The beginning conductor / Hugo D. Marple.
| Author/creator |
Marple, Hugo D. (Hugo Dixon), 1920-2012 |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | New York : McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972. |
| Description | xiii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | McGraw-Hill series in music McGraw-Hill series in music. ^A646456 |
| Contents | Preface -- Introduction -- Auxiliaries. Podium ; Use of risers. Effect of risers on the podium ; The music stand ; The conducting chair ; The score ; Dress ; Stance -- The baton. To use or not to use ; Shape and size ; Holding the baton -- The rebound: three types. The forearm rebound: marcato ; The small wrist rebound: legato ; The large wrist rebound: staccato -- Simple patterns for conducting. Considerations before pattern practice. Position of the right hand ; Looking beyond the right hand ; Importance of relaxation ; Value of the baton ; Use of the left hand ; Position ; Practice fatigue ; Proportion of the conducting pattern to the body ; Patterns for triple meters ; Patterns for quadruple meters ; Patterns for duple meters -- Tempo. Selecting the tempo: clarity of the parts ; Personal basis for selection ; Rhythm as a factor ; Loudness as a factor ; Other considerations ; Musical terms -- Preparatory motion: two most-used patterns. The preparatory for beat one ; Rules preceding the exercises ; Preparatory to the upbeat ; General rules -- Releases. Use of the left hand ; Release on the downbeat ; Release on the left side of a pattern ; Release on the right side of a pattern ; Release on the final beat of the measure -- The left hand: five functions. Positions when not in use ; Use during preparatories ; Use during release ; Use for dynamics ; Use with patterns. Directing for emphasis ; Change of tempo -- The score: primary considerations. Simple scores ; Study of the score. Problems of performance ; Problems of musicalness ; Problems of kinethesis ; Score practice procedures ; Score reading -- Six simple cuing devices. The body cue ; Cues with the eyes ; Right-hand cues ; Left-hand cues. The pointed index finger ; The relaxed hand ; The fist -- Rests: six common problems. Rests in most parts ; Short rests in all parts ; At change of tempo ; Conducting through rests ; Stopping at rests ; Counting the rests -- The fermata. Fermatas in the Bach chorales ; Use in scores ; Over notes followed by notes. Fermatas as elongation ; Fermatas as a ritard ; Fermatas and the release ; Fermatas and notes followed by rests. Fermatas at the end of compositions ; Fermatas in some parts ; Fermatas and long-value notes ; Fermatas over rests -- Conducting patterns: compound meters. General considerations ; The six-beat measure ; The nine-beat measure ; The twelve-beat measure -- The score: additional problems. The string family. The alto clef ; The tenor clef ; The string choir ; The woodwind family. Woodwinds for the orchestra ; The clarinet in the orchestra ; Additional orchestral woodwinds ; The woodwind quintet ; Woodwinds in the band ; The woodwind ensemble ; The brass family. The brass choir ; Brass in the band ; Brass in the orchestra ; French horn transposition ; Assignment of parts ; The percussion family ; The full score -- The general pause and the caesura. The general pause ; The caesura ; Score study -- The preparatory: less-used patterns. Preparatory for beats to the left of the downbeat ; Preparatory for beats to the right of the downbeat ; General rules ; Preparatory for part of a beat -- The left hand: additional uses. Left hand and styles. Smooth, legato style ; Marcato style ; Increase in intensity ; Shading ; Phrasing and breathing ; Accents and sforzandos. Accent on the half beat -- Augmentation and diminution. Augmentation ; Rebound-type subdivision ; Subdivided preparatory ; Diminution. The one-pulsation patterns ; Deemphasis of beat two ; Alteration of tempo -- Conducting patterns: fives and sevens. The five-beat measure ; The fast five (irregular two) ; Seven-beat measure ; The fast seven (irregular three) -- More about style. Style of a single work ; Style of composers ; Style of composition types ; Style of media ; Style of composition ; Style of nationalism ; Style of periods -- The rehearsal. The beginning ; The warm-up ; Procedures and suggestions -- Final words -- Appendixes. Appendix I. Musical terms ; Appendix II. Percussion terminology ; Appendix III. Note styles ; Appendix IV. Instrumental terminology ; Appendix V. Bowings ; Appendix VI. Tempo indications ; Appendix VII. Pitch names. |
| Abstract | This book aims to assist the serious student of music who realizes that much of their professional career will consist of conducting amateurs, whether in public schools or church choirs, city choirs, city bands, or community orchestras. Illustrative pieces of music are drawn from repertoires nonprofessional groups are likely to perform. Unlike many conducting texts, this one helps the young conductor in learning to read and study a score in preparation for their conducting studies. |
| LCCN | 73174620 |
| ISBN | 0070404569 |
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