Search for dissertations about: "conservatories"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word conservatories.

  2. 1. Counterpoint and Partimento : Methods of Teaching Composition in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples

    Author : Peter van Tour; Lars Dr.; Robert Gjerdingen; Lars Berglund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; eighteenth-century music; Naples; conservatories; counterpoint; composition; compositional theory; improvisation; partimento; solfeggio; basso seguente; choral fugue; Francesco Durante; Leonardo Leo; Nicola Sala; Fedele Fenaroli; Musicology; Musikvetenskap; Musikvetenskap;

    Abstract : During the second half of the eighteenth century, the city of Naples had three music conservatories: the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Onofrio, the Conservatorio di Santa Maria di Loreto, and the Conservatorio di Santa Maria della Pietà de’ Turchini. Through disciplines such as solfeggio, partimento, and counterpoint, the students at these institutions received highly professional training in singing, instrumental playing, and composition. READ MORE

  4. 2. Slippery paths : The performance and canonization of Turkic literature and Uyghur muqam song in Islam and modernity

    Author : Nathan Light; USA IN Indiana University; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Folklore; Song; Islam; Muqam; Modernity; Language; literature and linguistics; Social sciences; Turkic; Canonization; Middle Eastern literature; Uyghur; Performance; China; Asian literature; Turkic languages; Turkiska språk; Literature; Litteraturvetenskap; Religionshistoria; History of Religions;

    Abstract : In the past forty years the fluid Uyghur muqam song tradition has been transformed into a cultural canon used to represent the Uyghur ethnic group within China and on the world stage. Traditional muqam performers have provided the magma of songs that scholars and politicians have edited into an invented "great tradition" which supports a Uyghur claim to an important piece world cultural history. READ MORE