A Hands-On Introduction to Early Notation

Reading medieval music in modern notation imposes modern notions of measure, phrasing, and tonality. Reading it in the original notation allows us to get closer to the composer's intentions and the head-space of a medieval performer, and can help achieve those elusive, magical "medieval moments". We'll start with an overview of differences between modern and medieval notation, then spend most of the class reading examples. Bring melody instruments you play fluently, such as recorder, gamba, fiddle, voice (if you have good pitch memory), etc. If you have multiple sizes (e.g. SATB recorders), bring them.

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Schedule for KWDS X

Deadline for Class Submissions: June 15, 2013

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Day 1: Thursday

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Day 2: Friday

TIME
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Ball Room
9:00AM Let's Piva!
11:30AM All Arbeau's Branles
1:30PM Playing for the Ball (b)
Bruges
2:45PM Lovelace vs. Playford
10:15AM Beginning ECD Upgrade
9:00AM Bizarre How?
1:30PM Introduction to Galliards
Florence
9:00AM The Spagnolette: a Comparison
11:30AM Damnes a Bassadanza by Domenico
1:30PM A few dances from the Il Papa manuscript
2:45PM My favorite galliards
Heidelberg (204)
1:30PM Memorizing Dances
9:00AM Burgundian Basse - An overview
11:30AM Lessons from the Il Papa manuscript
10:15AM Mommy, where do dances come from?
2:45PM Doppie Mutanze: Double Galliard Variations
London (205)
11:30AM No Partner Required
1:30PM Early Progressive English Country Dance
10:15AM Whirligig advanced ECD
Paris (305)
11:30AM La Catena d'Amore
10:15AM Gracca Amorosa
2:45PM Horse's Branle
1:30PM English Country Performance Pieces
Vienna (208)
1:30PM Drumming for European dance
11:30AM Intro to White Mensural Notation
10:15AM Chant and Black Notation

Day 3: Saturday

TIME
 9:00
 10:00
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Ball Room
11:30AM Intermediate English Country Dance
1:30PM Master Class with John Tysen and Renaissonics
9:00AM Beginner 15th c Italian
4:00PM Playing for the Ball (a)
3:00PM Bowed Strings
Bruges
1:30PM Inns of Court
2:30PM Beginner Ball
10:15AM A Hands-On Introduction to Early Notation
Florence
9:00AM Belfiore Revisited
10:15AM Another new Lovelace ECD
1:30PM The Shady Valley
2:45PM La Gaillarde
11:30AM Let's dance a Canary!
Heidelberg (204)
1:30PM Dances from the Chigi Manuscripts
9:00AM What was Playford Hiding?
11:30AM Dances from Shakespeare
London (205)
11:30AM Cascarde Allegrezza d'Amore
1:30PM Another look at the Gresley Dances with Music
9:00AM More Complex Gresley Reconstructions
2:45PM Gresley Favorites
Paris (305)
2:45PM You may recognize the name, but you don't know the dance.
1:30PM Three versions of Belrigardo
9:00AM Nobilita
10:15AM Salti del Fiocco
11:30AM My favorite ECDs
Vienna (208)
1:30PM Playing the Renaissance side drum
11:30AM How to Play and Sing in Tune
10:15AM Changing Fingering and Changing Clefs

Day 4: Sunday

TIME
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Ball Room
9:00AM Bianco Fiore
10:00AM Ornamentation and Improvisation
Bruges
10:00AM Bringing Your Work to a Broader Society Audience
9:00AM So You've Been Asked to Run Dancing . . .
Community Room
9:00AM KWDS Wrapup /roundtable

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