Harpsichord Methodology 1

Subject guarantor:

Giedre MRÁZKOVÁ

Name of lecturer(s):

Giedre MRÁZKOVÁ

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

Introduction to the historical sources of instruction methods (particularly essays of the French Harpsichordists Lambert, Couperin, Rameau).

Mode of study:

Contact instruction

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

None

Recommended optional programme components:

none

Course contents:

Parts of the course are; an overview of historical approaches to harpsichord playing methods and application of Baroque elements not only on 17th and 18th century practicing techniques but also modern instruction literature which is fundamental for the development of instrument technique (Czerny, Hanon, Berens). During the course two harpsichord instructional directions are discussed whose aims are: a) creating conditions for training young children (complete beginners), b) tranformation in the understanding of music and approach to the instrument with advanced players (pianists and organists).

Recommended or required reading:

Literature of the 17th and 18th centuries regarding the harpsichord with emphasis on these works:

François Couperin, L'art de toucher le clavecin, Paříž 1717

Jean-Philippe Rameau, De la mechanique des doigts sur le clavecin, Paříž 1724

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Versuch über die wahre Art, das Clavier zu spielen, Berlin 1753

Modern schools and literature::

Maria Boxall, Harpsichord Method, Londýn 1977

Isolde Ahlgrimm, Manuale der Orgel- und Cembalotechnik (Fingerübungen und Etüden 1571 ? 1760), 1982

Keen Rosenhart, The Amsterdam Harpsichord Tutor, Amsterdam 1977

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

Lecture

Assessment methods and criteria:

Activity in lectures

Course web page:

Note:

none

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Obor Cembalo (Bc) (optional subject)
• Obor Cembalo (Mg) (optional subject)