Finding books
Below are some examples of books about conducting in our collection. You can search the library catalog for subject headings like "Conducting" or "Conductors": https://roc.curtis.edu. And you can browse the library stacks for conducting books in the MT85 section on the third floor or ML400's in the basement.
Textbooks, handbooks, and theory
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The Grammar of Conducting : a Comprehensive Guide to Baton Technique and Interpretation
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Call Number: MT85.R917 G7 1993ISBN: 0028722213Publication Date: 1995 -
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Conducting Beethoven: Volume 1, the Symphonies
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Call Number: MT85 .D336 1992ISBN: 0198162189Publication Date: 1992 -
A Conductor's Guide to Symphonies I, II, and III of Gustav Mahler
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Call Number: MT85 .E87 1998ISBN: 0773484000Publication Date: 1998
Essays on conducting and conductors
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The Silent Musician: Why Conducting Matters
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Call Number: ML458.W54 S56 2019ISBN: 9780226622552Publication Date: 2019 -
Maestros and Their Music: the Art and Alchemy of Conducting
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Call Number: ML458.M38 M29 2017ISBN: 9780451494023Publication Date: 2017 -
Maestros in America: Conductors in the 21st Century
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Call Number: ML402 .S405 2008ISBN: 9780810860223Publication Date: 2008
Biographies and autobiographies
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Famous Father Girl: a memoir of growing up Bernstein
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Call Number: ML410.B531 B48 2018ISBN: 9780062641359Publication Date: 2018 -
Dean Dixon: Negro at home, maestro abroad
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Call Number: ML422.D623 J66 2015ISBN: 9780810888555Publication Date: 2015 -
The Calvin Simmons Story, or, "Don't call me Maestro!"
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Call Number: ML422.S592 W6 1994ISBN: 0964144905Publication Date: 1994 -
Fritz Reiner, Maestro and Martinet
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Call Number: ML422.R367 M6 2005ISBN: 0252029356Publication Date: 2005 -
The Opera Stage of Sarah Caldwell: a directing philosophy in practice
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Call Number: ML422.C225 B46 2020ISBN: 9781476680408Publication Date: 2020 -
