0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject

Buy Now

The Solfeggio Tradition - A Forgotten Art of Melody in the Long Eighteenth Century (Hardcover) Loot Price: R2,005
Discovery Miles 20 050
You Save: R460 (19%)
The Solfeggio Tradition - A Forgotten Art of Melody in the Long Eighteenth Century (Hardcover): Nicholas Baragwanath

The Solfeggio Tradition - A Forgotten Art of Melody in the Long Eighteenth Century (Hardcover)

Nicholas Baragwanath

 (sign in to rate)
Was R2,465 Loot Price R2,005 Discovery Miles 20 050 | Repayment Terms: R188 pm x 12* You Save R460 (19%)

Bookmark and Share

Expected to ship within 12 - 19 working days

How did castrati manage to amaze their eighteenth-century audiences by singing the same aria several times in completely different ways? And how could composers of the time write operas in a matter of days? The secret lies in the solfeggio tradition, a music education method that was fundamental to the training of European musicians between 1680 and 1830 - a time during which professional musicians belonged to the working class. As disadvantaged children in orphanages learned the musical craft through solfeggio lessons, many were lifted from poverty, and the most successful were propelled to extraordinary heights of fame and fortune. In this first book on the solfeggio tradition, author Nicholas Baragwanath draws on over a thousand manuscript sources to reconstruct how professionals became skilled performers and composers who could invent and modify melodies at will. By introducing some of the simplest exercises in scales, leaps, and cadences that apprentices would have encountered, this book allows readers to retrace the steps of solfeggio training and learn to generate melody by 'speaking' it like an eighteenth-century musician. As it takes readers on a fascinating journey through the fundamentals of music education in the eighteenth century, this book uncovers a forgotten art of melody that revolutionizes our understanding of the history of music pedagogy.

General

Imprint: Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin: United States
Release date: December 2020
Authors: Nicholas Baragwanath (Associate Professor of Music)
Dimensions: 262 x 85 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-751408-5
Categories: Books > Social sciences > Education > Teaching of a specific subject
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)
Books > Music > Theory of music & musicology > General
Books > Music > Western music, periods & styles > Classical music (c 1750 to c 1830)
Promotions
LSN: 0-19-751408-1
Barcode: 9780197514085

Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate? Let us know about it.

Does this product have an incorrect or missing image? Send us a new image.

Is this product missing categories? Add more categories.

Review This Product

No reviews yet - be the first to create one!

You might also like..

Becoming a teacher
Sarah Gravett, Josef de Beer, … Paperback R676 Discovery Miles 6 760
Teaching English - As A First Additional…
Anna Hugo Paperback  (3)
R567 R534 Discovery Miles 5 340
Teaching Science - Foundation To Senior…
Robyn Gregson, Marie Botha Paperback R610 Discovery Miles 6 100
Teaching Mathematics in the Foundation…
C. Meier, M Naude Paperback  (1)
R238 Discovery Miles 2 380
Practical guide to facilitating language…
M. Wessels Paperback  (2)
R569 Discovery Miles 5 690
Teaching life skills in the Foundation…
Mariana Naude, Corinne Meier Paperback  (2)
R683 Discovery Miles 6 830
Teaching foundation phase mathematics…
M Naude, C. Meier Paperback R670 Discovery Miles 6 700
Life Orientation For South African…
Mirna Nel Paperback R696 Discovery Miles 6 960
STEM Research for Students Volume 1…
Julia H Cothron, Ronald N Giese, … Hardcover R2,880 Discovery Miles 28 800
A Year Of Inspiration - 2019 Calendar
Danielle Lynn Hardcover R593 Discovery Miles 5 930
240 Vocabulary Words Kids Need to Know…
Linda Beech Paperback R318 R198 Discovery Miles 1 980
Language Arts, Math, and Science in the…
Kim Milai Hardcover R3,135 Discovery Miles 31 350

See more

Partners