A guide to the art of conducting in the twenty-first century, by
the founder of the RCM's Twentieth Century Ensemble. Conducting for
a New Era fills in a lacuna by offering guidance and practical
advice for conducting twentieth-century and contemporary
repertoire. The book begins with a look at the development of the
art of conducting during the first half of the twentieth century.
Distinctions are made between conductors who pursued populist
careers and those who established the foundations for the new art
form of the twenty-first century. The book goes on to discuss the
technical resources required to negotiate the rhythmic complexity
of so much music composed since 1950. Beginning with the rhythmic
revolution created by Stravinsky in Le Sacre du Printemps (in which
conducting unequal units within single bars was introduced), ten
different categories of music are featured in an analysis of the
technical and aesthetic characteristics involved. The substance of
interviews with distinguished soloists,orchestral musicians,
conductors and composers is examined in assessing the changing role
of the conductor in the twenty-first century. In a final section
the technique and artistry of the progressive repertoire is
discussed through detailed analysis of specific scores. Conducting
for a New Era will be of interest not only to advanced students of
conducting, in particular conducting of contemporary music, but
also to the music enthusiast who might wish to know 'how it is
done'. The book includes a DVD with conducting examples. EDWIN
ROXBURGH is a composer, conductor and oboist and visiting tutor and
researcher at the BCU Birmingham Conservatoire. Recordings of
hismusic are on NMC, Naxos, Warehouse, Oboe Classics and Metier
labels, and his music is published by United Music Publishing,
Ricordi and Maecenas. As a conductor he has premiered a vast number
of works, originally with the Twentieth Century Ensemble of London,
which he founded, and later with several of the principle
orchestras of the UK.
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