Score and Podium: A Complete Guide to Conducting [Hardcover]

Frederik Prausnitz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1983

Drawing on his years on the podium and in the classroom, Prausnitz delineates the conductor's art in its two essential facets: profound understanding and command of the material (score) and the skills necessary to impart that understanding through gesture (podium).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 542 pages
• Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc (Np); 1st edition (August 1983)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0393951545
• ISBN-13: 978-0393951547
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,108,583 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a calm approach to a daunting practice, March 24, 2000

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Dinuk Wijeratne (united kingdom) - See all my reviews

Frederik Prausnitz has offered the often too overwhelmed (beginning)student of orchestral conducting a step-by-step and thorough approach to this most complex of musical studies. He so refreshingly avoids the overly-academic rigour evident in other textbooks on the subject, by alternating chapters on stick technique with those on score preparation and interpretation. Thus the format of the book is just as worthwhile as its content! A must for the novice, nevertheless offering great insight for the experienced too.......

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A former student's encomium for Score and Podium, May 20, 2005

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Gilad Benyamin "Dr. K" (Lawrenceville, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

Frederik Prausnitz was a truly extraordinary teacher and mentor. This book reflects his multi-faceted approach to each of his students whereby the individuality of each person was made a fundamental part of the teaching/learning process. His book reflects the necessity, too, of each conductor taking an active part in forming both the image of the work and the "signals", as it were, whereby that compelling mental image is communicated in rehearsal and performance. Mr. Prausnitz' death in November, 2004, was a great loss for we who were his students and for the conducting world. When this book again becomes available (try via Norton), it will be a most welcome returnee.