Description
Foreword; Preface to the third edition; Preface to the revised edition; Preface to the first edition; Inspiration; Other studies; Conducting technique – general; The baton; Odds and ends; Beat patterns – theory; Beat patterns – specific; The left hand; Dynamics, accents, phrasing, tempo, character; Cues; Off-beat cues, accents, and syncopations; Conducting to records; More odds and ends; Starts and stops; Subdivision and ‘merging’; Moulding the music; Fermatas; Ears; Nerves; Thoughts and interpretation; Some rehearsal suggestions; Solos and recitatives; Changing beat units; The avant-garde; The concert; Non-musical chores; On teaching conducting; Additions and amplifications for the third edition; Index