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Ornamentation in English Song 1600-1650 (2015)

Daniël Elgersma
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Name: Daniel Elgersma Main Subject: Early Music Singing Research coach: Johannes Boer Title of research: Ornamentation in English Song 1600-1650 Research question: Did 17th century musicians in England perform the English song with ornaments, even when no ornaments were indicated? Are there things we should change in the way we perform this repertoire nowadays? Summary of results: I’m interested in 17th century English song for a long time. Listening to and performing it myself with modern scores I noticed that modern editions look very simple and ‘empty’ and that it is also performed in that way. Since I knew that Italian and French music of the same period used to have a strong costom of (improvised) ornamentation, I started wondering if this was actually also the case in music from England. To find answers to my questions I looked at the life and music of English composers starting with John Dowland and ending with Nicholas Lanier. I’ve been looking into manuscripts and treatises, and I’ve discovered many new things. Especially the things I found out about the music during the second quarter of the century surprised me a lot. I’m sure my discoveries will surprise other people also. I’ve had the pleasure of discovering many nice things about this music and about how it used to be performed back in the time. England has had strong connections with other countries in the late 16th and early 17th century. These connections influenced the musical style in England a lot. In my presentation I will talk about what these influences were and how and where they came from. I will also show different manuscripts of the time and I’ll let the audience listen to beautiful music in which can be demonstrated well the difference between how we perform this repertoire nowadays and how it would have been performed 400 years ago. Biography: Countertenor Daniel Elgersma (1988) started singing as a boy soprano at age 6 in the Martini Boyschoir Sneek (Bouwe Dijkstra) where he soon became a chorister. He obtained Bachelor degree in Early Music Singing at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague as a countertenor, where he now proceeds his Master degree with Lenie v/d Heuvel, Michael Chance, Peter Kooij and Jill Feldman. Daniel participated in masterclasses by Michael Chance, Peter Kooij, Barbara Schlick and Marinda van Kralingen. Daniel sings with Bach Collegium Japan (Masaaki Suzuki), Gesualdo Consort (Harry van der Kamp), Vox Luminis (Lionel Meunier), Ton Koopman en Daniel Reuss touring in Japan, Oman and throughout Europe. Recent soloistic performances include Bach cantatas with Lars
Ulrik Mortensen, Masaaki Suzuki and Purcell’s King Arthur with Jean Tubery.
typeresearch exposition
date01/01/2015
published28/05/2015
last modified28/05/2015
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urlhttps://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/105988/105989
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