Historically Informed Performance (HIP)
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The Viennese fondness for the chalumeau is confirmed by the prominent role it played in the repertory throughout the 18th century. These composers were amongst the most innovative in writing for the instrument in all its four sizes. In... more
Ponencia en el Simposio "La gestión del patrimonio musical" (Madrid, INAEM, 2014), que propone una reflexión sobre algunos de los aspectos que condicionan nuestra visión del patrimonio musical histórico y la problemática que surge a la... more
This paper sheds new light on the nineteenth-century saxophone in Belgium.1 It will focus on the institutional context of the saxophone in Brussels, from the emergence of the saxophone in 1841 to the end of the saxophone class in the... more
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Vicentino21 – A digital edition with commentary, translation and practical exploration of Nicola Vicentino’s «L’antica musica ridotta alla moderna prattica» (Rome 1555)
Vicentino21 – A digital edition with commentary, translation and practical exploration of Nicola Vicentino’s «L’antica musica ridotta alla moderna prattica» (Rome 1555)
Studies of pre-existing music in narrative cinema often focus on a single film, composer or director. The approach here adopts a wider perspective, placing a specific musical repertoire – baroque music – in the context of its reception to... more
The present book is devoted to a cultural phenomenon in the form of a collection of musical manuscripts written with a specific instrument in mind in a monastic milieu, but one which contains no liturgical compositions. The collection in... more
<< The French Baroque Organ Art: Musique, Organ building, Performance >> / << L’Art d’orgue Baroque français : Musique, Facture, Interprétation >> [ Аннотация: ] Настоящая монография представляет собой первое в российском... more
Entertaining Possession: Re-enacting Cook's Arrival for the Queen This paper is concerned with a re-enactment of the landing of Captain Cook in Australia in 1970, the bicentennial of the event. Amid many nationally organised events to... more
In 1843, a group of Munich court musicians formed the "New Quartet for Old Instruments" to perform at musical evening events. In addition to the philomele, viola d'amore and mandolin, a mandora was played. It is considered the last type... more
This article celebrates the 400th anniversary of Isabella Leonarda – 17th-century nun, singer & composer – in connection with the Earthly Angels performance and recording project. You can hear some of her music here:... more
(English version below) Diese Arbeit befasst sich mit der Rolle des Violoncellos als Continuo-Instrument im 18. und 19. Jahrhundert. Im Zentrum steht dabei die ausführlich dokumentierte und im 19. Jahrhundert weit verbreitete Praxis der... more
A pequena publicação é uma parte da minha tese de mestrado, realizado na Unicamp (Campinas-SP). Nessa publicação consta somente a tradução para língua portuguesa com comentários da obra "La Defense da la Basse de Viole contre les... more
In the 18th century, the violoncello usurped the viol as the preferred solo bass instrument throughout Europe, but the lack of skilled cellists in the British Isles along with a preference for the Italian style resulted in high demand for... more
No, these first steps will not make you a master of Baroque Gesture. But they will create the conditions in which you can study and practise further. So, whilst you are putting in the time to internalise the collected wisdom of... more
The primary purpose of this project is to record five pieces from living composers, and discover the differences and use of Baroque flute through the collaboration with these five composers. This project also comes with a short thesis... more
Wanda Landowska (1877-1959) była nie tylko wybitną, koncertującą klawesynistką i pedagogiem, ale także prekursorką w dziedzinie wykonawstwa historycznego i popularyzacji muzyki dawnej. Artykuł przedstawia podstawowe fakty biograficzne... more
En 2018 se celebró el bicentenario del nacimiento del gran coreógrafo Marius Petipa (1818-1910), creador de ballets tan emblemáticos como Don Quijote (1869), La Bayadère (1877), La bella durmiente (1890) o El lago de los cisnes (1895), y... more
Austrian composer Gottfried von Einem (1918 - 1996) was asked by a biographer what sort of music the Nazis wanted German composers to create. “The opposite of Schoenberg,” he answered. “Music in C major.” The question before us: when... more
The music-related gestures of la danse grotesque in Rameau’s Les Sauvages Nowadays many of us agree that a historically informed performance, HIP, is not an objecti ed, historical truth about the music of previous centuries. Even so,... more
The success of the early music movement raises questions about performing historical works: Should musicians perform on period instruments and try to reconstruct the original style? If a historically "authentic" performance is impossible... more
http://www.theses.fr/2015REN20024 French singing in the time of Gilbert Duprez : history, aesthetics and skills Aus französische Gesangskunst in der Zeit Gilbert Duprez : .Geschichte, Ästhetik und Methode Looking at opera,... more
Beatles tribute bands offer a make-believe substitute for the "emotional vacuum" left by the band's breakup in 1970. Among the best-known acts are the Bootleg Beatles, who since 1980 have toured the world with elaborate shows consisting... more
The keyboard toccatas of J. S. Bach, BWV 910-916, present a formidable challenge of interpretation to the modern-day performer. These works contain some of the most unusual compositional techniques to be found in Bach’s output due to... more
Anhand von Schumanns Lied "Ich grolle nicht" wird hier der Frage nachgegangen, inwiefern Musikforschung und musikalische Praxis in einem Wechselverhältnis stehen. Insbesondere geht es anhand von Interpretationsanalysen um die Frage,... more
Organ tuning and temperament are essential elements of the soundscape of an organ. It is commonly assumed today that organ temperament practice shifted away from the well-documented standard of meantone temperament toward circulating... more
El 20 de noviembre de 2012 dentro del marco del Festival de Otoño de París, en la Cité de la musique, el Ensemble intercontemporain, presentó Ionisation de Edgar Varèse, dirigida por Sussana Mälkki. Siendo esta una de las más prestigiosas... more
Pryer, Anthony J.. November 2012. Claudio Monteverdi: Sacrae Cantiunculae; Madrigali Spirituali; Canzonette a 3 Voci. Cremona (Italy): Fondazione Claudio Monteverdi. ISBN 9788886288361. This edition brings together the three earliest... more
Despite most pianists' claims of historical deference and creative agency, their performances of Brahms's piano works are nothing like the early-recorded performances of the composer and his students: gaps that are mediated by... more
The vocal techniques of the past, inferred to have a higher larynx, are often dismissed as inferior in quality and volume. According to some scholarship on historical vocal techniques, there is an historical, wrong way to sing and a... more
Over the past hundred years, the operas of Claudio Monteverdi have become iconic symbols of the early music movement and have entered the canon of so-called great operas. The conventional explanation for their iconicity is that they are... more
The anonymous treatise Regole per accompagnare sopra la parte (still preserved at the Corsiniana Library in Rome, in the Girolamo Chiti collection, and in Bologna with a di erent title) is a source of crucial importance for reconstructing... more
DPhil dissertation, University of Oxford. The career of Giovanni Puzzi; horn performance practice, instruments and repertoire; London concert life (Philharmonic Society, the King's/Her Majesty's Theatre, Concert of Antient Music, benefit... more
The fame of Viadana's four choruses Psalms op. XXVII (1612) is due to the particular nature of the work and his detailed foreword which, like that of the most famous ecclesiastical hundred concerts op. XII (1602), It is of considerable... more
This paper investigates the influence of alla turca style in music by W.A. Mozart and F. J. Haydn in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It begins by tracing the origin of the style back to the Ottoman janissaries and their formation in... more
Der Beitrag versucht am Beispiel des Fagotts eine Bestandsaufnahme, inwieweit es heute überhaupt möglich ist, sich an die historische Klanglichkeit anzunähern. Hierbei werden neben der Vielfalt historischer Fagotte auch Aspekte des... more
(Une traduction française suit) This dissertation is the first in-depth exploration of the connections between the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (“King’s”) and the early music revival since the mid-twentieth century. It is also one... more