Includes bibliographical references (p. 324-340) and index.
Contents:
PART III. ISSUES -- The future of conducting / Leon Botstein. Conductors in rehearsal / Charles F. Barber -- Studio conducting / Michael Haas -- The conductor and the soloist / Joseph Silverstein -- Choral conducting / Vance George -- Opera conducting / Sir Charles Mackerras -- The orchestra speaks / Robert L. Ripley -- PART II. HISTORY -- The rise of conducting / José Antonio Bowen -- The central European tradition / Jose Antonio Bowen, Raymond Holden -- The French tradition / David Cairns -- The Italian tradition / Michael Rose -- The American tradition / José Antonio Bowen, David Mermelstein -- The English tradition / Stephen Johnson -- The Russian tradition / David Nice -- PART III. ISSUES -- The conductor as artistic director / Bramwell Tovey -- Women on the podium / J. Michele Edwards -- Conducting early music / Bernard D. Sherman -- Training conductors / Harold Farberman -- The composer-conductor and modern music / Martyn Brabbins -- Managers and the business of conducting / Stephen Wright -- The future of conducting / Leon Botstein.
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