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The Virtuoso Conductors: The Central European Tradition from Wagner to Karajan
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by Raymond Holden

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An expert's guide to the skills of the greatest conductors

While Weber, Spohr, Mendelssohn, and Berlioz were all conductors of repute, it was the thoughts and practices of Richard Wagner that laid the foundation for the modern virtuoso conductor. Though he was more celebrated for his dramatic operas, Wagner's experience as a conductor brought a set of practices and principles that affected the interpretations of future generations, and conductors continue to pursue his example today.


This book examines Wagner's conducting career and the principles of his musical performance. It then tracks the central European style through some of the greatest figures of modern music--Nikisch, Mahler, Richard Strauss, Weingartner, Furtwangler, Toscanini, Walter, Klemperer, Beecham, Boult, and others through to von Karajan, Bernstein, and George Szell. In each case Holden, himself a professional classical conductor, traces the rise from apprenticeship to international acclaim, comparing rehearsal technique, the baton, eye contact, repertoire, tempo, recordings, vision, style, and performance practice. The result is a deeply informative, intriguing, and highly readable portrait of the finest exponents of the conducting tradition.

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  • Title The Virtuoso Conductors: The Central European Tradition from Wagner to Karajan
  • Author Raymond Holden
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 384
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven
  • Publication date October 1, 2005
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780300093261 / 0300093268
  • Weight 1.75 lbs (0.79 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.13 x 1.38 in (23.50 x 15.57 x 3.51 cm)
  • Category Music/Songbooks
  • Library of Congress subjects Conductors (Music), Wagner, Richard
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Raymond Holden was formerly an orchestral, choral, and operatic conductor, and is tutor in postgraduate conducting at the Royal Academy of Music, London.

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