Essentials in Conducting (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Gehrkens, Karl Wilson N.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 144007528X ISBN 13 : 9781440075285

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Master the Art of Leading Music with Confidence Discover practical guidance for aspiring conductors drawn from years of observation and teaching. This edition distills ideas into clear, usable steps to direct ensembles with presence, precision, and musical sensitivity.

This book blends practical technique with the artistry of leadership. It shows how to plan rehearsals, communicate clearly, and inspire performers to perform at their best. It also explores the conductor’s role as a musical manager and interpreter, balancing science and art to achieve a cohesive, expressive performance.

• Understand the core aims of conducting: tempo, dynamics, phrasing, and ensemble balance.


• Learn how to prepare musicians through rehearsal design and effective communication.


• Explore the conductor’s influence on rhythm, articulation, and musical expression.


• See how mood, posture, and facial cues help convey the music’s intent to performers.

Ideal for readers seeking a practical, grounded approach to conducting that emphasizes leadership, collaboration, and musical interpretation.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In putting out this little book, the author is well aware of the fact that many musicians feel that conductors, like poets and teachers, are born and not made ;but his experience in training supervisors of music has led him to feel that, although only the elementary phases of conducting can be taught, such instruction is nevertheless quite worth while, and is often surprisingly effective in its results. He has also come to believe that even the musical genius may profit by the experience of others and may thus be enabled to do effective work as a conductor more quickly than if he relied wholly upon his native ability. The book is of course planned especially with the amateur in view, and the author, in writing it, has had in mind his own fruitless search for information upon the subject of conducting when he was just beginning his career as a teacher; and he has tried to say to the amateur of today those things that he himself so sorely needed to know at that time, and had to find out by blundering experience. It should perhaps be stated that although the writer has himself had considerable experience in conducting, the material here presented is rather the result of observing and analyzing the work of others than an account of his own methods.
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Biographie de l'auteur

Karl Wilson Gehrkens (1882-1975) was an American music educator. From 1907 to 1942 he taught at Oberlin College Conservatory of Music in the area of Public School Music, later to become Music Education. He coined the phrase "Music for every child-every child for music," which became the official slogan of the Music Educators National Conference (MENC), later known as the National Association for Music Education (NAfME). From 1922 to 23 he served as MENC President and he was President of Music Teachers National Association from 1934 to 35. This collection contains several of Karl Gehrkens writings including "Music for Every Child." It also contains personal and professional correspondence concerning some of his articles in addition to other correspondence and personal documents, mainly from 1952 to 1965. In April 1952 at Oberlin College, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, the Music Education Library, originally started by Gehrkens in 1917, was rededicated as The Karl W. Gehrkens Music Education Library. Articles, writings and correspondence pertaining to this event are part of this collection.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 144007528X
• ISBN 13: 9781440075285
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 196
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