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Contents List of Illustrations ix Foreword to the First Edition by Robert Shaw xi Preface to the Second, Expanded Edition xiii part one: working with an orchestra 1. The Nature of the Orchestra 3 2. The Orchestral Instruments 6 3. Preparing for Rehearsals 25 4. Adjusting Your Baton Technique 34 5. Rehearsing the Orchestra 39 part two: conducting three baroque masterworks 6. Studying the Scores 47 7. G. F. Handel: Messiah 59 8. J. S. Bach: Magni¤cat in D Major, BWV 243 122 9. Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria (in D) 136 part three: conducting three viennese classical masterworks 10. Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa in angustiis (Nelsonmesse) 149 11. Franz Schubert: Mass in G Major, D.167 168 12. Ludwig van Beethoven: (“Choral”) Fantasia, op. 80 177 Glossary 189 Bibliography 197 Index 201 ...

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