Carl Fischer Conducting the Music, Not the Musicians - Nowak/Nowak - Book

Authors: Jerry Nowak, Henry Nowak
Format: Book, Spiral Bound
Subject: Conducting Text

Conducting the Music, Not the Musicians is the first conductor training text to put the primary emphasis on musical expression as it introduces basic technique through the concept of phrase conducting. Among many unique features it examines cueing within the beat pattern in greater detail than is usual in beginning conducting texts. The examples and exercises (drawn from both the vocal/choral and instrumental repertoires), progress to guided practice chorales and etudes and finally to full score rehearsal and guided performance. Jerry and Henry Nowak have produced a groundbreaking book that will help novice conductors solve technical problems, with musical solutions.

Contents:

• Using the Text
• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Biography
• • Chapter 1, Preliminary Concepts
  • Chapter 2, Beat Patterns and Support Breathing
• PART I, Legato Style Cueing and Phrasing within the Beat Pattern-Baton Only
  • Chapter 3, Two, Three, and Four Meter
  • Chapter 4, Ensemble Application Chorales: Two, Three, and Four Meter
  • Chapter 5, Entrances on the Offbeat and Application Materials: Two, Three, and Four Meter
  • Chapter 6, Five-Eight, Seven-Eight, Six-Eight, Nine-Eight, and Twelve-Eight Meter
  • Chapter 7, Ensemble Application Chorales: Five-Eight, Seven-Eight, Six-Eight, Nine-Eight, and Twelve-Eight Meter
  • Chapter 8, Five, Six, and Seven Meter
  • Chapter 9, Ensemble Application Chorales: Five, Six, and Seven Meter
• PART II, Dynamics, Articulations, Pauses, Hesitations, and Variations in Tempo
  • Chapter 10, Dynamics and Articulations
  • Chapter 11, Ensemble Application Materials
  • Chapter 12, Pauses, Hesitations, and Variations in Tempo
  • Chapter 13, Ensemble Application Exercises
• PART III, Basic Craft for the Left Hand
  • Chapter 14, Cueing and Phrase Conducting with the Left Hand
  • Chapter 15, Ensemble Application Exercises
• PART IV, Variations in Groupings within the Pattern, Changing Meter, and Special Situations
  • Chapter 16, Variations within the Meter and Changing Meter
  • Chapter 17, Ensemble Application Materials
  • Chapter 18, Conducting in Special Situations
• PART V, Phrasing Concepts and Expressions
  • Chapter 19, Aesthetic Perception
  • Chapter 20, Imagery
  • Chapter 21, Phrasing
• PART VI, Score Preparation
  • Chapter 22, Preparing the Score
  • Chapter 23, Ensemble Balance
  • Chapter 24, Aleatoric Music
  • Chapter 25, Jazz Styling
  • Chapter 26, Preparations for a Longer Conducting Session
• PART VII, Rehearsal Techniques and Application Materials
  • Chapter 27, Rehearsal Techniques
  • Chapter 28, Rehearsal Techniques: Problem, Cause, Solution
  • Chapter 29, Legato
  • Chapter 30, Rubato
  • Chapter 31, Animated
  • Chapter 32, Varied Styles
• APPENDIX
• Index