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The Technic of the Baton

The Technic of the Baton

by Albert Stoessel

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About this eBook

Author
Stoessel, Albert, 1894-1943
Title
The technic of the baton : a handbook for students of conducting
Original Publication
New York: Carl Fischer, Inc., 1920.
Credits
The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
MT: Music: Musical instruction and study, Composition
Subject
Conducting
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 73211
Release Date
March 20, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.The Technic of the Baton
  2. 2.PREFACE
  3. 3.CHAPTER I A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CONDUCTING
  4. 4.CHAPTER II THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF CONDUCTING; ANALYSIS OF ARM AND HAND MOVEMENTS USED IN CONDUCTING — DESCRIPTION OF EXERCISES — MUSICAL EXAMPLES FOR GYMNASTIC EXERCISES — Series 1 — Series 2
  5. 5.CHAPTER III-A The General Attitude of the Conductor
  6. 6.CHAPTER III-B Photographs Which Illustrate the Five Fundamental Positions Used in Actual Conducting
  7. 7.CHAPTER III-C Diagrams of Gestures Used in Conducting
  8. 8.CHAPTER III-D Left Hand Signals
  9. 9.CHAPTER III-E Suggestions for Practice
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV SOME BASIC PROBLEMS OF BATON TECHNIC — The “Attaque” — The “Fermata” — SUBDIVISION
  11. 11.CHAPTER V Some Special Problems of Baton Technic — Fractional or uneven time — ON THE CONDUCTING OF WALTZES — From Hector Berlioz’ “Treatise on Conducting”
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI. How To Prepare a Score
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII The Technic of the Baton in Choral Conducting
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII “ The Point of the Baton ”
  15. 15.BIBLIOGRAPHY
  16. 16.Untitled
  17. 17.Untitled

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