CONDUCTING

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Conducting Treatises and Textbooks

Battisti, Frank: On Becoming a Conductor: Lessons and Meditations on the Art of
Conducting. Galesville, MD: Meredith Music, 2007.
Berlioz, Hector: On Conducting: Theory of the Art of Conducting; found in Treatise on
Instrumentation. New York: Kalmus, 1948.
Boonshaft, Peter Loel: Teaching Music With Passion: Conducting, Rehearsing, and
Inspiring. Galesville, MD: Meredith Music, 2002.
Boult, Sir Adrian Cedric: A Handbook of the Technique of Conducting, revised edition.
Oxford, Hall the Printer, 1968.
__________: Boult on Music. Norfolk: Toccata Press, 1983.
Carse, Adam: Orchestral Conducting. London: Augener, 1935.
Conductors Anthology: A Compendium of articles from the Instrumentalist from 1946
to 1992, second edition, in 2 volumes (Volume 1: The School Music Director
Off the Podium; Volume 2: Conducting and Musicianship). Northfield, IL: The
Instrumentalist, 1993.
Curtis, Larry G., and David L. Kuehn: A Guide to Successful Instrumental Conducting.
Dubuque, IA: W.C. Brown, 1992.
Deldevez, Edouard Marie Ernest: LArt du chef dorchestra. Paris: FirminDidt,
1878.
Demaree, Robert W. and Don V Moses: The Complete Conductor. Englewood Cliffs,
NJ: PrenticeHall, 1995.
Earhart, Will: The Eloquent Baton. New York: M. Witmark and Sons, 1931.
Farberman, Harold: The Art of Conducting Technique: A New Perspective. Miami, FL:
Warner Brothers, 1997.
Garolfalo, Robert and Frank Battisti: Lead & Inspire: A Guide to Expressive
Conducting. Silver Spring, MD: Whirlwind Music Publications, 2005.
Gehrkens, Karl W.: Essentials in Conducting. Boston: Oliver Ditson, 1919. Kindle
edition, 2011.
Green, Elizabeth A., and Mark Gibson: The Modern Conductor, seventh edition.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: PrenticeHall, 2004.
Grosbayne, Benjamin: Techniques of Modern Orchestral Conducting, second edition.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1973.
Hunsberger, David: Art of Conducting, second edition. New York: McGrawHill, 1992.
Inghelbrecht, DesirEmile: The Conductors World, translated by G. Prerauer and S.
Malcolm Kirk. New York: Library Publishers, 1954.
Koshak, John: The Conductors Role, fourth edition. Privately published (available
through the Conductors Guild), 2001.
Krueger, Karl: The Way of the Conductor: His Origins, Purpose, and Procedures. New
York: Scribners, 1958.
Labuta, Joseph A.: Basic Conducting Techniques, sixth edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Pearson, 2009.

Leinsdorf, Erich: The Composers Advocate. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press,
1981.
Lisk, Edward S.: The Creative Director: Alternative Rehearsal Technique. Galesville,
MD: Meredith Music Publications, 1991.
Maiello, Anthony: Conducting Nuances: Little Things Mean a Lot. Chicago: GIA
Publications, 2007.
Malko, Nikolai: The Conductor and His Baton. Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen, 1950.
Malko, Nikolai and Elizabeth A. Green: The Conductor and His Score. Englewood
Cliffs, NJ: PrenticeHall, 1975.
McElherhan, Brock: Conducting Technique: For Beginners and Professionals, third
edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Meier, Gustav: The Score, the Orchestra, and the Conductor. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2009.
Phillips, Kenneth H.: Basic Techniques of Conducting. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1997.
Prausnitz, Frederik: Score and Podium. New York: W.W. Norton, 1983.
Rudolf, Max: The Grammar of Conducting, third edition. New York: Schirmer Books,
1994.
Scherchen, Hermann: Handbook of Conducting. London: Oxford University Press,
1933.
Wagner, Richard: On Conducting. London: W. Reeves, 1897.
Watkins, John: The Art of the Conductor: The Definitive Guide to Music Conducting
Skills, Terms, and Techniques. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, 2007.
Weingartner, Felix: Weingartner on Music and Conducting: Three Essays by Felix
Weingartner (On Conducting, translated by Ernest Newman; On the
Performance of Beethovens Symphonies, translated by Jessie Crosland; The
Symphony Since Beethoven, translated by H.M. Schott). New York: Dover,
1969.
Wis, Ramona M.: Conductor as Leader: Principles of Leadership Applied to Life on the
Podium. Chicago: GIA Publications, 2007.
Wittry, Diane: Beyond the Baton: What Every Conductor Needs to Know. New York:
Oxford University Press, 2007.
Wood, Henry: About Conducting. London: V. Gollancz, 1938.

Choral Conducting

Boyd, Jack: Rehearsal Guide for the Choral Conductor. West Nyack: Parker Publishing,
1970.
Busch, Brian R.: Complete Choral Conductor: Gesture and Method. New York:
Schirmer Books, 1984.
Davison, Archibald Thompson: Choral Conducting. Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, 1954.
Decker, Harold A., and Julius Herford: Choral Conducting Symposium, second edition.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: PrenticeHall, 1987.

Decker, Harold A., and Coleen J. Kirk: Choral Conducting: Focus on Communication.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson, 1988.
Ehmann, Wilhelm: Choral Directing, translated by George D. Wieke. Minneapolis,
MN: Augsburg Press, 1960.
Finn, William J: The Art of the Choral Conductor, volume 1. Boston: C.C. Birchard,
1940.
Garretson, Robert: Conducting Choral Music, seventh edition. Boston: Allyn and
Bacon, 1993.
Haasemann, Frauke, and Wilhelm Ehmann: Voice Building for Choirs, translated by
Brenda Smith. Chapel Hill, NC: Hinshaw Music, 1981
Heffernan, Charles W.: Choral Music: Technique and Artistry. Englewood Cliffs, NJ:
PrenticeHall, 1982.
Holst, Imogen: Conducting a Choir: A Guide for Amateurs. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 1962.
Howerton, George: Technique and Style in Choral Singing. New York: Carl Fischer,
1957.
Jordan, James Mark: Evoking Sound: Fundamentals of Choral Conducting and
Rehearsing. Chicago: GIA Publications, 1996.
Kaplan, Abraham: Choral Conducting. New York: W.W. Norton, 1985.
Lamb, Gordon H.: Choral Techniques, third edition. Dubuque, IA: W.C. Brown, 1988.
Neuen, Donald: Choral Concepts. Belmont, CA: Schirmer, 2002.
Phillips, Kenneth H.: Directing the Choral Music Program. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2004.
Robinson, Ray, and Allen Winold: The Choral Experience: Literature, Materials, and
Methods. Prospect Heights, IL: Waveland Press, 1976.
Simons, Harriet: Choral Conducting: A Leadership Teaching Approach. Champaign, IL:
Mark Foster, 1983.
Swan, Howard, and Charles Fowler: Conscience of a Profession: Howard Swan Choral
Director and Teacher. Chapel Hill: Hinshaw, 1987.
Wodell, Frederick W.: Choir and Chorus Conducting, revised and enlarged.
Philadelphia: Theodore Presser, 1931.

Orchestral History and Practice

Bekker, Paul: The Orchestra. New York: W.W. Norton, 1936.
Berlioz, Hector: Evenings With the Orchestra, translated by Jacques Barzun. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 1999.
The Cambridge Companion to the Orchestra, edited by Colin Lawson. Cambridge:
Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Del Mar, Norman: Anatomy of the Orchestra. New York: Tapplinger Books, 1985.
Green, Elizabeth: Orchestral Bowings and Routines, eleventh edition. Ann Arbor, MI:
American String Teachers Association, 1991.
Kjelland, James: Orchestral Bowing: Style and Function. New York: Alfred Publishing,
2004.

Moses, Don V: FacetoFace with an Orchestra: A Handbook for Choral Conductors

Performing Handels Messiah, Bachs Magnificat, Vivaldis Gloria, and Other
Works. Princeton, NJ: Prestige Publications, 1987.
Mueller, John Henry: The American Symphony Orchestra: A Social History of Musical
Taste. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1976.
Mueller, Kate (Hevner): TwentySeven Major American Symphony Orchestras: A
History and Analysis of Their Repertoire, 184243 through 196970.
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1973.
Nettel, Reginald: The Orchestra in England: A Social History. West Yorkshire: Pomona
Press, 2006.
The Orchestra: A Collection of 23 Essays on Its Origins and Transformations, edited by
Joan Peyser. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard, 2006.
Peyser, Joan: Orchestra: Origins and Transformations. New York: WatsonGuptil,
2000.
Rudolf, Max: Max Rudolf: A Musical Life, edited by Michael Stern. Hillsdale, NY:
Pendragon, 2001.
Schuller, Gunther: The Compleat Conductor. New York: Oxford University Press,
1997.
Spitzer, John, and Neal Zaslaw: The Birth of the Orchestra: History of an Institution,
16501815. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
Symphony Orchestra: Websters Timeline History, 17002007, edited by Philip M.
Parker. Singapore: ICON Group International, 2010.

Histories of Individual Orchestras

Berlin
Stressman, Wolfgang: Berlin Philharmonic: From Blow to Karajan: Home and
History of a World Famous Orchestra. Boston: Brill, 1978.

Birmingham
Worsley, Margaret: History of the Birmingham Philharmonic Orchestra. Coventry:
Merciens Manuals, 1999.

Boston
BakerCarr, Janet: Evening at Symphony: A Portrait of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. Boston; HoughtonMifflin, 1977.

Boston Youth
Keches, Krysten A.: Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras (Images of America:
Massachusetts). Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia, 2007.

Brooklyn
Edwards, Maurice: How Music Grew in Brooklyn: A Biography of the Brooklyn
Philharmonic Orchestra. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 2006.


Cleveland
Rosenberg, Donald: The Cleveland Orchestra Story. Cleveland, OH: Gray and
Company, 2000.

Halle
Kennedy, Michael: The Halle, 18581983: A History of the Orchestra. Manchester:
Manchester University Press, 1983.

London
Ehrlich, Cyril: First Philharmonic: A History of the Royal Philharmonic Society. New
York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Morrison, Richard: Orchestra: The LSO: A Century of Triumph and Turbulence.
London: Faber and Faber, 2004.
Pearton, Maurice: The LSO at 70: A History of the Orchestra. London: Victor Gollancz,
1974.
Pirouet, Edmund: Heard Melodies are Sweet: A History of the London Philharmonic
Orchestra. Philadelphia: TransAtlantic Publications, 1998.

New York
Canarina, John: The New York Philharmonic: From Bernstein to Maazel. Milwaukee,
WI: Hal Leonard, 2011.
Shanet, Howard: Philharmonic: A History of New Yorks Orchestra. New York:
Doubleday, 1975.

North Carolina
Swalin, Benjamin: Hard Circus Road: The Odyssey of the North Carolina Symphony.
Chapel Hill, NC: Chapel Hill Museum, 1987.

Philadelphia
Ardoin, John: The Philadelphia Orchestra: A Century of Music. Philadelphia: Temple
University Press, 1999.
Kupferberg, Herbert: Those Fabulous Philadelphians: The Life and Times of a Great
Orchestra. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1969.

Rochester
Cahn, William L.: Rochesters Orchestra: A History of the Rochester Philharmonic
Orchestra. Rochester, NY: Citizens for a Quality Philharmonic, 1989.

Seventh Army
Canarina, John: Uncle Sams Orchestra: Memories of the Seventh Army Orchestra.
Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1998.

Seattle
Campbell, Esther W.: Bagpipes in the Woodwind Section: A History of the Seattle
Symphony Orchestra and Its Womens Association. Seattle: Seattle Symphony
Womens Association, 1978.

Toronto
Warren, Richard: Begins with the Oboe: A History of the Toronto Symphony. Toronto:
University of Toronto Press, 2002.

Band History and Practice

Battisti, Frank: The Winds of Change: The Evolution of the Contemporary American
Wind Band/Ensemble and Its Conductor. Galesville, MD: Meredith Music,
2002.
Battisti, Frank and Robert Garofalo: Guide to Score Study for the Wind Band
Conductor. Galesville, MD: Meredith Music, 2000.
Fennell, Frederick: Time and the Winds: A Short History of the Use of Wind
Instruments in the Orchestra, the Band, and the Wind Ensemble. Kenosha, WI:
Leblanc Publications, 1964.
Garolfalo, Robert: Rehearsal Handbook for Band/Orchestra Students. Galesville, MD:
Meredith Music, 2000.
Labuta, Joseph: Teaching Music in High School Band, revised. Galesville, MD:
Meredith Music, 1997.
Knight, John: The Interpretive Wind Band Conductor. Galesville, MD: Meredith Music
Publications, 2007.
Kohut, Daniel: Instrumental Music Pedagogy, Teaching Techniques for School Band
and Orchestra. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: PrenticeHall, 1973.

General Performance Practice

Bach, C.P.E.: Essay on the True Art of Keyboard Playing, translated by William J.
Mitchell. New York: W.W. Norton, 1949.
Berlioz, Hector: Evenings in the Orchestra, translated and edited by Jacques Barzun.
New York: Alfred Knopf, 1956.
Dannreuther, Edward: Musical Ornamentation, second edition. London: Novello,
1900.
Mozart, Leopold: A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing,
translated by Editha Knocker. London: Oxford University Press, 1948.
Neumann, Fredrich: Ornamentation in Baroque and PostBaroque Music: With Special
Emphasis on J. S. Bach, third edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press,
1983.
__________: Ornamentation and Improvisation in Mozart. Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 1989.

Quantz, Johann Joachim: On Playing the Flute, translated by Edward R. Reilly. New
York: The Free Press, 1966.
Weisberg, Arthur: Performing TwentiethCentury Music: A Handbook for Conductors
and Instrumentalists. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993.

Repertoire Guides

Orchestra
Aronowsky, Solomon: Performing Times of Orchestral Works. London: Ernest Benn
Limited, 1959.
Bagar, Robert, and Louis Biancolli: The Concert Comprehensive Guide to Symphonic
Music. New York: McGrawHill, 1947.
Burrows, Raymond, and Bessie Carroll Redmond: Symphony Themes. New York:
Simon and Schuster, 1942.
__________: Concerto Themes. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1951.
Daniels, David: Orchestral Music: A Handbook, fourth edition. Lanham, MD:
Scarecrow Press, 2005.
Del Mar, Norman: Conducting Beethoven, Volume 1: The Symphonies. Oxford:
Clarendon Press, 1993.
__________: Conducting Beethoven, Volume 2: Overtures, Concertos, Missa Solemnis.
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993.
__________: Conducting Berlioz. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997.
__________: Conducting Brahms. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993.
__________: Conducting Elgar (completed and edited by Jonathan Del Mar). Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1998.
__________: Conducting Favourite Concert Pieces (completed and edited by Jonathan
Del Mar). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Farish, Margaret K.: Orchestra Music in Print. Philadelphia: Musicdata, 1979.
Field, Corey, editor: The Musicians Guide to Symphonic Music: Essays from the
Eulenberg Scores. New York: Schott, 1997.
Hale, Philip: Great Concert Music: Philip Hales Symphony Programme Notes, edited
by John N. Burk. New York: Doubleday, 1935.
Hinson, Maurice: Music for Piano and Orchestra: An Annotated Guide, enlarged
edition. Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 1993.
LaRue, Jan: A Catalogue of 18thCentury Symphonies, Volume I: Thematic Identifier.
Bloomington: University of Indiana Press, 1988.
Moore, Earl V., and Theodore E. Heger: The Symphony and the Symphonic Poem:
Analytical and Descriptive Charts of the Standard Symphonic Repertoire, fourth
edition. Ann Arbor: Ulrichs Books, 1962.
OConnell, Charles: The Victor Book of the Symphony, revised. New York: Simon and
Schuster, 1941.
__________: The Victor Book of Overtures, Tone Poems, and Other Orchestral Works. New
York: Simon and Schuster, 1950.

Saltonstall, Cecilia Drinker, and Hannah Coffin Smith: Catalogue of Music for Small
Orchestra, edited by Otto E. Albrecht. Washington: Music Library Association,
1947.
Steinberg, Michael: The Symphony: A Listeners Guide. New York: Oxford University
Press, 1997.
__________: The Concerto: A Listeners Guide. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Ulrich, Homer: Symphonic Music: Its Evolution Since the Renaissance. New York:
Columbia University Press, 1952.
Veinus, Abraham: The Concerto. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Duran, and Company,
1944.

Choir
Burnworth, Charles C.: Choral Music for Womens Voices. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow
Press, 1968.
Daugherty, F. Mark, and Susan H. Simons, eds.: Secular Choral Music in Print, second
edition, 2 volumes. Philadelphia: Musicdata, 1987.
DeVenney, David P.: NineteenthCentury Choral Music. Berkeley: Fallen Leaf Press,
1987.
__________: American Masses and Requiems. Berkeley: Fallen Leaf Press, 1990.
__________: The Chorus in Opera. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1992.
__________: American Choral Music Since 1920. Berkeley: Fallen Leaf Press, 1994.
__________, editor: Source Readings in American Choral Music. Missoula, MT: College
Music Society, 1995.
__________: Varied Carols: A Survey of American Choral Literature. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press, 1999.
Dox, Thurston: American Oratorios and Cantatas: A Catalog of Works Written in the
United States from Colonial Times to 1985. 2 volumes. Metuchen, NJ:
Scarecrow Press, 1986.
Eslinger, Gary S., and F. Mark Daugherty, eds.: Sacred Choral Music in Print, second
edition, 2 volumes. Philadelphia: Musicdata, 1985.
Garretson, Robert L.: Choral Music: History, Style, and Performance Practice.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: PrenticeHall, 1993.
Green, Jonathan: A Conductors Guide to ChoralOrchestral Works. Metuchen, NJ:
Scarecrow Press, 1994.
__________: A Conductors Guide to ChoralOrchestral Works: Twentieth Century, Part II.
Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998.
__________: A Conductors Guide to the ChoralOrchestral Works of J. S. Bach. Lanham,
MD: Scarecrow Press, 2000.
__________: A Conductors Guide to ChoralOrchestral Works of the Classical Period, Part
I: Haydn and Mozart. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002.
__________: A Conductors Guide to 19thCentury ChoralOrchestral Works. Lanham, MD:
Scarecrow Press, 2008.
Knapp, J. Merrill, editor: Selected List of Music for Mens Voices. Princeton, NJ:
Princeton University Press, 1952.

Pahlen, Kurt: The World of the Oratorio. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press, 1985.
Robertson, Alec: Requiem: Music of Mourning and Consolation. London: Praeger
Press, 1985.
Smither, Howard E.: A History of the Oratorio, 4 volumes. Chapel Hill: University of
North Carolina Press, 19772000.
Steinberg, Michael: Choral Masterworks: A Listeners Guide. New York: Oxford
University Press, 2005.
Strimple, Nick: Choral Music in the Twentieth Century. New York: Amadeus Press,
2005.
__________: Choral Music in the Nineteenth Century. New York: Amadeus Press, 2008.
Ulrich, Homer: A Survey of Choral Music. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich,
1973.
Young, Percy M.: The Choral Tradition. New York: W.W. Norton, 1971.

Band
Battisti, Frank: 20thCentury American Wind Band/Ensemble. Galesville, MD:
Meredith Music, 2000.
Fennell, Frederick: A Conductors Interpretive Analysis of Masterworks for Band.
Galesville, MD: Meredith Music Publications, 2008.
Garofalo, Robert J.: Guides to Band Masterworks, volumes 1 and 2. Galesville, MD:
Meredith Music Publications, 2000.
The New ASBDA Curriculum Guide. New York: Alfred, 1997.
Renshaw, Jeffrey H.: The American Wind Symphony Commissioning Project: A
Descriptive Catalog of Published Editions 19571991. Westport, CT:
Greenwood, 1991.
Wallace, David, and Eugene Corporon: Wind Ensemble/Band Repertoire. Greeley:
University of Northern Colorado School of Music, 1984.

Conductors and the History of Conducting

Badal, James: Recording the Classics: Maestros, Music, and Technology. Kent, OH: Kent
State University Press, 1996.
Bamberger, Carl, editor: The Conductors Art. New York: McGrawHill, 1965.
Bloch, Henry: Directory of Conductors Archives in American Institutions. Lanham,
MD: Scarecrow Press, 2006.
Bowen, Jos Antonio, editor: Cambridge Companion to Conducting. New York:
Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Brook, Donald: International Gallery of Conductors. London: Rockcliff, 1951.
Ewen, David: Dictators of the Baton: An Intimate Appraisal of Americas Thirty
Leading Symphonic Conductors and Their Famous Orchestras. Chicago:
Alliance, 1943.
Galkin, Elliott W.: A History of Orchestral Conducting: In Theory and Practice.
Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon Press, 1988.
Hart, Philip: Conductors: A New Generation, revised. New York: Scribners, 1983.

Holden, Raymond: The Virtuoso Conductors: The Central European Tradition from
Wagner to Karajan. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2005.
Lebrecht, Norman: The Maestro Myth: Great Conductors in Pursuit of Power. New
York: Birch Lane Press, 1991.
May, Robin: Behind the Baton: A Whos Who of Conductors. London: Frederick Muller
Limited, 1981.
Schoenberg, Harold C.: The Great Conductors. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1967.
Wagar, Jeannine: Conductors in Conversation: Fifteen Contemporary Conductors
Discuss Their Lives and Profession. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1991.
Young, Percy: World Conductors. London: AbelardSchuman, 1965.

Individual Conductors

Furtwngler, Wilhelm
Furtwngler, Wilhelm: Concerning Music, translated by L.J. Lawrence. London:
Boosey and Hawkes, 1953.
Shirakawa, Sam H.: The Devils Music Master: The Controversial Life and Career of
Wilhelm Furtwngler. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.

Klemperer, Otto
Klemperer, Otto: Minor Recollections. London: Dennis Dobson, 1964.
__________: Conversations With Klemperer, edited by Peter Heyworth. London: Faber
and Faber, 1973.
__________: Klemperer on Music: Shavings from a Musicians Workbench, edited by
Martin Anderson. Norfolk: Toccata Press, 1986.

Mitropoulos, Dmitri
Arfanis, Stathis A.: The Complete Discography of Dmitri Mitropoulos. Athens;
Potamos, 2000.
Trotter, William R.: Priest of Music: The Life of Dmitri Mitropoulos. Milwaukee, WI:
Hal Leonard, 1995.

Monteux, Pierre
Canarina, John: Pierre Monteux, Matre. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard, 2003.

Munch, Charles
Munch, Charles: I am a Conductor, translated by Leonard Burkat. New York: Oxford
University Press, 1955.

Reiner, Fritz
Hart, Philip: Fritz Reiner: A Biography. Evanston, IL: Northwestern University Press,
1994.
Morgan, Kenneth: Fritz Reiner, Maestro and Martinet. Champaign, IL: University of
Illinois Press, 2005.


Rilling, Helmuth
Hansen, Sharon: Helmuth Rilling: Conductor, Teacher. Dayton, OH: Roger Dean, 1997.

Shaw, Robert
Mussulman, Joseph A.: Dear PeopleRobert Shaw. Chapel Hill: Hinshaw, 1996.
Shaw, Robert: The Robert Shaw Reader, edited by Robert Blocker. New Haven: Yale
University Press, 2004.

Szell, George
Charry, Michael: George Szell: A Life of Music. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois
Press, 2011.

Thomas, Theodore
Russell, Charles Edward: The American Orchestra and Theodore Thomas. New York:
Doubleday, 1927. Reprinted by Greenwood Press, 1971.
Schabas, Ezra: Theodore Thomas: America's Conductor and Builder of Orchestras,
18351905. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1989.

Toscanini, Arturo
Antek, Samuel: This Was Toscanini. New York: Vanguard Press, 1963.
Chotzinoff, Samuel: Toscanini: An Intimate Portrait. New York: Knopf, 1956.
Frank, Mortimer H.: Arturo Toscanini: The NBC Years. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard,
2002.
Haggin, Bernard H.: The Toscanini Musicians Knew. New York: Horizon Press, 1967.
Haggin, Bernard H., Arturo Toscanini, and Thomas Hathaway: Arturo Toscanini:
Contemporary Recollections of the Maestro. Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press,
1989.
Horowitz, Joseph: Understanding Toscanini: How He Became an American Culture
God and Helped Create a New Audience for Classical Music. New Tork, A. A.
Knopf, 1987.
Hughes, Spike: The Toscanini Legacy: A Critical Study of Arturo Toscaninis
Performances of Beethoven, Verdi, and Other Composers. New York: Putnam,
1959.
Marek, George Richard: Toscanini. New York: Atheneum, 1975.
Marsh, Robert Charles: Toscanini and the Art of Orchestra Performance. Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press, 1973.
Sachs, Harvey: Toscanini. New York: J.B. Lippincott, 1978.
__________: Reflections on Toscanini. London: Robson, 1992.
Taubman, Hyman Howard: The Maestro: The Life of Arturo Toscanini. New York:
Simon and Schuster, 1951.
Toscanini, Arturo: The Letters of Arturo Toscanini, edited by Harvey Sachs. Chicago:
University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Walter, Bruno
Ryding, Erik S., and Rebecca Pechefsky: Bruno Walter: A World Elsewhere. New
Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2001.
Walter, Bruno: Of Music and Music Making. New York: W. W. Norton, 1957.

Score Reading

Dickreiter, Michael: Score Reading: A Key to the Music Experience. New York:
Amadeus Press, 2003.
Morris, R.O., and Howard Ferguson: Preparatory Exercises in Score Reading. Oxford:
Oxford University Press, 1968.


Other Catalogues

Eagon, Angelo, ed.: Catalog of Published Concert Music by American Composers,
second edition. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1969. Supplement, 1971;
second supplement, 1974.
Kallmann, Helmut, Gilles Potvin, and Kenneth Winters: Encyclopedia of Music in
Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1981.
Southern, Eileen: The Music of Black Americans: A History. New York: W.W. Norton,
1971.
__________: Biographical Dictionary of AfroAmerican and African Musicians. Westport,
CT: Greenwood Press, 1982.

Instruments and Orchestration

Baines, Anthony: Brass Instruments and Their History and Development. London:
Faber and Faber, 1976. Reprinted by Dover, 1993.
__________: Woodwind Instruments and Their History. London: Faber and Faber, 1957.
Reprinted by Dover, 1991.
Bekker, Paul: The Orchestra. New York: W. W. Norton, 1963.
Carse, Adam: The History of Orchestration. London: J. Curwen, 1925.
__________: Musical Wind Instruments. New York: Da Capo, 1965.
__________: The Orchestra. New York: Chanticleer Press, 1949.
__________: The Orchestra in the XVIIIth Century. Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons, 1940.
Reprinted: New York: Broude Brothers, 1969.
__________: The Orchestra from Beethoven to Berlioz. Cambridge: W. Heffer and Sons,
1948.
Del Mar, Norman: Anatomy of the Orchestra. Berkeley: University of California Press,
1983.
Marcuse, Sibyl: Musical Instruments: A Comprehensive Dictionary. New York: W. W.
Norton, 1975.

Read, Gardner: Thesaurus of Orchestral Devices. London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons,
1953.
Sachs, Curt: The History of Musical Instruments. New York: W. W. Norton, 1940.
Terry, Charles Sanford: Bachs Orchestra. London: Oxford University Press, 1932.

Individual Instruments

Flute
Bate, Philip: The Flute. London: Ernest Benn, 1969.
Galway, James: Flute (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides). New York: Schirmer.
Reprinted: London: Kahn and Averill, 2003.
Powell, Ardal: The Flute (Yale Musical Instrument Series). New Haven: Yale
University Press, 2003.
Putnik, Edwin V.: The Art of Flute Playing. SummyBirchard, 1970, distributed by
Warner Brothers; Miami, FL.
Toff, Nancy: The Flute Book: A Complete Guide for Students and Performers with a
Comprehensive Repertoire Catalog. New York: Scribners, 1985

Oboe
Bate Philip: The Oboe. London: Ernest Benn, 1969.
Burgess, Geoffrey and Bruce D. Haynes: The Oboe (Yale Musical Instrument Series).
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010.
Goossens, Leon, and Edwin Roxburgh: Oboe (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides). New
York: Schirmer, 1977. Reprinted: London: Kahn and Averill, 2001.
Sprenkle, Robert: The Art of Oboe Playing. SummyBirchard, 1961, distributed by
Warner Brothers; Miami, FL.

Clarinet
Brymer, Jack: Clarinet (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides). New York: Schirmer.
Reprinted: London: Kahn and Averill, 2001.
Lawson, Colin, editor: The Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet. New York:
Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Rendall, F. Geoffrey: The Clarinet. London: Ernest Benn, 1969.
Stein, Keith: The Art of Clarinet Playing. SummyBirchard, 1958, distributed by
Warner Brothers; Miami, FL.
Willaman, Robert: The Clarinet and Clarinet Playing. New York: Carl Fischer, 1954.

Bassoon
Langwill, Lyndesay G.: The Bassoon and Contrabassoon. London: Ernest Benn, 1969.
Spencer, William and Frederick A. Mueller: The Art of Bassoon Playing. Summy
Birchard, 1969, distributed by Warner Brothers; Miami, FL.
Waterhouse, William: Bassoon (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides). New York: Schirmer.
Reprinted: London: Kahn and Averill, 2001.

Saxophone
Harvey, Paul: Saxophone (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides). New York: Schirmer.
Reprinted: London: Kahn and Averill, 2001.
Teal, Larry: The Art of Saxophone Playing. SummyBirchard, 1963, distributed by
Warner Brothers; Miami, FL.

General Winds
Weisberg, Arthur: The Art of Wind Playing. Galesville, MD: Meredith Music
Publications, 2007.

Horn
Farkas, Philip: The Art of French Horn Playing. SummyBirchard, 1956, distributed
by Warner Brothers; Miami, FL.
MorleyPegge, R. The French Horn. London: Ernest Benn, 1969.
Tuckwell, Barry: Horn (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides). New York: Schirmer.
Reprinted: London: Kahn and Averill, 2003.

Trumpet
Bate, Philip: The Trumpet and Trombone. London: Ernest Benn, 1969.
SteelePerkins, Crispian: Trumpet (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides). New York:
Schirmer. Reprinted: London: Kahn and Averill, 2001.
Wallace, John and Alexander McGrattan: The Trumpet (Yale Musical Instrument
Series). New Haven: Yale University Press, forthcoming in 2012.

Trombone
Bate, Philip: The Trumpet and Trombone. London: Ernest Benn, 1969.
Herbert, Trevor: The Trombone (Yale Musical Instrument Series). New Haven: Yale
University Press, 2006.
Kleinhammer, Edward: The Art of Trombone Playing. SummyBirchard, 1956,
distributed by Warner Brothers; Miami, FL.

Tuba
Phillips, Harvey, and William Winkle: The Art of Tuba and Euphonium. Summy
Birchard, 1992, distributed by Warner Brothers; Miami, FL.

Percussion
Blades, James: Percussion Instruments and Their History. London: Faber and Faber,
1970.
Holland, James: Percussion (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides). New York: Schirmer.
Reprinted: London: Kahn and Averill, 2001.
Montagu, Jeremy: Timpani and Percussion (Yale Musical Instrument Series). New
Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.
Peinkofer, Karl, and Fritz Tannigel: Handbook of Percussion Instruments, translated
by Kurt and Else Stone. New York: Schott, 1976.


Violin and Viola
Menuhin, Yehudi, and William Primrose: Violin and Viola (Yehudi Menuhin Music
Guides). New York: Schirmer. Reprinted: London: Kahn and Averill, 2001.

Cello
Pryon, William, and Nona Pleeth: Cello (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides). New York:
Schirmer. Reprinted: London: Kahn and Averill, 2001.

Double Bass
Turetzky, Bertram: The Contemporary Contrabass, revised edition. Berkeley:
University of California Press, 1989.

Harp
Rensch, Roslyn: The Harp: Its History, Technique, and Repertoire, second edition.
New York: Praeger, 1971.


Compiled by Jonathan D. Green for the Conductors Guild, rev. 2011