| Description |
xiii, 441 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| Series |
Speculum musicae ; volume XXIII
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Speculum musicae ; v. 23.
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| Note |
Papers (18 out of 26) from a conference at La Spezia, Italy, July 14-16 2011. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
The nineteenth century witnessed the birth of the public figure of the orchestral conductor. Like composers and performers, orchestral conductors registered the transformed concept of the musical work. Whilst the Industrial Revolution generated new types of profession, the orchestral conductor's career emerged, as an outcome of the greater consideration that was devoted to the act of performance. In the present volume nineteen scholars explore historical and sociological phenomena connected to the nineteenth-century system of performance and musical production in which the orchestral conductor worked. A number of chapters investigate the musical performances of famous orchestral conductors; conducting by renowned composers (including Berlioz, Bottesini, Charpentier, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Paganini and Rolla) and orchestral treatises for military bands. |
| Contents |
Conductors and conducting in 19th-century Britain: the Liverpool Philharmonic Society (1840-1895) / Fiona M. Palmer -- Michael Costa at the Haymarket: the establishment of the modern role of 'the director of music' / Naomi Matsumoto -- Les chefs d'orchestre dans les concerts parisiens de 1794 a 1815 / Étienne Jardin -- From Collegium musicum to City Concert: the professionalisation of ensemble and orchestral music making in Utrecht / Rudolf Rasch -- Virtuosismo violinistico e direzione orchestrale: rapporti storici e scissione dei ruoli / Renato Ricco -- Naissance, épanouissement et subordination du directeur musical / Gilles Demonet -- La figura del direttore d'orchestra nella dimensione storico-estetica dell'Ottocento / Claudia Colombati -- Il direttore d'orchestra nel sistema produttivo del teatro d'opera italiano di fine Ottocento: un caso eloquente: Emilio Usiglio a Firenze nel 1892 / Ruben Vernazza -- Hector Berlioz's technique of conducting in theory and practice: his subdivision of the tactus in Le chef d'orchestre, théorie de son art and his scores / Walter Kurt Kreyszig -- Orchestra of the Paris Opera: a forgotten plan of the 19th century / Emmanuel Hervé -- Metamorfosi della direzione bandistica in Italia dall'Ottocento a Toscanini / Antonio Carlini -- Felix Mendelssohn direttore d'orchestra / Maria Teresa Arfini -- Historical theory of rhythm as instruction for conducting or how Liszt performed his symphonic poems / Gesine Schröder -- Alessandro Rolla direttore d'orchestra del Regio Teatro alla Scala / Mariateresa Dellaborra -- Dal virtuosismo strumentale alla direzione di Aida: poliedricità artistica di Giovanni Bottesini (1821-1899), un direttore d'orchestra "impeciato di quartettismo" / Elisa Grossato -- La répétition d'orchestre: d'un objet historique inédit à de nouvelles pratiques musicales / Rémy Campos -- Elementos de concertación en los conciertos para órgano y orquesta de Gaetano Valeri / Fabrizio Ammetto -- Sonata forms in performance / Paola Cannas. |
| Language |
7 English, 7 Italian, 3 French, 1 Spanish. |
| Subject |
Conducting -- Europe -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.
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Conducting. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Conductors (Music) -- Europe -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.
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Conductors (Music) |
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Orchestra -- Europe -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.
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Orchestra. |
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Conducting -- History -- 19th century -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Illiano, Roberto, editor.
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Niccolai, Michela, editor.
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| ISBN |
9782503552477 |
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2503552471 |
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