Handbook of Conducting

Zusatztext by far the most absorbing and demanding book on conducting ever published ... a veritable Bible for generations of conductors, it is both utterly visionary and rivetingly interesting ... His book will never cease to instruct, to inspire, and above all to enthral. Informationen zum Autor Distinguished conductor, now deceased Klappentext The distinguished German conductor Hermann Scherchen, 1891-1966, became a legend in his own time as a supremely knowledgeable, inspiring, and uncompromising advocate of the most demanding orchestral repertoire. The founder of the Berlin Society of New Music, he was an ardent champion of 20th-century music, especially that of Schoenberg, with whom he worked, and of Webern. He settled in Switzerland in 1933 and was for six years the conductor of the Zurich Radio Orchestra. His classic handbook offers an admirably full and clear analysis of the technique of conducting, at the first time giving a fascinating glimpse of orchestral life in Scherchen's time. First published in 1933, it has lost none of its ability to instruct and inform aspiring conductors. It will be of absorbing interest, furthermore, to any musician or concert-goer. Zusammenfassung Hermann Scherchan was a distinguished German conductor, described by Norman Del Mar as a `great doyen conductor of contemporary music'.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Hermann Scherchen, Scherchen Hermann
• Con la collaborazione di: Norman Del Mar (Prefazione), M. D. Calvocoressi (Traduzione)
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.12.1989
• EAN: 9780198161820
• ISBN: 978-0-19-816182-0
• Pagine: 256
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Musica > Altro; Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups, 20th Century, MUSIC / Individual Composer & Musician, MUSIC / Religious / General, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Autobiography: arts & entertainment, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Composers and songwriters, Autobiography: arts and entertainment, Sacred and religious music, Sacred & Religious Music