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conducting
Art of leading a group of musical performers. Simple coordination does not always require a conductor (members of a Renaissance choir kept together by one tapping another on the shoulder, for example, and musicians in a recording studio listen to a "click track" on headphones). Before c.1800, the first violinist usually gave the few necessary signals with his bow; the keyboard player might also lead the orchestra, using his hands and head. The growing size of ensembles and growing complexity of the music in the 19th cent., incl. its varying tempos and heightened expressiveness, made it necessary for a person to coordinate and interpret the music for the group. The first conductors, incl. F. Mendelssohn, H. Berlioz, and R. Wagner, were composers themselves. By the end of the 19th cent., conducting had become a specialty and the great conductors had become musical stars.
conductor
Any of various substances that allow the flow of electric current or thermal energy. A conductor is a poor insulator because it has a low resistance to such flow. Electrical conductors are used to conduct electric current, as in the metal wires of an electric circuit. Electrical conductors are usually metallic. Thermal conductors allow thermal energy to flow because they do not absorb radiant heat; they include materials such as metal and glass.
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