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[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [3/15] “Words are important because...
„Words are important because they are not the most important“ In the debate on artistic research, the points of view on the what, why and how tend to be highly divergent. Although this divergence can...
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[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [4/15] Academia & writing
If the term artistic research is used “to denote that domain of research and development in which the practice of art [...] plays a constitutive role in a methodological sense” (Borgdorff 2006: 21),...
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[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [5/15] A communication that reflects a...
A communication that reflects a topological research approach Nyrnes (2006) suggests talking about art research in spatial or topological terms, where “creativity is a matter of being aware of the...
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[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [6/15] On creativity
In his acclaimed book Out of Our Minds (2001) creativity prophet Ken Robinson describes some essential characteristics of the creative process: We begin with an initial idea of some sort … The idea...
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[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [7/15] Considering the pragmatics of...
In a world where the standards of living seem to rise rapidly while quality of life dwindles, “creativity” has become a buzzword used by many in a wide variety of meanings and contexts. In politics, in...
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[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [8/15] Musicians agonize.
Musicians agonize. Whether it be in the performance of a Bach cello suite, a Chopin nocturne, Perotinus’ Viderunt Omnes or any other piece from any other period in music history, the worries are...
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[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [9/15] Obstacles and opportunities
Today’s chant singer researching a performance practice for late medieval chant is faced with many questions. These include questions concerning language and vocal techniques, such as the proper...
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[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [10/15] Alpha and Omega
The song that we sing has neither beginning nor end. It is the story of Alpha and Omega, of the Word incarnate, of life and death, of life after death. Our beginning of this tale comes out of nothing...
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[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [11/15] Recitations
The Christian practice of liturgical recitation of sacred texts (also known in other religions, and notably in the context of the Jewish synagogue, from which the Christian tradition most probably...
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[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [12/15] Belief
And so, from the recitation of Erasmus’ paraphrases on the Gospel according to John (using them as an evocation of an old tradition of commentary) to the use of more modern sources commenting on...
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[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [13/15] Recitation becomes chant
There is hardly any better training imaginable for a plainchant performer than a detailed experience of different forms of recitation. The art of recitation is at the heart of instruction and creative...
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[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [14/15] Saintly
Music for saints holds a special place in the repertoire of chant. In the first centuries of Christianity a cult of saints developed, and long before the invention of musical notation a considerable...
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[ENG] Recitations and Reconsiderations [15/15] The chant performer as...
In this series of posts, an attempt was made at portraying aspects of a chant performer’s creative explorations, against a backlight of developments in the world of artistic research. Focusing on the...
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Antiphonaries.com
[ENG] A new site, Antiphonaries.com, is devoted to research into late medieval chant manuscripts. It will hold 600+ movies in which a fifteenth-century antiphonary from Ghent is shown and discussed...
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[°°] B-Gu Ms 15 Antiphonary Walkthrough #029 f14
Filed under: Courses, Glimpse, Manuscripts, Research, Walkthrough
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[°°] B-Gu Ms 15 Antiphonary Walkthrough #031 f15
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[°°] B-Gu Ms 15 Antiphonary Walkthrough #033 f16
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Psallentes Machaut Overkill 2013
[NL] Psallentes Gregoriaans & Polyfonie heeft de afgelopen week opzettelijk een Machaut ‘overkill’ situatie veroorzaakt, waarvoor we ons niet verontschuldigen. Niet minder dan 25 YouTube filmpjes...
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[RESEARCH] Passionate about Performance
[ENG] “New research suggests that musicians may be at their most creative when they are not playing their instrument or singing. By studying musicians and asking them when inspiration struck them,...
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