Conducting Beethoven: Volume 1: The Symphonies

by Norman Del Mar

This is an essential guide for students of the nine Beethoven symphonies and a starting-point for young conductors. Drawing on his lifelong experience of conducting these works, Del Mar offers an analysis of the music's structure, pointing out key events in the score and offering advice on how to achieve the desired effect. He also compares variant readings in the different editions and further traces the development of Beethoven's style and that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198162197
• ISBN13: 9780198162193
• Release Date: April 1992
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 9.0"