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An exuberant, exclusively accessible look inside the enigmatic art and art of executing, from a famous conductor whose international profession has spanned half a century. John Mauceri brings a lifetime of experience to keep within an unprecedented, hugely informative, consistently compelling exploration of his profession, wealthy with anecdotes from decades of working alongside the greatest labels of the music world. With candor and laughter, Mauceri makes clear that executing is itself a structure: of legacy and tradition, techniques passed down from professional to apprentice - and more than a trace of ineffable magic. He unveils how conductors approach a piece of music (a determined combination of personal interpretation, thoughts, and insight into the composer's intent); what must be done to communicate entirely through gesture, with sometimes hundreds of performers simultaneously; and the sometimes glamorous, often challenging life of the itinerant maestro. Mauceri, who functioned strongly with Leonard Bernstein for 18 years, analyzed with Leopold Stokowski, and was on the faculty of Yale School for 15 years, is the perfect guide to the allure and movie theater, passion and drudgery, rivalries and relationships of the executing life.