Thoughts on conducting
"Sir Adrian Boult is one of Europe's senior conductors and has not only conducted most of the world's great orchestras, but has also been a teacher and judge of the art of conducting. For twenty years he was the BBC director of music and chief conductor. He now conducts the London Philharmonic and other orchestras. In this short book he discusses the work of conductors--notably Arthur Nikisch--and the problems and opportunities of conducting; and he writes discursively and anecdotally, as well as biographically, on a topic which has engrossed and held him for over fifty years. He actually joined the staff of Covent Garden in 1914 and conducted the first performance of Holst's symphonic suite 'The Planets' in 1918. Adrian Boult's Conducting will be read--and is intended to be read-- by the concert-going (or concert-listening) public and his wise remarks on the place of conducting in music, his comments on such matters as rehearsals, the behaviour of conductors, the accompaniment of concertos, and on problems of interpretation, must create in his reader a deep appreciation of the work of orchestras and an admiration for the integrity and solid musicianship of its author."--Dust jacket
Print Book, English, [1963]
Phoenix House, London, [1963]