The Conductor’s Gestures
Bach / Stokowski - Toccata & Fugue in d minor, conductor Paul Mauffray
Music to My Eyes Competition of MATT (Society of Hungarian Graphic
Music to My Eyes Competition of MATT (Society of Hungarian Graphic
Designers and Typographers)
Hidden Characters, 2011
The Conductor
The conductor is a performer, a leader of bigger bands. Who leads the orchestra with passes. These gestures are as essential as the sign language for the deafs.The conductor’s movements have exact and important denotation. He is able to tell through his gestures the composition’s substance and the way the music should be played.
The conductor is a performer, a leader of bigger bands. Who leads the orchestra with passes. These gestures are as essential as the sign language for the deafs.The conductor’s movements have exact and important denotation. He is able to tell through his gestures the composition’s substance and the way the music should be played.
The conductor holds in his right hand the wand, this dictates the tempo and the rhythm’s character. The left hand draws the musical lines, the melodies and the intensity, indicates the moment of the entry, the enhancements, the fortifications, shows when to soften and when to attenuate.
