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Title: Essentials in Conducting
Author: Karl Wilson Gehrkens
Release Date: August 25, 2007 [EBook #22392]
Language: English
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ESSENTIALS
IN
CONDUCTING
BY
KARL WILSON GEHRKENS, A.M.
PROFESSOR OF SCHOOL MUSIC
OBERLIN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
AUTHOR OF "MUSIC NOTATION AND TERMINOLOGY"
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CONTENTS
Page
CHAPTER I--Introduction 1
CHAPTER II--Personal Traits Necessary in Conducting 8
CHAPTER III--The Technique of the Baton 20
CHAPTER IV--Interpretation in Conducting--_Introductory_ 36
CHAPTER V--Interpretation in Conducting--_Tempo_ 46
CHAPTER VI--Interpretation in Conducting--_Dynamics_ 57
CHAPTER VII--Interpretation in Conducting--_Timbre, Phrasing, etc._ 64
CHAPTER VIII--The Supervisor of Music as Conductor 76
CHAPTER IX--The Community Chorus Conductor 85
CHAPTER X--The Orchestral Conductor 93
CHAPTER XI--Directing the Church Choir 108
CHAPTER XII--The Boy Choir and its Problems 118
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