Excerpt from The Orchestra and Orchestral MusicDevelopment of the conductor, which is given in this volume. The author has endeavored to make his work complete by describing the duties of the con ductor and the requisites of good orchestral laying, and by recounting brie¿y the story of the growth of the orchestra and the development of its music. All other books on the orchestra which the author has seen are for the professional musician. In making.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.