Bibliography
Books Essential to the Broader Musical Culture of the Conductor
| ON CONDUCTING (General) | ||
| Gehrkens: | Essentials in Conducting | O. Ditson |
| Schroeder: | Handbook of Conducting | Augener |
| Wagner: | On Conducting | Reeves |
| Weingartner: | On Conducting | Breitkopf & Härtel |
| Berlioz: | The Orchestral Conductor | Carl Fischer, Inc. |
| Boult, Adrian: | A Handbook on the Technique of Conducting | Reeves |
| Earhart: | The Eloquent Baton | Witmark |
| Schmid: | The Language of the Baton | Schirmer |
| Scherchen: | Handbook on Conducting | Oxford |
| ON SCORE READING | ||
| Gal, H.: | Directions for Score Reading | Philharmonia |
| Riemann, Hugo: | Introduction to Playing from Score | Augener |
| Morris-Ferguson: | Preparatory Exercises in Score Reading | Oxford |
| ON CHORAL CONDUCTING | ||
| Coward: | Choral Technique and Interpretation | Novello |
| Wodell: | Choir and Chorus Conducting | Presser |
| Brennan: | Words in Singing | Vincent Music Co. |
| Coleman: | Amateur Choir Training | Oxford |
| Coleman: | Conducting for Women’s Institutes | Oxford |
| ON INSTRUMENTATION | ||
| Forsyth: | Orchestration | Macmillan |
| Jacob: | Orchestral Technique | Oxford |
| Kling: | Modern Orchestration and Instrumentation | Carl Fischer, Inc. |
| HISTORY OF MUSIC | ||
| Pratt: | The History of Music | Schirmer |
| Dickinson: | The Study of the History of Music | Scribner |
| Colles: | The Growth of Music | Oxford |
| Stanford & Forsyth: | A History of Music | Macmillan |
| Parry: | The Evolution of the Art of Music | Appleton |
| Bauer & Peyser: | How Music Grew | Putnam |
| Hadow: | Oxford History of Music (7 Vols.) | Oxford |
| Parkhurst: | Beginnings of the World’s Music | Carl Fischer, Inc. |
| Scholes: | Miniature History of Music | Oxford |
| BIOGRAPHY | ||
| D’Indy: | Beethoven | Boston Music Co. |
| Bekker: | Beethoven | Dutton |
| Thayer-Krehbiel: | Beethoven | G. Schirmer |
| Parry: | Bach | Putnam |
| Spitta: | Bach | Novello |
| Henderson: | Wagner | Putnam |
| Jahn: | Mozart | Novello |
| Newmarch: | Tchaikovsky | Chester |
| Engel: | Alla Breve—Thumb Nail Sketches | |
| of the Great Composers | G. Schirmer | |
| Prunieres: | Monteverdi | Dutton |
| Terry: | Bach | Oxford |
| Wotton: | Berlioz | Oxford |
| Gray: | Sibelius | Oxford |
| Bonavia: | Verdi | Oxford |
| Closson: | The Fleming in Beethoven | Oxford |
| Brenet: | Haydn | Oxford |
| INTERPRETATION | ||
| Matthay: | Musical Interpretation | B. M. C. |
| APPRECIATION AND ANALYSIS | ||
| Erb: | Music Appreciation for the Student | G. Schirmer |
| Scholes: | The Listener’s Guide | Oxford |
| Mason: | From Song to Symphony | Ditson |
| Gehrkens: | The Fundamentals of Music | Ditson |
| Somervell: | The Musical Pilgrim Handbooks | Oxford |
| Anger: | Musical Form | Vincent |
| Calvocoressi: | Musical Criticism | Oxford |
| Scholes-Earhart: | Book of Great Musicians | |
| (in 3 Vols, or cplt. in 1 Vol.) | Oxford | |
| West: | Sign Posts to Music | Carl Fischer, Inc. |
| West: | Work Book to above | Carl Fischer, Inc. |
| HARMONY | ||
| Kitson: | The Evolution of Harmony | Oxford |
| Barnes: | Practice in Modern Harmony | Oxford |
| Parkhurst: | Complete System of Harmony | Carl Fischer, Inc. |
| Rimsky-Korsakoff: | Practical Manual of Harmony | Carl Fischer, Inc. |
| Scholes: | Beginner’s Guide to Harmony | Oxford |
| COUNTERPOINT | ||
| Kitson: | The Art of Counterpoint | Oxford |
| Kitson: | Applied Strict Counterpoint | Oxford |
| Morris: | Contrapuntal Technique in the 16th Century | Oxford |
| Prout: | Counterpoint, Strict and Free | Augener |
| Prout: | Double Counterpoint and Canon | Augener |
| GENERAL | ||
| Hamilton: | Sound and Its Relation to Music | Ditson |
| Buck: | The Scope of Music | Oxford |
| Maddy & Giddings: | Instrumental Technique | |
| (for School Bands and Orchestras) | Willis | |
| Johnstone: | Instruments of the Modern Symphony | |
| Orchestra and Band | Carl Fischer, Inc. | |
| Jacob: | Musical Handwriting | Oxford |
| Lloyd: | Music and Sound | Oxford |