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Master students at the Royal Conservatoire use the online Research Catalogue for the communication with their supervisor, for the development and formulation of their research proposal, for their work-in-progress, and for the final documentation and publication of their research.
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The Usage of recordings from other musicians as a source of information by students of Classical Music
(2023)
author(s): Pedro Domínguez Conde
published in: KC Research Portal
The main purpouse of this research is to find out how do students of classical department use recordings as a source of information for their daily practice and what kind of information they seek in those recordings that is helpfull for them. To get this a survey of ten question was disigned and shared through many methods on the students of the Koninklijik Conservatorium in The Hague. 24 students from varied specialities and courses answered the survey, and the collected data will be analysed
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The Bassoon Outside the Classical Music Field: Preparing a Newcomer for Metal Music
(2023)
author(s): Pedro Magalhães Braga Gonçalves
Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
Preparing the bassoon for a Metal concert is one of the first attempts I am making to use the bassoon outside of the classical music field. This research project focuses on exploring the instrument’s acoustical potential in the context of Metal music. At first glance, the bassoon might be considered unsuitable for this particular musical genre but this investigation makes us aware of new perspectives to explore alternative performance practices. By compiling examples of metal bands that use unconventional settings, but also reviewing the use of the bassoon in other musical styles, we may find inspiration in new sound combinations and discover that a musical instrument can play in any setting if done convincingly. Extended techniques that enrich the vocabulary of playing Metal music with the bassoon are also noted, along with a list of gear to amplify the instrument in a very loud setting based on suggestions by Paul Hanson and Bram van Sambeek.
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The "SaxOpera"
(2023)
author(s): Chang-Han Huang
Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
As a saxophonist, I always love to play arrangements of music composed for other instruments, from a massive work like César Franck's Violin Sonata, to a small delicate piece like Robert Schumann’s Drei Fantasiestücke for clarinet. However, when I play arrangements of vocal music, I always feel that there is something more to discover, beyond a purely ‘instrumental’ approach. How can the saxophone ‘sing’ like a human, when we cannot [re]produce the lyrics? Therefore, in my research I attempted to adapt the vocality of singers in saxophone playing, using different articulations and tone colors in order to imitate human voices, with a particular focus on arias from Georges Bizet’s opera Carmen: “La fleur que tu m'avais jetée,” and “Je dis que rien ne m’épouvante.”
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Tchaikovsky and dance: from music to movement
(2023)
author(s): Eleonora Dominijanni
Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
The idea of writing a new, original ballet is born in a bizarre, but actually very natural way. One afternoon I was listening to the Trio in A minor for piano, violin and cello by P.I. Tchaikovsky and happened spontaneously connect some of the melodies to different imaginary characters. I liked this natural tendency so much that I had the idea of trying to invent a story with the characters I pictured, following the order of the variations of the second movement, Variazione finale and coda. At that moment I realized that I was imagining all of this narrated through movement and dance. I was therefore creating a ballet on a Tchaikovsky instrumental composition. From this starting point I started wondering Why and How I could create a fairy narrative story around this music. I wanted to understand and find out what the “magical ingredient” is around Tchaikovsky’s music that makes it so recognizably linked with characters and stories, movement and dance.
In this research I will therefore analyze the link between music and dance in the Russian composer's work, passing through the evolution of the connection of the two arts from the Greek times. The historical research and analysis will be followed by the process in the realization of my ballet, which will be described in its process of realization of a small extract, as an exercise and example of collaboration between musician and dancer.
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THE FIRST JEWISH OPERA COMPANY: Dessauer’s Industry and Recreation of Amusement and Culture
(2023)
author(s): Nicole Wolfsohn
Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
This research is about the first Jewish opera company in history. The company called _Industrie et Récréation d’Amusement et Culture_ and consisting of singers, actors and musicians, was founded in 1784 by Jacob Horst Dessauer (around 1764-1840), a German-born singer and music teacher and one of the most interesting figures in the Yiddish theater scene in Amsterdam – so far, so good, but a look from above is enough to see that this work is being used to talk about another problem: Jewish music, or music of the Jews, and especially it’s art music.
The work is divided into four different chapters, the first one is a little introduction to the topic of the Jewish music and art music, the second chapter contains a critical reflection about the history of the music of the Jews but also general history and context of the 18th century, the third chapter called “Ashkenazi Amsterdam; _The Abduction from the Seraglio_ in Yiddish” is the main chapter and is entirely dedicated to the opera company by Dessauer and its Yiddish works, and last but not least our fourth chapter is the conclusion of this work.
This is an example of art music in a community in the 18th century, an “attempt at integration” from a person that had built a whole company from nothing. But to understand its specialness, you have to go through the history of the music of the Jews, which is complex and intricate as the cross-section of an onion, to get inside you have to take off the peel layer by layer.
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Study on Compositional Techniques in Jazz by Exploring Rachmaninoff
(2023)
author(s): Seongjoon Park
Limited publication. Only visible to members of the portal : KC Research Portal
An exposition on the 'Study on Compositional Techniques in Jazz by Exploring Rachmaninoff'