The German conductor Hermann Scherchen, (1891-1966), was known in his lifetime as an extremely knowledgeable and uncompromising advocate of the most demanding o... » 

The German conductor Hermann Scherchen, (1891-1966), was known in his lifetime as an extremely knowledgeable and uncompromising advocate of the most demanding orchestral repetoire. This work offers his analysis of the technique of conducting and provides a glimpse of orchestral life in his time. «