The Cambridge Companion to Conducting

Contents

• Part I . Practice:
• 1. The technique of conducting Raymond Holden;
• 2. Conductors in rehearsal Charles Barber;
• 3. Studio conduction Michael Haas;
• 4. The conductor and the soloist Joseph Silverstein;
• 5. Choral conducting Vance George;
• 6. Opera conducting Sir Charles Mackerras;
• 7. The orchestra speaks Robert L. Ripley;
• Part II . History:
• 8. The rise of conductors Jose Antonio Bowen;
• 9. The central European tradition Jose Antonio Bowen and Raymond Holden;
• 10. The French tradition David Cairns;
• 11. The Italian tradition Michael Rose;
• 12. The American tradition Jose Antonio Bowen and David Mermelstein;
• 13. The English tradition Stephen Johnson;
• 14. The Russian tradition David Nice;
• Part III . Issues:
• 15. The conductor as Artistic Director Bramwell Tovey;
• 16. Women on the podium Michelle Edwards;
• 17. Conducting early music Bernard Sherman;
• 18. Training conductors Harold Faberman;
• 19. The composer/conductor and modern music Martyn Brabbins;
• 20. Managers and the business of conduction Stephen Wright;
• 21. The future of conducting Leon Botstein.