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THE COMPLEAT CONDUCTOR
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THE COMPLEAT CONDUCTOR Paperback - 1997

by Schuller, Gunther

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In world renowned conductor and composer Gunther Schuller's highly provocative critique of modern conducting, he castigates many of this century's most venerates conductors for using the podium to indulge their own interpretive idiosyncrasies, rather than devote themselves to reproducing the composer's stated intentions. 937 music examples. 35 tables.

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Oxford, 1997. 571pp. Large trade paperback, no names or markings, VG, index, music examples, figures, footnotes, discography, Critique of modern conducting, . Trade Paperback. Very Good.
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  • Title THE COMPLEAT CONDUCTOR
  • Author Schuller, Gunther
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 592
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford, U.S.A.
  • Date 1997
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # wb8045567
  • ISBN 9780195126617 / 0195126610
  • Weight 1.83 lbs (0.83 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.32 x 6.2 x 1.55 in (23.67 x 15.75 x 3.94 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Conducting, Orchestral music - Interpretation (Phrasing,
  • Dewey Decimal Code 784.214

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Gunther Schuller is a composer, conductor, orchestral hornist, educator, author. He served as the Artistic Director at the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood and as President of the New England Conservatory of Music. The author of the landmark studies Early Jazz and The Swing Era, Schuller was also a recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant.