Admission requirements
Some knowledge of historically informed performance practice.
Description
The elective Capita Selecta Early Music covers a wide array of subjects from the field of period practice. The course will centre around but not be restricted to composer Johann Sebastian Bach. Dates en subjects are to be anounced at a later date. D
Schedule
First and second semester. Classes take place in the library (with instruments and picturecollection) of professor Koopman, in Bussum (Meerweg 23) from 10.30-12.30. The content of the lectures will be:
N.B.: The exact dates will be published here as soon as they have been determined.
Authenticity
Historic / modern musical instruments
C.Ph.E. Bach
Early Music in Spain and Portugal
Diminutions and Improvisation
J.S. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium and G.F. Händel: Messiah
Choir and Orchestra setup, instrumentation, role of the conductor
Harpsichord / fortepiano in the 18th century
J.J. Quantz
Children and music in the 17th and 18th centuries
J.S. Bach as keyboard composer
Italian music from the 17th and 18th centuries
J.S. Bach’s Passions and Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri
Carriers in music in the past and now
Mode of instruction
Tutorial
Assesment Method
Paper aimed at a musico-historical subject from the seventeenth of eighteenth century.
Literature
Chr. Wolff, J.S. Bach, the learned musician. New York: Norton. 2000.
Registration
NB: this course is NOT listed in Usis. Students are obliged to register for this course through the application form that can be downloaded via this link.
Contact
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