Successes of the HfMT Music Theory in Bremen

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The department made several appearances at this year's annual congress of the German-speaking Society for Music Theory (GMTH)

The panel "Palestrina Arrangements in Theory and Practice of the 16th and 17th Centuries", organized and conceived by Roberta Vidic, brought together speakers from Hamburg and Basel. The music of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) is one of the most researched areas of music theory: however, much less attention is paid to the question of what was actually done with and from his works during his lifetime and in subsequent generations. Roberta Vidic and Jan Philipp Sprick have closely coordinated the content and methodology of their lectures "Palestrina practice and diminuated counterpoint" and "Palestrina practice between arrangement and parody" in advance and referred to the same corpus with regard to the sources and secondary literature.

On October 22 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm (room BP 11), Jan Philipp Sprick and Roberta Vidic will also present their research results on "Palestrina-Praxis" at the HfMT as part of the new "Colloquium on Music Theory". Students and all interested visitors can expect not only the "finished product", but also a deep look behind the scenes of the congress preparation as well as exciting literature tips.

Jan Philipp Sprick was appointed Professor of Music Theory at the Hamburg University of Music and Drama in the summer semester of 2018. In addition to his teaching activities, he regularly conducts research with publications and editorships, as well as giving lectures at national and international congresses. The benefits of collegial exchange are just as important to him as the opportunity for students to benefit from research-based teaching. In Bremen, Prof. Sprick was also involved in the panel "Deutschsprachige Kontrapunktlehre um 1860" under the direction of the Mainz music theorist Prof. Dr. Birger Petersen. His second contribution was on "Berlin counterpoint teaching in the second half of the 19th century".

Roberta Vidic was also once again awarded a prize in the 8th GMTH essay competition. Another 2nd prize went to Hamburg graduate Tobias Werner. No 1st prize was awarded. With the essay competition, which has been held annually since 2010, GMTH promotes the participation of young academics in scientific discourse. The prize-winning articles are published promptly in the GMTH journal (ZGMTH). Roberta Vidic had already won this competition during her studies at the HfMT under Reinhard Bahr and Halvor Gotsch. The essay "Non confundentur", which won an award in Berlin in 2015, is available on the ZGMTH website at https://www.gmth.de/zeitschrift/artikel/827.aspx.