
The Beat Stops Here: Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor (Paperback)
Mark Gibson (author)
£26.49
Paperback
320 Pages /
Published: 09/03/2017
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In The Beat Stops Here: Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor, master conductor Mark Gibson addresses the technique of conducting as an extension of intimate knowledge of the score to the hands and arms. He employs a variety of everyday activities and motions (brushing the dog, Tinkerbelle, the "door knob") to describe the physical aspects of the role. He advocates a comprehensive, detailed approach to score study, addressing major works
bar-by-bar in terms of both musical analysis and conducting method. Finally, Gibson explores the various roles a conductor plays, as a teacher, a scholar and a member of the musical community. His writing is highly focused, with an occasionally tongue-in-cheek, discussing everything from motivic development in
Brahms to how to hold a knife and fork in public. In short, The Beat Stops Here is a compendium of style and substance in the real world of today's conductor.
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN: 9780190605889
Number of pages: 320
Weight: 902 g
Dimensions: 280 x 216 x 22 mm
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Filled with fabulous imagery, an insightful book from a master teacher! * Neil Varon, Professor of Conducting, at the Eastman School of Music *
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