Keeping Time: A Conversation with Darrell Ang
Excerpt: As far as the history of western music is concerned, the rise of the orchestral conductor as a creative force in musical performance is a fairly new phenomenon. Before the nineteenth century, orchestras were guided from the harpsichord and not from that providential podium where many of mus...
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Archīum Ateneo
2014
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| Online Access: | https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol4/iss2/23 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/paha/article/1139/viewcontent/PAHA_204.2_2023_20Feature_20__20Pastrana.pdf |
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| Institution: | Ateneo De Manila University |
| Summary: | Excerpt: As far as the history of western music is concerned, the rise of the orchestral conductor as a creative force in musical performance is a fairly new phenomenon. Before the nineteenth century, orchestras were guided from the harpsichord and not from that providential podium where many of music’s most illustrious “sacred monsters” took up the reins. On some occasions, the leader of the violin directed the group with his bow, or he used a piece of rolled up music sheet just to keep everyone, and one can imagine the rhythm, in time. |
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