Tensions in the Performance of Music: A Symposium [Paperback]

The contributors to this text are Grindea (piano), Havas (strings), Tausky (conducting), Nieman (composing), Gruner (voice), Howard (speech), Ben-Or (Alexander Technique), Lehrer (psychology), de Peyer (clarinet) and Jacobsen (tension control). The reprinted text also carries an additional chapter on guitar playing by Joseph O'Connor.Foreword Preface Introduction 1. String Playing - Kato Havas 2. The Conductor - Vilem Tausky 3. The Composer - Alfred Neiman 4. Voice Production - Walther Gruner 5. Actors and Opera Singers - Leigh Howard 6. The Alexander Technique - Nelly Ben-Or 7. Piano Playing - Carola Grindea 8. Clarinet Playing - Gervase de Peyer 9. A Psychologist's Perspective - Paul Lehrer 10. Tension Control - Edmund Jacobson 11. Guitar Playing - Joseph O'Connor Notes on the Contributors