The virtuoso conductors : the Central European tradition from Wagner to Karajan / Raymond Holden.

• While Weber, Spohr, Mendelssohn and Berlioz were all conductors of repute, it was the thoughts and practices of Richard Wagner that laid the foundation for the modern virtuoso conductor. Wagner's experience as a conductor brought a set of practices and principles that affected the interpretations of future generations, and conductors continue to pursue his example today. This book examines Wagner's conducting career and the principles of his musical performance. It then tracks the central European style through some of the greatest figures of modern music - Nikisch, Malher, Richard Strauss, Weingartner, Furtwängler, Toscanini, Walter, Klemperer, Beecham, Boult and others through to von Karajan, Bernstein and George Szell. In each case Holden, himself a professional classical conductor, traces their rise from apprenticeship to international acclaim, comparing rehearsal technique, the baton, eye contact, repertoire, tempo, recordings, vision, style and performance practice. 

Ämnesord

Dirigenter  (sao)

Dirigering  (sao)

Virtuositet 

Conductors (Music)  (LCSH)

Conducting  (LCSH)

Personnamn

Wagner, Richard, 1813-1883

Bülow, Hans von, 1830-1894

Nikisch, Arthur, 1855-1922

Mahler, Gustav, 1860-1911

Weingartner, Felix, 1863-1942

Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949

Walter, Bruno, 1876-1962

Klemperer, Otto, 1885-1973

Furtwängler, Wilhelm, 1886-1954

Karajan, Herbert von, 1908-1989

Indexterm och SAB-rubrik

Ijaf Dirigering och partiturläsning

Klassifikation

781.45 (DDC)

Ijaf (kssb/7)