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• Conducting
• Early works to 1800

• Breve dichiarazione della battuta musicale (Forni, 1969), by Agostino Pisa (page images at HathiTrust)

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• On Conducting, by Richard Wagner, trans. by Edward Dannreuther (Gutenberg text)
• Dictators of the Baton (Chicago and New York: Alliance Book Corp., c1943), by David Ewen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Man With the Baton: The Story of Conductors and Their Orchestras (New York: T. Y. Crowell Co., c1936), by David Ewen, contrib. by Serge Koussevitzky (page images at HathiTrust)
• On conducting: (Ueber das dirigiren) A treatise on style in the execution of classical music (W. Reeves, 1897), by Richard Wagner and Edward Dannreuther (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictators of the baton. (Ziff-Davis Pub. Co., 1948), by David Ewen (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise upon modern instrumentation and orchestration : containing an exact table of the compass, a detail of the mechcanism, and a study of the quality of tone, and expressive character of various instruments; accompanied by numerous examples in score, from the works of the greatest masters, and from some unpublished works of the author. New ed., rev., cor., augmented by several ... chapters on newly-invented instruments, and on the whole art of the orchestral conductor (Novello, Ewer and co. ;, 1858), by Hector Berlioz and Mary Cowden Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Elementary rules of conducting for orchestra, band and chorus (Boosey, Hawkes, Belwin, inc., 1938), by Vladimir Bakaleinikoff (page images at HathiTrust)
• The conductor raises his baton (Harper, 1944), by William Joseph Finn (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essentials in conducting (Oliver Ditson Company;, 1919), by Karl Wilson Gehrkens (page images at HathiTrust)
• Expressive conducting. (Neil A. Kjos music co., 1945), by Max T. Krone (page images at HathiTrust)
• The language of the baton, y Adolf Schmid. (G. Schirmir, inc., 1937), by Adolf Schmid (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'art de diriger l'orchestre. (Paris, 1890), by M. Kufferath (page images at HathiTrust)
• Meister des Taktstocks (Schuster & Loeffler, 1919), by Carl Krebs (page images at HathiTrust)
• Beiträge zur geschichte des taktschlagens (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1912), by Adolf Chybiński (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on modern instrumentation and orchestration ... to which is appended the Chef d'Orchestre ... (Novello and company, limited;, 1890), by Hector Berlioz and Mary Cowden Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• The orchestral conductor; theory of his art. (C. Fischer, 1926), by Hector Berlioz (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'art du chef d'orchestre (Firmin Didot et cie, 1878), by Édouard Marie Ernest Deldevez (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of conducting (Augener ltd.;, 1912), by Carl Schroeder and John Matthews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Choir and chorus conducting; a treatise on the organization, management, training, and conducting of choirs and choral societies (T. Presser, 1901), by Frederick William Wodell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ratschlage für Aufführungen klassischer Symphonien, Band I (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1916), by Felix Weingartner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ratschläge für Aufführungen klassischer Symphonien. Band II, Schubert und Schumann (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1918), by Felix Weingartner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hollis Dann song series, conductor's book; a guide to choral song interpretation (American book company, 1936), by Hollis Dann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on conductors and conducting. (W. Reeves, 1903), by T. R. Croger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch des Dirigierens (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1919), by Rudolf Simon Cahn-Speyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'art de diriger : Richard Wagner et la "Neuvième symphonie" de Beethoven. Hans Richter et la symphonie en "ut" mineur. L'idylle de Siegfried. Interpretation et tradition (Fischbacher, 1909), by M. Kufferath (page images at HathiTrust)
• The art of directing bands and orchestras simplified. (Virtuoso Music School, 1923), by O. A. Peterson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enciclopedia musical. Guia del opositor. Obra de suma utilidad para los aspirantes a musico mayor de bandas militares o civiles ... (I. Alier, 1917), by José Andréu Figuerola (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Dirigent im 20. Jahrhundert. Mit zahlreichen Bildnissen. (Propyläen-Verlag, 1925), by Adolf Weissmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• The orchestral conductor; theory of his art. (C. Fischer, 1902), by Hector Berlioz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentationslehre (C. F. Peters, 1904), by Hector Berlioz and Richard Strauss (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of conducting (Augener, 1889), by Carl Schroeder and John Matthews (page images at HathiTrust)
• The technic of the baton (C. Fischer, 1920), by Albert Stoessel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Orchester-Dirigent (G. Heinze, 1864), by Hector Berlioz and Alfred Dörffel (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise upon modern instrumentation and orchestration; containing an exact table of the compass, a detail of the mechanism, and a study of the quality of tone, and expressive character of various instruments; accompanied by numerous examples in score, from the works of the greatest masters, and from some unpublished works of the author. New edition, revised, corrected augmented by several ... chapters on newly-invented instruments, and on the whole art of the orchestral conductor. (J.A. Novello, 1856), by Hector Berlioz and Mary Cowden Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'éducation musicale populaire. L'art du chef d'Orphéon (Fischbacher, 1906), by Amédée Reuchsel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Über das Dirigiren. (S. Fischer, 1896), by Felix Weingartner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Über das Dirigieren (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1905), by Felix Weingartner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentationslehre; ein vollsständiges Lehrbuch zur Erlangung der Kenntniss aller Instrumente und deren Anwendung, nebst einer Anleitung zur Behandlung und Direction des Orchesters. (C.F. Peters, 1903), by Hector Berlioz and Alfred Dörffel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Military singing; a short drill in fundamental principles for the training of song leaders in the army, navy and marines. (Music Committee of the National War Work Council, 1918), by Marshall Bartholomew (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der moderne Dirigent (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1904), by Arthur Laser (page images at HathiTrust)
• Logier's comprehensive course in music, harmony, and practical composition (C. Fischer, 1920), by Johann Bernhard Logier, Hector Berlioz, and Carl Stein (page images at HathiTrust)
• Choir and chorus conducting; a treatise on the organization, management, training, and conducting of choirs and choral societies (T. Presser, 1919), by Frederick William Wodell (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'art de diriger l'orchestre. Richard Wagner et Hans Richter, la neuvième symphonie. (Fischbacher, 1891), by M. Kufferath (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise upon modern instrumentation and orchestration; containing an exact table of the compass, a detail of the mechanism, and a study of the quality of tone, and expressive character of various instruments; accompanied by numerous examples in score, from the works of the greatest masters, and from some unpublished works of the author. (Ditson, 1860), by Hector Berlioz and Mary Cowden Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictators of the baton (Ziff-Davis, 1943), by David Ewen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grosse Instrumentationslehre : mit Anhang, Der Dirigent, zur Theorie seiner Kunst (Breitkopf und Härtel, 1904), by Hector Berlioz and Felix Weingartner (page images at HathiTrust)
• On conducting: (Ueber das dirigiren) A treatise on style in the execution of classical music (W. Reeves, 1919), by Richard Wagner and Edward Dannreuther (page images at HathiTrust)
• Populäre instrumentationslehre, oder die kunst des instrumentierens mit genauer beschreibung der eigentümlichkeiten aller instrumente, nebst einer anleitung zum dirigieren (L. Oertel, 1888), by Henri Kling (page images at HathiTrust)
• Über das dirigieren (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1913), by Felix Weingartner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quelques considérations sur l'art du chef d'orchestre (Breitkopf et Härtel, 1887), by Édouard E. Blitz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Über das Dirigieren : die Aufgaben des Dirigenten beleuchtet vom Standpunkte der verschiedenen Disziplinen der Kompositionslehre (F.E.C. Leuckart, 1907), by Josef Pembaur (page images at HathiTrust)
• Katechismus des Dirigierens und Taktierens (Der Kapellmeister und sein Wirkungskreis) (Max Hesse's Verlag, 1889), by Carl Schroeder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of conducting. (Augener;, 1889), by Carl Schroeder, John Matthews, and John Matthews (page images at HathiTrust)
• Moderne Dirigenten (Schuster & Loeffler, 1902), by Arthur Seidl (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der praktische musikdirektor oder megweiser für musik-dirigenten (C. Merseburger, 1873), by Franz Ludwig Schubert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zur Geschichte des Dirigierens. (1908), by Georg Schünemann (page images at HathiTrust)
• On conducting (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1906), by Felix Weingartner and Ernest Newman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der angehende Dirigent. (Merseburger, 1881), by Hermann Zopff (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentationslehre : ein vollständige Lehrbuch zur Erlangung der Kenntniss aller Instrumente und deren Anwendung, nebst einer Anleitung zur Behandlung und Direction des Orchesters (Peters, 1881), by Hector Berlioz and Alfred Dörffel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ueber das Dirigiren. (W. Reeves, 1887), by Richard Wagner and Edward Dannreuther (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbuch des Dirigierens und Taktierens (der Kapellmeister und sein Wirkungskreis) (Hesse, 1921), by Carl Schroeder (page images at HathiTrust)
• Logier's comprehensive course in music, harmony, and practical composition. (J. White, 1888), by J. B. Logier, Hector Berlioz, and Carl Stein (page images at HathiTrust)
• Elementary conducting (J. Spratt Music Co., 1954), by Frederic Fay Swift (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Ditson school and community band series; leader's book. (O. Ditson, 1928), by Osbourne Mc Conathy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Musicians' book of knowledge for music supervisors, directors of bands-orchestras and choruses (Southern California music co., 1928), by Clifford Asa Caton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The orchestra director's manual ; practical suggestions and useful information for orchestra directors. (C. Fischer, inc., 1927), by J. Worth Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• A treatise on modern instrumentation and orchestration (dedicated to Frederick William IV, king of Prussia) to which is appended The chef d'orchestre (Novello and company, ltd., 1904), by Hector Berlioz (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fundamentals of conducting. (Belwin, 1961), by Frederic Fay Swift (page images at HathiTrust)
• Über das Dirigieren. (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1914), by Richard Wagner (page images at HathiTrust)
• Instrumentationslehre : ein vollständige Lehrbuch zur Erlangung der Kenntniss aller Instrumente und deren Anwendung, nebst einer Anleitung zur Behandlung und Direction des Orchesters : mit 65 Notentaflen und 192 in den Text gedruckten Notenbeispielen (Peters, 1898), by Hector Berlioz and Alfred Dörffel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rehearsal techniques (G. Leblanc, 1962), by James Neilson and G. Leblanc Corporation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notes on conductors and conducting (Reeves, in the 1900s), by T. R. Croger (page images at HathiTrust)
• The technic of the baton : a handbook for students of conducting, by Albert Stoessel, contrib. by Walter Damrosch (Gutenberg ebook)
• Le chef d'orchestre: théorie de son art (in French), by Hector Berlioz (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Orchestral Conductor: Theory of His Art, by Hector Berlioz (Gutenberg ebook)
• Essentials in Conducting, by Karl Wilson Gehrkens (Gutenberg ebook)

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