New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1989. 322pp. Index. Original wraps. A Morningside Book. Pages are clean (no writing, underlining, or highlighting). Binding is tight with no cracks or breaks. Covers have some light scuffing, light bumping to edges, corners rubbed. This is not a remainder or ex-library. No previous owner markings. "Of all practicing musicians, the conductor's job is the most mysterious. Pianists, singers have their own instruments. But just what does a conductor do besides beat time? He interprets a cmposer's work, as do other musicians, but his instrument is a group of highly individualistic instrumentalists whom he must mold into a cohesive entity and make express his ideas." Nice copy. . Reprint, Collectible. Quality trade Paperback. Good +/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Dolbin, B.F. . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bookseller: after-words bookstore (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 012712
Title: The Conductor's Art
Author: Bamberger, Carl (editor)
Illustrator: Dolbin, B.F.
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Book Condition: Used - Good +
Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued
Edition: Reprint, Collectible
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0231071299
ISBN 13: 9780231071291
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Place of Publication: New York, NY
Date Published: 1989
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
Keywords: Classical Music Conducting
Bookseller catalogs: Music; Music - Classical;

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