The Cambridge companion to conducting

Abstract

Part I. Practice: 1. The technique of conducting Raymond Holden 2. Conductors in rehearsal Charles Barber 3. Studio conduction Michael Haas 4. The conductor and the soloist Joseph Silverstein 5. Choral conducting Vance George 6. Opera conducting Sir Charles Mackerras 7. The orchestra speaks Robert L. Ripley Part II. History: 8. The rise of conductors Jose Antonio Bowen 9. The central European tradition Jose Antonio Bowen and Raymond Holden 10. The French tradition David Cairns 11. The Italian tradition Michael Rose 12. The American tradition Jose Antonio Bowen and David Mermelstein 13. The English tradition Stephen Johnson 14. The Russian tradition David Nice Part III. Issues: 15. The conductor as Artistic Director Bramwell Tovey 16. Women on the podium Michelle Edwards 17. Conducting early music Bernard Sherman 18. Training conductors Harold Faberman 19. The composer/conductor and modern music Martyn Brabbins 20. Managers and the business of conduction Stephen Wright 21. The future of conducting Leon Botstein.