Markand Thakar

On the Principles and Practice of Conducting (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

A practical manual for building musical understanding and physical skills, intended for conductors at all stages of development.

This book is a practical manual for anyone who stands on a podium helping an ensemble make music. The four main chapters address the major obligations of the conductor: (1) bringing the musical tones to life in the most beautiful,most moving way possible; (2) freeing the mind to fully absorb all the tones; (3) freeing the body of unnecessary tension; and (4) effectively using the freed mind and body to influence the sounds. Each chapter begins with a summary of the underlying principles, presents real-life applications, and offers exercises for developing skills.
Video demonstrations of the exercises as well as downloadable scores and parts are available on a companion website. The parts, in multiple transpositions, allow for hands-on experience where standard instrumental complements are unavailable.

Markand Thakar, music director of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, is an internationally renowned pedagogue of conducting. A protégé of the legendary Sergiu Celibidache and former assistant conductor of the New York Philharmonic, Thakar is author of Looking for the "Harp" Quartet: An Investigation into Musical Beauty (University of Rochester Press, 2011) and Counterpoint: Fundamentals of Music Making (Yale University Press, 1990).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abingdon Press
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782049982
• Artikelnr.: 48901190

Autorenporträt

MARKAND THAKAR is an American conductor and music director of the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Make Beautiful Music: Involving Singularity of
Tones in Succession and of Tones Sounding Simultaneously Free the Mind,
Hear Everything: Connecting the Open Consciousness to All the Sounds, All
the Time Free the Body: Involving the Necessity of Freeing the Body from
Unnecessary Muscle Tensions Be the Music: Applying the Free Body in the
Service of a Maximally Beautiful Performance Addendum A. Starting,
Stopping, and Fermatas: Achieving a Collective Sense of When to Begin and
End the Sound Addendum B. Odds and Ends: A Miscellany of Matters Musical,
Physical, and Practical Bibliography Index