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Volume 13 Number 1 \Winter/Spring 1992 Journal of the Conductots' Guild Table of Contents COMMENTARY PERFORMING ARTS AND THE NATION: A CHALLENGE FOR TODAY 2 by Joseph\7. Polisi THE IMPACT OF HAYDN'S CONDUCTED PERFORMANCES OF T-HECREANON ON THE \TORK AND THE HISTORY OF CONDUCTING 7 by Pau[ H. Kirby CONDUCTORS, ORCHESTRAS AND SOCIETY: A CONTEMPORARY VIE\T 22 by Kurt Masur STRAVINSKY, TEMPO AND LE SACRE 32 by Erica Heisler Buxbaum AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SELECTED \NND ENSEMBLE/BAND REPERTOIRE TEXTS 40 by Harlan D. Parker SCORES AND PARTS 45 Dimitri Shostakovich,Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 53 by Glenn Block ARTS MEDICINE CENTERS RESOURCE LIST 54 BOOKS IN REVIE\UT 57 Max Rudolf, TheGrammar of Conducting,3rd edition by Samuel Jones Richard Koshgarian, Arnerican OrcbestralMusic: A PerformanceCaulog by David Daniels Julie Yarbrough, Modem LanguagesforMusicians by Raymond Friday Victor Rangel-Ribeiro and Robert Markel, ChamberMusic: An Intemational Guid,eto V(orksand their Instumenution by John Jay Hilfiger Humphrey Carpenter, Benjamin Britten: A Biography by Judy Ann Voois LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CONDUCTORS' GUILD, INC. tournal of tbe Conductors' Guild Editor .............JacquesVoois 103 South High Street,Room 6 'West Chester, PA 19382 AssociateEditor David Daniels Tel & Fax: 215/430-6010 Band/\Ufind Ensemble Editor .......Harlan D. Parker Officers Editor-at-large .Jonathan Sternberg President .........LarryNewland Vice-Presidents"...... .........AdrianGnam Assistant Editors David Daniels BarbaraSchubert Stephen Heyde John Jay Hilfiger Secretary .........CharlesBontrager Louis Menchaca Jon Mitchell Treasurer .........Joe1Ethan Fried John Noble Moye John Strickler PastPresident........ .........MichaelCharry Contributing Authors Board of Directors Glenn Block Erica Heisler Buxbaum Henry Bloch Glenn Block David Daniels Raymond Friday Canarina Catherine Comet John John Jay Hilfiger Samuel Jones Margery Deutsch Robert Emile Paul H. Kirby Kurt Masur Falletta Robert Fitzpatrick JoAnn Harlan D. Parker Joseph\[. Polisi Iauren Green Joseph Henry 'Wes J.rdy Ann Voois Dondd R. Hunsberger Kenney Eric tU[. Ituight Koshak John Executive Secretary Jndy Ann Voois Marsha Mabrey Carolann Martin Staff Assistant Dorothy Langton Manuel Prestamo James Setapen Production The Axon-Chancellor Roben Spano Jonathan Sternberg Press,Inc. John \0elsh Richard'Woitach Burton Zipser The publication date of the present issueof rle JounNer oF THE CoNoucToRS' Guno is Fall, 1993; conseqilently Advisory Council thepublication date and tbe issuedate do not coincide. Charles Ansbacher Sergiu Comissiona Effectiae Volume 13, the JounNer oF THE Cottouc- Harold Farberman Lukas Foss ToRS' Guno uill bepublisbed semi-annually, tbe tuo issues Margaret Hillis SamuelJones being numbered I and 2; tbe seasonalreferences uill rerrain Daniel Lewis Maurice Peress unchanged,as utill thejoumal's length. Donald Portnoy Gunther Schuller Evan Vhallon The JCG's editors and suff, in eaaluating material ac- cEted for publication, will determine appropriate credit for Theodore Thomas Award V'inners suchcontribution. Maurice Abravanel Leon Barzin Library of CongressNo. 82-644733 Leonard Bernstein Max Rudolf Copyright @ 1993 by the Conductors' Guild, Inc. Robert Shaw Sir Georg Solti All rights resented./SSN# 0734-1032 Commentary Two of the articlesin the presentissue -- first valuatlleinformation about such details as com- -- and third derive from addressesand question- poser biographies as well as selection scoring, and-answersessions that took place at the 1993 length, difficulty level, availabilitv. etc" "Scores Annual Conference for Conductors, Columbia The & Parts" column is devoted to University,New York City. Each article deals Shostakovich'sSymphony No. 6. Glenn Block with a different spectrum of the large body of has not oniy identified confirmed errata in the issuesfacing the fine arts in today'ssociety. Al- source editions, he has also provided several though,in a sense,the speakerswere both New presumederrata aswell. Sincethis is one of the Yorkers at the time of the conference, they more frequently performed of Shostakovich's provide a fascinating diversity of observations, symphonies,we anticipate that this errata list opinions and suggestionspertinent to the prob- will be of great interestto many readers. lems at hand. In their respectivearticles, Dr. In Volume 12,Nos. 7 & 2, theICG published Joseph Polisi and Maestro Kurt Masur bring articlesdealing with topics of arts medicine and insightsbased on life experienceand a cosmo- forensic musicology. Since the distribution of politan universalityto the issuesraised and dis- that issuemany requestshave been receivedat cussed. It is hoped that additional articles on the CG office for information about the location this critical subject will appear in future issues of stateand regional arts medicine centers. We of the ICG. are indebtedto Angela Babin, Director of the In- Paul Kirby offers a richly researchedinvesti- formation Center at the Center for Safetyin the gation of Haydn the conducior and the legacyof Arts, Inc. and to the InternationalArts Medicine his podium efforts. It is difficult, if not impos- Association (IAMA) for the entries in the re- sible,to read and absorb the plenitude of facts, sourcelist publishedhere. "Books ideas and postulationsfound in Kirby's article in Review" leads off with Samuel without seriouslyreassessing one's own view of Jones'sassessment of Max Rudolfs The Gram- the importance of Haydn's conductedperform- mer of Conducting,3rdediticln. Composer f con- ancesto the early historyof conducting.Could it ductor Jones cornparesthe leading twentieth- "Papa be that the endearing appellation, century conducting manuals and Rudolfs Znd Haydn," appliesequally weli to Haydn the con- edition of the Grammar with the new 3rd edition. ductor as it doesto Haydn the composer? Reviewsby David Daniels and John Jay Hilfiger Erica Heisler Buxbaum's careful and thor- explore the merits of two new resourcebooks: ough reviewof sourcesand writingspertaining to one lists twentieth-centuryAmerican orchestral matters of tempo in Stravinsky'sLe sacre du music; the other covers international chamber pintemps is a most valuable referencefor con- musicrepertoire from its inception. ductors who plan to perform the work, or for This issue of the JCG represents several 'firsts.' those who feel the article provides an excellent It is the first CG publicationto be printed opportunity to review and rethink the subjectof on the organization'snew 600 d.p.i.laser printer, tempo in this masterpiece. Many segmentsof ancl the first to undergo tvpeface and format the article are amusing, revealing not only renovationsenabled by this acquisition. In a Stravinsky'sacerbic tongue but also his funda- largercontext, it is the first of six issuesplanned mental honesty in assessingsome of his own for the 1993-1995fiscal years. The purpose of recordedtempos. this project is to return the journal to a produc- For the wind ensemble/bandconductors in tion schedulethat coincideswith the calendar the readership,Harlan Parker'sannotated bibli- year. E,achmember of the editorial and produc- ographywill prove to be a highly useful resource tion staff realizesthe challengethe project rep- document. In addition to a broad spectrumof resents;with diiigenceand a coordinated'team band repertoire, the surveyedtexts also contain effort,'weplan to succeed. Editor Performirg Arts and the Nation: A Challengefor Today by Joseph\[/. Polisi Thefollowing addressand subsequentquestion- arts community to have a more pro-active advo- and-answersession took place on lanuary 11, 1993 cate of the arts in the White House has been at the CG's National Conferencefor Conductors satisfied,in part, with the election of Bill Clinton. held at Columbia Universitv in lt{ewYork Citv. These positive signs are partially diminished by other phenomena. ********** The complex issue of government support of the arts in the United Stateshas tended to be It's a great pleasure for me to addressthe couchedprimarily in financial terms in the closing membersof the Conductors'Guild this morning. yearsof this century. When the enabling legisla- I feel strongly that the members of this audience tion for the creation of the National Endowments may well be the most influential and effective for the Arts and Humanities was signedby Presi- representativesof the music profession in ad- dentJohnson in 1965,there wasa good dealmore dressingthe deeply-rootedand elusiveproblem lofty languageabout the arts and American cul- of the arts in American society. ture than one hears today. That languagewas During this time of the year we traditionally most probably directly related to the philosophy take stock of what currently exists,and hope for of membersof the Kennedy administrationwho positive changein the upcoming months. It is a skillfully and passionatelyshaped the legislation. naturaland important consequenceof the human Thoseindividuals, especially Arthur Schlesinger, experiencethat the future is viewed with opti- Jr., talked of the arts in moral terms, relating mism. And there is valid causefor a positive artistic activity to the basic fabric of American viewpoint due to the current stateof world affairs societyand presentingan integratedview of the with a few obvious exceptions. From a global arts and their important relationship to the point of view, the recent signingof an ambitious American educational system,especially at the nuclear-arms-reductiontreaty which will cut by primary and secondarylevels.