and you should provide me with a good one to read! I've always thought it was weird a conductor was viewed as in 'charge' of people who are all using sheet music but I also know that a central coordinator that tells everyone to start and shit is probably important
how much influence does a conductor have? how do they interact with the other artists artistically and economically? i would love to peer into this a little bit
i'm very favorable to that perspective, but things like a conductor pointing at performers in performances, and the idolisation of certain ones, makes me think they're doing something in the moment that isn't necessarily covered by the sheets