HDH008z Interpretation of Early Music II

Faculty of Music
Winter 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. Barbara Maria Willi, Ph.D., MBA (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Barbara Maria Willi, Ph.D., MBA
Organ and Early Music Department – Dean’s Office – Faculty of Music – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Organ and Early Music Department – Dean’s Office – Faculty of Music – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Prerequisites
Successful completion of the 1st year of the follow-up master's study in Historical Performance
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Course objective: The subject supports the creativity and personality of the student and prepares them for independent work in highly competitive environments. Studying the subject prepares the student for the variability and flexibility of the labour market. The student has the opportunity to connect the theory of the historically informed performance practise beyond their skills on a classical or historical instrument. The future graduate of the subject should acquire the knowledge, ability and skills so as to incorporate them into their concert activities. The aim of this course is to prepare the student for authentic interpretation in solo and ensemble playing, as well as in specialized orchestras. For students to correctly interpret the early music, it is necessary that they be familiarized with the relevant issues: tempo, instrumental setting, articulation, phrasing, tuning, ornamentation, etc. All these questions need to be supported by the corresponding literature. Outline: The subject of interpretation of early music is related to the study of period sources (treatises, methods, prefaces to compositions, tables of ornaments, encyclopaedical works, musical dictionaries, etc.); the study of contemporary sources (RISM, catalogues of sources, eg: Méthodes et Traités, thematic catalogues, catalogues of dictionaries, eg: Grove, MGG, bibliography of dictionaries and books of criticism, musical & science journals, etc); the study of iconography (paintings, graphics, drawings, statues, etc.); the study of historical documentation (archive documents - factual sources, periodicals, literature, memoirs, polemic writings, aesthetic works, etc.); the study of musical documentation (manuscripts, prints, periodicals, posthumous editions, musical journals, etc.); the study of instrumental documentation (the composition of ensembles or orchestras, literature). Another aspect is also the orientation in key groups in the interpretation of music of older stylistic periods, such as declamation and rhetoric, phrasing including, the hierarchy of beats, gestures, tempo, rhythm and rhythmic elements, the creation of ornaments and melodic decorations (appoggiaturas, trills, free ornaments, vibrato, messa di voce, glissando, etc.), basso continuo, etc.
Learning outcomes
The student of the study course is able to master principles of historical sources and is oriented in secondary literature, internationl sources included. The student applies knowledge from sources into his practice and is able to deal with different form of historical evidence. The student has thoroug knowledge about historic esthetics, evolution of different musical stylews, history and repertoire of historic instruments and voicew techniques, is oriented in historic performance practice sources form international provenience.
Syllabus
  • The subject of interpretation of early music is related to the study of period sources (treatises, methods, prefaces to compositions, tables of ornaments, encyclopaedical works, musical dictionaries, etc.); the study of contemporary sources (RISM, catalogues of sources, eg: Méthodes et Traités, thematic catalogues, catalogues of dictionaries, eg: Grove, MGG, bibliography of dictionaries and books of criticism, musical & science journals, etc); the study of iconography (paintings, graphics, drawings, statues, etc.); the study of historical documentation (archive documents - factual sources, periodicals, literature, memoirs, polemic writings, aesthetic works, etc.); the study of musical documentation (manuscripts, prints, periodicals, posthumous editions, musical journals, etc.); the study of instrumental documentation (the composition of ensembles or orchestras, literature). Another aspect is also the orientation in key groups in the interpretation of music of older stylistic periods, such as declamation and rhetoric, phrasing including, the hierarchy of beats, gestures, tempo, rhythm and rhythmic elements, the creation of ornaments and melodic decorations (appoggiaturas, trills, free ornaments, vibrato, messa di voce, glissando, etc.), basso continuo, etc.
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel: Úvaha o správném způsobu hry na klavír. Díl první a druhý. Paido, Brno 2002. ISBN 80-7315-025-5 (přeložil Vratislav Bělský). info
  • Bruce Haynes: A history of performing pitch;. info
  • Bukofzer, M. F.: Hudba období baroka. Od Monteverdiho po Bacha, Bratislava Vysloužil J.: Hudobníci 20. storočia, ŠHV, Bratislava 1964 1986. info
  • Burney, C. : Hudební cestopis 18. věku. Praha, Státní hudební vydavatelství 1966. info
  • Couperin, François: L´Art de toucher le clavecin. Breitkopf und Härtel 1933. info
  • D.G. Türk: Clavierschule (Leipzig and Halle, 1789, enlarged 2/1802/R; Eng. trans., 1982). info
  • Dolmetsch, A. : Interpretace hudby 17. a 18. stol. SNKLHU, Praha 1958. info
  • Donington, R.: The Interpretation of Early Music. London 1989. info
  • J.J. Quantz: Versuch einer Anweisung die Flöte traversiere zu spielen (Berlin, 1752, česky Pokus o návod jak hrát na příčnou flétnu. Praha 1990). info
  • Mozart, Leopold: Důkladná škola na housle. info
  • Neumann, Frederick: Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music. With special emphasis on J. S. Bach. University Press, Princeton 1980. info
  • ROSEN, Charles. Klasicizmus : Haydn - Mozart - Beethoven. Bratislava : Hudobné centrum, 2005. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, collective lesson.
Assessment methods
The teadcher assecces the students accordsing to their knowledge, active participation, self-studies level. The teacher monitors the theoretical knowldedge of students and their orientation in the given themne. Testate at the end of the winter semester.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2023.
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