Chapter XVIII: Appendix: A

REFERENCE LIST

I. GENERAL:

Berlioz, _The Orchestral Conductor_. A short treatise full of practical suggestions. It is found in the back of the author's well-known volume on _Orchestration_.

Weingartner, _On Conducting_. A small volume of about seventy-five pages, but containing excellent material for both amateur and professional.

Schroeder, _Handbook of Conducting_. A practical little book from the standpoint of both orchestral and operatic directing.

Wagner, _On Conducting_. A short treatise that every professional conductor will wish to read, but not of much value to the amateur.

Mees, _Choirs and Choral Music_. A well-written account of the history of choral music from the time of the Hebrews and Greeks down to the present, containing also an excellent chapter on the Chorus Conductor.

Grove, _Dictionary of Music and Musicians_ (article, Conducting).

Henderson, _What Is Good Music?_ (chapters XIII and XVII).

Krehbiel, _How to Listen to Music_ (chapter VIII).

II. INTERPRETATION:

Coward, _Choral Technique and Interpretation_. One of the few really significant books on conducting. The author gives in a clear and practical way the principles on which his own successful work as a choral conductor was based.

Matthay, _Musical Interpretation_. A book for the musician in general, rather than for the conductor specifically; an excellent treatise and one that all musicians should read.

III. THE ORCHESTRA:

Lavignac, _Music and Musicians_ (chapter II).

Mason, _The Orchestral Instruments and What They Do_.

Corder, _The Orchestra and How to Write for It_.

Prout, _The Orchestra_ (two volumes).

Kling, _Modern Orchestration and Instrumentation_.

Henderson, _The Orchestra and Orchestral Music_; contains two chapters (XII and XIII) on the Orchestral Conductor that will be of great interest to the amateur.

Mason (Editor), _The Art of Music_ (Vol. VIII).

Stoeving, _The Art of Violin Bowing_.

Forsyth, _Orchestration_. A particularly good book both for professional and amateur, as it gives many illustrations and treats the various instruments from an historical as well as a practical standpoint.

Widor, _The Modern Orchestra_.

IV. THE CHURCH CHOIR:

Curwen, _Studies in Worship Music_ (two volumes).

Dickinson, _Music in the History of the Western Church_.

Helmore, _Primer of Plainsong_.

Pratt, _Musical Ministries in the Church_.

V. THE BOY CHOIR:

Bates, _Voice Culture for Children_.

Brown and Behnke, _The Child Voice_.

Howard, _The Child Voice in Singing_.

Johnson, _The Training of Boys' Voices_.

Richardson, _The Choir Trainer's Art_.

Stubbs, _Practical Hints on Boy Choir Training_.

VI. VOICE TRAINING:

Ffrangçon-Davies, _The Singing of the Future_.

Fillebrown, _Resonance in Singing and Speaking_.

Greene, _Interpretation in Song_.

Henderson, _The Art of the Singer_.

Russell, _English Diction for Singers and Speakers_.

Withrow, _Some Staccato Notes for Singers_.

VII. MISCELLANEOUS:

Hamilton, _Outlines of Music History_.

Hamilton, _Sound and Its Relation to Music_.