his book is chock-full of invaluable information."--Marin Alsop, Music Director Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Music Director, Cabrillo Music Festival"Many times I've been able to get Gustie on the phone whenever I've found myself stuck and couldn't figure out how to conduct my way through a thorny passage. Thank you Gustie for sharing your vast knowledge of the the art of conducting with the world. Your
A thorough book, but not for beginners Gustav Meier's book has very detailed ideas about baton technique, and he deals with many situations. There are plenty of examples from the standard repertoire on how to cue entrances and how to start a composition or movement. His style of baton movement notation was new to me, so it will probably best for readers to familiarize themselves with his notation. Without doing this step, someone picking up the book in the first 60 pages would get some wrong ideas of what he was recommending. I liked some of the visual cues that he suggests putting in one's score, e. KSHomma said Any conductor of any level will learn from this book.. This book is the best resource on conducting. You must have a small knowledge of technique, but thankfully this book is not about that. It's about how to interpret, prepare, and rehearse scores like a pro in the most efficient way possible. Meier has an extensive system of shorthand notation that occur throughout the book. These notations can be applied to any score you are going to conduct, and if you gain familiarity with his notation, you will be able to save hours of time in rehearsal and also in independent practice. The amount of time it takes to learn th. FOR THE SERIOUS INTEREST 11ajoseph SCHOLARLY. NOT A QUICK READ.