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.
Schedule 2017-2018:
Capita selecta early music
2017-2018
Classes take place in the library (with instruments and picturecollection) of professor Koopman, in Bussum (Meerweg 23) from 10.30-12.30 hrs.
The content and dates of the lectures will be:
12/10/2017 General introduction Early Music and Performing Practice
20/11/2017 Recitatives
23/11/2017 Harpsichord- and organconcertos
11/12/2017 J.S. Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium
14/12/2017 Telemann, Donnerode and other works
18/12/2017 Händel operas
15/1/2018 Improvisation and diminution
18/1/2018 Buxtehude’s keyboard works: is Urtext possible?
22/1/2018 Historical harpsichords and restauration
25/1/2018 Viola da gamba in France, Germany and other countries
8/2/2018 J.S. Bach, Organ works and their interpretation
19/2/2018 W.A. Mozart, Miss in c minor reconstructions
1/5/2018 Historical organs and ethics of restauration
7/5/2018 Performance practice and creativity
All classes will be partly about music history or biography, and partly about performance practice.
Mode of instruction
Tutorial
Assesment Method
Paper aimed at a musico-historical subject from the seventeenth of eighteenth century.
Attending the lectures and writing a paper is required to complete the course.
Literature
Chr. Wolff, J.S. Bach, the learned musician. New York: Norton. 2000.
Registration
Register for this course via [uSis](http://usis.leidenuniv.nl/ "uSis").
Contact
For other courses in the domains of music and fine arts, please visit:
[Elective courses music and fine arts](https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/humanities/academy-of-creative-and-performing-arts/tuition "Elective courses music and fine arts")