The Cambridge companion to conducting / edited by José Antonio Bowen.

PART I. PRACTICE
The technique of conducting / Raymond Holden
Conductors in rehearsal / Charles F. Barber
Studio conducting / Michael Haas
The conductor and the soloist / Joseph Silverstein
Choral conducting / Vance George
Opera conducting / Sir Charles Mackerras
The orchestra speaks / Robert L. Ripley
PART II. HISTORY
The rise of conducting / José Antonio Bowen
The central European tradition / Jose Antonio Bowen, Raymond Holden
The French tradition / David Cairns
The Italian tradition / Michael Rose
The American tradition / José Antonio Bowen, David Mermelstein
The English tradition / Stephen Johnson
The Russian tradition / David Nice
PART III. ISSUES
The conductor as artistic director / Bramwell Tovey
Women on the podium / J. Michele Edwards
Conducting early music / Bernard D. Sherman
Training conductors / Harold Farberman
The composer-conductor and modern music / Martyn Brabbins
Managers and the business of conducting / Stephen Wright
The future of conducting / Leon Botstein.