Orfeo - Ein interdisziplinäres Projekt

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Subject according curriculum

Various

Teachers

Prof. Isolde Kittel-Zerer , Prof. Mark Tucker

Semester

Wintersemester 2023/2024

Scope

Various

Room

Keine Angabe

Duration

0 Semesterwochenstunden

Description

Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo (printed in Mantua, 1609) is one of the first operas in European music history, if not the first, and combines the idea of interpreting words through music, presenting a plot through singing - and all of this over chords that are notated as basso continuo, i.e. improvised. In Monteverdi's time, this combination was very new and groundbreaking. It encouraged composers throughout Europe to abandon the old "prima prattica" and turn to the "seconda prattica". The freedom to break away from the strict rules of counterpoint ("prima prattica") in order to interpret a text must have had an immense appeal. In combination with the basso continuo, completely new possibilities for the realization of dramatic music emerged. This led directly to the emergence of opera, a development that had already become apparent a few years earlier in the Euridice compositions by Jacopo Peri and Giulio Caccini, among others.

This winter semester, the focus will be on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo in many places at the university! You are cordially invited to take part. This is a great opportunity for all students to immerse themselves in a subject and earn CPs for it. The aim of the project is two performances on January 12 and 13, 2024 in the Rudolf Steiner House, both at 19.30h.

Prior to this, there will be several continuous seminars and a series of workshop lectures, which can not only be recognized in the respective subjects, but can also be combined as a "project event for Master's students" (3 or 6 credits, contact persons: Louis Delpech/Silke Wenzel). We would be delighted if we could arouse your interest!

Seminars in historical performance practice for singers (BA and MA)
Tuesdays 10h - 11.30h (BA), 15.15h - 16.45h (MA 1), 16.45h - 18.15h (MA 2)
(Proff. Mark Tucker, Isolde Kittel-Zerer), 304 red, start: October 10, 2023
2 CPs (BA), 3 CPs (MA)

Project seminar on Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (musicology)
Thursdays, 17:00h - 18.30h, Orchestra Studio, and 18.30h - 20.00h, BP 13,
Start: November 2, 2023 (Prof. Dr. Louis Delpech) 2 CPs

Seminar Basso continuo (focus on early Italian continuo)
Wednesdays 12:00h -13:00h, 204 orange, start: October 11, 2023
(Prof. Isolde Kittel-Zerer) 2 CPs

Orpheus diverse. An origin myth of music from an intersectional perspective (musicology)
Wednesdays, 12:00-14:00, Fanny-Hensel-Saal, start: October 18, 2023
(Prof. Dr. Cornelia Bartsch) 2-3 CPs

Monteverdi, L'Orfeo (BA seminar; music theory)
Fridays, 9:00-10:30, Room 11 (Prof. Volkhardt Preuß) 2 CPs

Workshop lectures (interdisciplinary)

Wednesday, 25.10., 16:00 - 17:30h Orchestra Studio
Panel discussion, moderated by the President of the HfMT; Prof. Dr. Jan-Philipp Sprick, with Proff. Mark Tucker, Isolde Kittel-Zerer, Prof. Dr. Louis Delpech, Proff. Peter Holtslag, Jens Wagner, Dr. Silke Wenzel and others.

Wednesday, 1.11., 16:00 - 17:30h Orchestra Studio
Lectures Moritz Görg (historical trumpets); Prof. Domen Marincic (tempo organization with Monteverdi)

Wednesday, 8.11., 16:00 - 17:30h Orchestra Studio
Lecture Prof. Mark Tucker (Aesthetic contours of language in Italian poems, recitar cantando)

Wednesday, 15.11., 16:00 - 17:30h Orchestra Studio
Lecture Dr. Silke Wenzel (From the toccata to the "genere concitato")

Wednesday, 22.11., 16:00 - 17:30h Orchestra Studio
Lecture Proff. Peter Holtslag and Menno van Delft (woodwind and keyboard instruments at the time of Monteverdi); Prof. Domen Marincic (string instruments at the time of Monteverdi)

Wednesday, 29.11., 16:00 - 17:30h Orchestra Studio
Lecture by Prof. Isolde Kittel-Zerer (basso continuo, relationship between language and bass/harmony)

Wednesday, 6.12., 16:00 - 17:30h Orchestra Studio
Lecture Prof. Jens Wagner and Felix Ritter (plucked instruments at the time of Monteverdi)
With regular participation 2 CPs

Credits

0 Creditpoints

Comments

The course "Orfeo - an interdisciplinary project" can be recognized as a project course for Master's students with 3-6 credits. For this, at least two different perspectives (artistic studies, music theory, musicology, workshop lectures) should be combined from the courses mentioned. Contact persons: Louis Delpech/Silke Wenzel

Modules

Musiktheoretisch/-wissenschaftliches Modul Master