Essentials in Conducting

by Karl Wilson Gehrkens

APPENDIX A

Reference List

I. General:

Berlioz, The Orchestral Conductor. A short treatise full of practical suggestions. It is found in the back of the author's well-known volume on Orchestration.

Weingartner, On Conducting. A small volume of about seventy-five pages, but containing excellent material for both amateur and professional.

Schroeder, Handbook of Conducting. A practical little book from the standpoint of both orchestral and operatic directing.

Wagner, On Conducting. A short treatise that every professional conductor will wish to read, but not of much value to the amateur.

Mees, Choirs and Choral Music. A well-written account of the history of choral music from the time of the Hebrews and Greeks down to the present, containing also an excellent chapter on the Chorus Conductor.

Grove, Dictionary of Music and Musicians (article, Conducting).