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Preface to the Second, Expanded Edition When the authors began drafting in 1985 a text for choral conductors who needed experience facing instrumentalists, no handbook of that sort existed. We wondered if enough professors and young conductors would be interested to make publication worthwhile. The late, great Robert Shaw himself reassured us. Herewith we thank him again for his enthusiastic embrace of that original edition, and for his considerable contribution as a poet (!) in the foreword. Professional response to the ¤rst edition has given the authors much pride and pleasure. Many colleagues and students have written or spoken to tell us that this book ¤lls a real need in their working lives through its general description of the conducting tactics and personal attitudes needed in dealing with instrumental ensembles, because of its detailed discussions of speci¤c works of music, or both. At the same time, some have suggested other works about which they would like this sort of advice. After a time we have decided to accept that counsel, and so we have added three works from the Viennese Classical world to the three Baroque masterpieces with which we began this project almost twenty years ago. There are others besides Bob Shaw to whom we want to acknowledge debts and express our gratitude: to Dr. Ray Robinson of Prestige Publications for his con¤dence in the book at its ¤rst imprinting, to pianist and Professor Robert Hamilton of Arizona State University for his experienced performance judgments regarding the Beethoven Choral Fantasia, to violinist and Professor ShiHwa Wang of Weber State for providing us the point of view of a concertmaster, to Dr. Robert K. Demaree of the University of Wisconsin–Platteville for editorial assistance and good counsel, to the Schurz Library staff at Indiana University South Bend—especially Kathy Plodowski and Adrian Esselstrom—for much patience and assistance, to Branden Mueller for his work with the musical examples, and to Joan Addison for reproducing the line drawings. There is one more to thank: we have had the particularly happy if somewhat unusual experience of having an editor who is a distinguished scholar in her own right, one who honors and understands that frame of reference as thoroughly as she manages matters of editing and publishing. It has been a pleasure to work with Gayle Sherwood of Indiana University Press on this newest version of Face to Face. . . . The Authors February 2004 ...

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