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MUSC 018 : Conducting and Orchestration (SC)

Conducting:

"Conducting" article from the New Grove Dictionary

The Cambridge companion to conducting

Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Cambridge University Press, 2003.

The compleat conductor

Author: Schuller, Gunther.

Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.

Handbook of conducting

Author: Scherchen, Hermann, 1891-1966. Scherchen, Hermann, 1891-1966.

Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

The grammar of conducting

Author: Rudolf, Max.

Publisher: New York : Schirmer, 1969, c1950.

Conducting technique for beginners and professionals.

Author: McElheran, Brock.

Publisher: New York, Oxford University Press, 1966.

Orchestration:

"Instrumentation and Orchestration" article from the New Grove Dictionary

The study of orchestration

Author: Adler, Samuel, 1928-

Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, c2002.

Instrumentation and orchestration

Author: Blatter, Alfred, 1937- Blatter, Alfred, 1937-

Publisher: New York : Schirmer Books ; c1997.

Treatise on instrumentation

Author: Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949.

Publisher: New York : Dover, 1991.

Style and orchestration

Author: Read, Gardner, 1913-2005.

Publisher: New York : Schirmer Books, c1979.

The technique of orchestration.

Author: Kennan, Kent Wheeler, 1913-2003.

Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1970]

History of instrumentation

Author: Becker, Heinz, 1922 June 26-

Publisher: Cologne : A. Volk Verlag; sole distributors for the U.S.A.: Leeds Music Corp., New York, [1964]

Orchestration.

Author: Piston, Walter, 1894-1976.

Publisher: New York, Norton [1955]

Thesaurus of orchestral devices.

Author: Read, Gardner, 1913-2005.

Publisher: New York, Pitman Pub. Corp. [1953]

Principles of orchestration

Author: Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Steinberg, Maximilian.

Publisher: New York : E. F. Kalmus, [n. d.]

Pirmary Sources:

Source readings in music history

Publisher: New York : Norton, c1998.

Music in the Western World

Publisher: New York : Schirmer Books ; c1984.

Primary Source Readings in Music

by George Huber, former Swarthmore Music Librarian

Videos:

The art of conducting

Publisher: Hamburg : Teldec Video, p1994.

Performer: Sir Thomas Beecham with the Royal Philharmonic ; Arthur Nikisch with the Berlin Philharmonic ; Richard Strauss with the Vienna Philharmonic ; Felix Weingartner with the Paris Symphony ; Fritz Busch with the Dresden Staatskapelle ; Bruno Walter with the Berlin Philharmonic, and Vancouver Festival Orchestras ; Otto Klemperer with the Philharmonia and New Philharmonia Orchestras ; Wilhelm Furtwängler with the Berlin Philharmonic ; Arturo Toscanini with the NBC Symphony ; Leopold Stokowski with the BBC Symphony, and the New York Philharmonic ; Serge Koussevitzky with the Boston Symphony ; Fritz Reiner with the New York Philharmonic, and Chicago Symphony Orchestras ; George Szell with the Cleveland Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic ; Leonard Bernstein with the London Symphony, Vienna Philharmonic and New Philharmonia Orchestras.

Production: Series conceived by Stephen Wright ; executive producer, Dennis Marks ; commentary, Stephen Pettit ; photography, Colin Chase ; music advisor, John Evans ; video adaptation supervised by Peter R. Smith.

Format: VHS; Hi-fi; Dolby system.

The art of conducting

Publisher: Hamburg : Teldec Video, p1997.

Performer: Sergiu Celibidache with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestra of Süddeutscher Rundfunk, and the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra ; Wilhelm Furtwängler with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ; Erich Kleiber with the Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Czech Philharmonic, and the Berlin Staatskapelle ; Willem Mengelberg with the Concertgebouw Orchestra ; Evgeny Mravinsky with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra and the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra ; Charles Munch with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Hungarian State Orchestra ; Herbert von Karajan with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ; Václav Talich, Hermann Scherchen, and André Cluytens with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.

Production: Consultant, Stephen Wright.

Format: VHS Hi-fi; mono. & stereo.