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The Silent Musician: Why Conducting Matters

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I could easily go on and on about what Mr Wigglesworth has to say about such things as surtitles at the opera, observing other conductors in rehearsal, the various challenges of conducting opera versus concerts, coping with singers versus instrumentalists and the zillion other things about what a conductor faces, decides, likes, dislikes, accomplishes, succeeds, fails and on and on. You might also see the term tacet al fine which literally means ‘ to be silent until the end.’ Tacet al fine The choices and situations related in this wonderful book are so very accurate. It is fabulous to know that now there is a way for people to find out the deep truth of this business of conducting.

The Misinterpretation of Silence and its Disastrous Consequences" by Type O Negative on Slow, Deep and Hard (1991) We are nevertheless very pleased to have reached agreement with Mr Batt and accept his donation in good spirit." In no part of the story is Music Master Chuang’s qin sounded or performed. Like Tao Yuanming, the master has achieved an understanding of the instrument that transcends the need for sound, best described by these lines:In this piece by the band Garbage, the whole band cuts out around the 0:03 second mark and the 0:14 second mark, creating a small beat of silence each time. Beneath the surface lies a fascinating and unusual profession. The conductor's job spec includes refining colour, manipulating sound and balance, interpretation and philosophy. They think deeply about music, culture, history and performance practice and they need to inspire 70 or so - sometimes rebellious - musicians. But how does that all come together to create a distinctive performance?

The word tacet is usually used for long stretches of rest, often multiple bars (measures) or longer. A caesura is made of two forward slash marks ( //), and is placed in between measures or notes to indicate a small pause in which the beat of a piece is not counted. When conductor Ben Gernon tells people what he does, he's almost always met with the same response "oh how fascinating... now tell me, what do you actually do?"

If a specific instrument or section sits out for an entire movement of a symphony, for example, their music will typically just say “Tacet”, with a long line through the music, like this: Tacet He added: "I am pleased to say that Cage's publishers have finally been persuaded their case was, to say the least, optimistic.

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