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Play guitar and are interested in Partimento? Check out this new nicely shot tutorial video by Professor Nicola Pignatiello: youtube.com/watch?v=Wl5JY1…

Even good students aren't learning with modern harmony courses in Universities Professor Job IJzerman, the author of "Harmony, Counterpoint, Partimento", relates a real-world example of encountering a good student at the Conservatory of Amsterdam who was passing her exams well…

Do world-class modern concert performers not think about harmony at all? Professor Job IJzerman, author of "Harmony, Counterpoint, Partimento", shares an interesting anecdote involving a world-class concert performer who specializes in early music. From Episode 114: Job…

The majority of 15th and 16th-century composers were writing without a score in front of them Tim Braithwaite shares the compositional process that the majority of historical sources seem to indicate how Renaissance composers and earlier would use. From Episode 181: Tim…

I'll be speaking to Professor Michael R. Dodds on Feb 5 about his new book, "From Modes to Keys in Early Modern Music Theory", published by Oxford University Press. "From Modes to Keys in Early Modern Music Theory" provides the first comprehensive study of the transition from…

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What was the point of Solmisation and the Guidonian Hand? Tim Braithwaite shares the historical purpose of solmisation and the Guidonian hand in the training of singers during Guido d’Arezzo’s time. From Episode 181: Tim Braithwaite (historical solmisation, improvised vocal…

Episode 181 - Tim Braithwaite (historical solmisation, improvised vocal counterpoint) youtu.be/_zJT0ZXPFw0 Tim Braithwaite joins me on the show to discuss 6-note solmisation, singing from historical notation, improvised vocal counterpoint, Renaissance compositional methods,…

Who is the best Baroque allemande composer? Professor Guido Olivieri shares a comment from Johann Mattheson’s “Der vollkommene Capellmeister” treatise regarding the best composer of Allemandes. From Episode 180: Guido Olivieri (String Virtuosi in Eighteenth-Century Naples)

The real virtuoso could improvise on the spot, create entire compositions on an idea Professor Guido Olivieri, author of “String Virtuosi in Eighteenth-Century Naples: Culture, Power, and Music Institutions” (published by Cambridge University Press), speaks about the difference…

Tim Braithwaite will be joining the show next week to discuss improvised vocal counterpoint (c. 900-1800), 6-note solmisation (c. 1000-1800), teaching/performing renaissance counterpoint, Renaissance music and theory, historical pedagogy and performance practice for singers,…

180: Guido Olivieri (String Virtuosi in Eighteenth-Century Naples) youtu.be/N4gQRKJ9oR8 Professor Guido Olivieri joins the show to discuss his new book, “String Virtuosi in Eighteenth-Century Naples: Culture, Power, and Music Institutions.” It is the culmination of 30 years…

Rameau repeatedly failed to explain the Rule of the Octave with Fundamental Bass Theory Professor Robert O. Gjerdingen talks about Jean-Philippe Rameau’s repeated failed attempts to explain the Rule of the Octave with Fundamental Bass theory. From Episode 177: Robert O.…

Talking to Professor Guido Olivieri on Friday about his new book "String Virtuosi in Eighteenth-Century Naples: Culture, Power, and Music Institutions." Musicologist Guido Olivieri, teaches history of music and directs the UT Early Music Ensemble “Austinato.” Before joining the…

Thrilled to announce that this Wednesday I will be speaking to cellist and viola da gamba player Giovanna Barbati, whose repertoire extends from early to contemporary music and who has a special interest in improvisation. She appears frequently as a soloist, she plays her own…

Did Rameau influence the partimento tradition in Naples? Professor Giorgio Sanguinetti, author of the 2012 “Art of Partimento” monograph, shares Rameau’s influence on the partimento tradition in Naples during the 18th century and later. From Episode 69: Giorgio Sanguinetti (The…

“I feel free because I have been through the mill” –Claude Debussy in conversation with his former conservatory professor, Ernest Guiraud

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“I feel free because I have been through the mill” –Claude Debussy in conversation with his former conservatory professor, Ernest Guiraud https://t.co/uVMQFJonpt

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Claude Debussy studied Partimento Professor Robert O. Gjerdingen, author of 2020’s “Child Composers in the Old Conservatories: How Orphans Became Elite Musicians”, explains how even a composer regarded as modern, received training in partimento under his teacher Auguste Bazille…

“The most subversive book on a musical subject I’ve ever read” Professor Ross W. Duffin recounts the intense reaction he received to the publication of his book, “How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and Why You Should Care)”, both negative and positive. From Episode 179: Ross…

NEW EPISODE 179: Ross W. Duffin (How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony, Shakespeare's Songbook, O Canada origin) Really happy to share my latest interview with the great scholar, conductor, and educator, Professor Ross W. Duffin. He is the author of “How Equal Temperament Ruined…