Basic Conducting Techniques is a practical and innovative textbook that provides sound; time tested procedures and material for the beginning conducting class. Students and professors have responded enthusiastically to the hands-on; conductor competency approach of this student-oriented textbook with its clearly stated objectives and performance tests. NOTE: This is the standalone book. If you want the accompanying Media DVD; order the ISBN 9780136011941.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Great StoryBy RutheThis is a new story to me; however it is full of the life that was led by the factory worker of that century. Reader easy to listen to and made characters stand out. I am not a critic; just a Gaskell fan.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Careful book is not normal paperback sizeBy Erica DicksonThe book wasnt a bad deal; but I was expecting a normal size paper back and got a novel almost the size of a cool book. Also the font is a little funny. The font is normal size. Just looks like someone threw the book together.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. every time you turn around someone is dropping dead from some gruesome poverty related death like starvation; a horrible infectiBy A. MurphyOh the drama! The delicious; overwrought; pervasive drama! Oh and itrsquo;s been ten pages; time for someone else to die. Seriously; every time you turn around someone is dropping dead from some gruesome poverty related death like starvation; a horrible infection; a cold; an industrial accident; and so on. When someone actually dies in old age itrsquo;s a gift! Despite my snarking; I really loved this book. I have not read anything by Elizabeth Gaskell before; but I loved the Victorian style of writing and her focus on the plight of the working-class people of Manchester. She wrote at the same time and on similar subjects to Dickens; but I find him tedious; so I am especially pleased to have found her work.I listened to the audiobook version; narrated by Juliet Stevenson. The story is already a good one; but Stevensonrsquo;s reading elevates it to a gripping tale; transporting listeners to the damp; dirty and dangerous streets of Manchester. She also brings the characters into our hearts so that you love and care for them and hope for their happiness in an earnest way. I loved the range of characters in this book from Mary Barton herself to Jem Wilson and Job Legh ndash; all were endearing in their own way.The characters keep the story moving for the reader; but I was fascinated by Gaskellrsquo;s handling of the issues of the day and the details of daily life that her book includes. Knowing what the people ate and how they kept warm; their living conditions; their clothing and entertainment; the fact that they shared a water pump and even how they died; brings you far closer to a historical time than any birds-eye view of town or time ever can. Gaskell was particularly focused on the conditions of the working class and I found several points interesting. The interaction between the Unions and the Masters was fascinating; as was the fact that some of the Masters had risen from the ranks of the working class and how quickly they forgot that. I found it very interesting that all of the negative aspects that are associated with unions were present when Gaskell wrote also. The utter refusal of parliament to acknowledge the plight of the working class was upsetting because of the parallels between the present and the past.In so many ways this book was dark and depressing; but even though everything seems stacked against the characters they were so resilient and they keep going in the face of awful odds. They had tremendous faith and the support they gave to each other in ways big and small was so gratifying to read. When people talk about community today they are really yearning for this lost time when non-related people knew each intimately and cared for each other and the larger community deeply. This was a really enlightening and inspiring read for me.
