Title: Conducting technique for beginners and professionals.
Authors: McElheran, Brock
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1966
Subjects: Conducting
Contents: Inspiration -- Other studies -- Conducting technique -- general -- The baton -- Odds and ends -- Beat patterns -- theory -- Beat patterns -- specific -- The left hand -- Dynamics, accents, phrasing, tempo, character -- Cues -- Off beat cues, accents, and syncopations -- Conducting to records -- More odds and ends -- Starts and stops -- Subdivision and "merging" -- Moulding the music -- Fermatas-- Ears -- Nerves -- Thoughts on interpretation -- Some rehearsal suggestions -- Solos and recitatives -- Changing beat units -- The avant-garde -- The concert.