How A Composer Conducts Himself

Name: How A Composer Conducts Himself
Uploaded: 2011-09-21T08:00:00Z
Duration: P212S
Description: Don't all composers want to impose their will, not only on innocent blank pages, but also on the musicians who play their music? Alec Baldwin discovers that Richard Strauss even had a set of written rules for conducting!

Clip: Season 36 Episode 3 | 3m 32s

Don't all composers want to impose their will, not only on innocent blank pages, but also on the musicians who play their music? Alec Baldwin discovers that Richard Strauss even had a set of written rules for conducting!

Aired: 09/21/11

Rating: NR

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How A Composer Conducts Himself

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