Keeping Time: A Conversation with Darrell Ang

Authors

Allan Pastrana, Ateneo de Manila UniversityFollow

Abstract

Excerpt: As far as the history of western music is concerned, the rise of the orchestral conductor as a creative force in musical performance is a fairly new phenomenon. Before the nineteenth century, orchestras were guided from the harpsichord and not from that providential podium where many of music’s most illustrious “sacred monsters” took up the reins. On some occasions, the leader of the violin directed the group with his bow, or he used a piece of rolled up music sheet just to keep everyone, and one can imagine the rhythm, in time.

Recommended Citation

Pastrana, Allan (2014) "Keeping Time: A Conversation with Darrell Ang," Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia: Vol. 4: No. 2, Article 23.
Available at: https://archium.ateneo.edu/paha/vol4/iss2/23