| Beat Stops Here: Lessons on and Off the Podium for Today's Conductor Contributor(s): Gibson, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 019060588X ISBN-13: 9780190605889 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $41.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Instruction & Study - Conducting |
| Dewey: 781.45 |
| LCCN: 2016019769 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8.5" W x 10.9" (2.00 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Beat Stops Here: Lessons on and off the Podium for Today's Conductor, master conductor Mark Gibson addresses the technique of conducting as an extension of intimate knowledge of the score to the hands and arms. He employs a variety of everyday activities and motions (brushing the dog, Tinkerbelle, the door knob) to describe the physical aspects of the role. He advocates a comprehensive, detailed approach to score study, addressing major works bar-by-bar in terms of both musical analysis and conducting method. Finally, Gibson explores the various roles a conductor plays, as a teacher, a scholar and a member of the musical community. His writing is highly focused, with an occasionally tongue-in-cheek, discussing everything from motivic development in Brahms to how to hold a knife and fork in public. In short, The Beat Stops Here is a compendium of style and substance in the real world of today's conductor. |