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MICHAEL GREENBERG Vorträge; Violone, Contre-Basse de Violon Assist | Lectures; Violone, Contre-Basse de Violon Assist
ZUM INHALT DER VORTRÄGE | CONTENTS OF THE LECTURES
StimmTonHöhe A=Hz?
Über Tendenzen der Stimmtonhöhe in der Musik des französischen Hochbarock.
An examination of the historical evidence for pitch levels in 17th- and 18th-century French music, as well as the issues governing the choices available to today's performers.
Basse d´Archet
Über die Besetzung des Streichbasses in der Musik des französischen Hochbarock.
Eine Übersicht über die verschiedenen Instrumente, welche die Streichbassgruppe der Französischen Barockmusik bilden. Diese kann in Zusammenhang mit dem musikalischen Kontext, mit der Geschmacksrichtung oder Neuerfindungen im Instrumentenbau während der gesamten Periode variieren hinsichtlich Instrumententypus oder -anzahl.
A survey of the different instruments that form the string bass group in French Baroque music, and which vary both in type and number throughout the period, depending on the musical context, innovations in instrument construction, and evolving musical tastes. Seating plans and their implications for performance practice will also be discussed. The lecture will be illustrated by projections of works of art and musical manuscripts, and by live performances of works of the period.
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Born in Winnipeg, Canada, he graduated with a Gold Medal in Music from the University of Manitoba, where he studied the double bass with Stanley Label, conducting with Henry Engbrecht, and bass viol with Richard Burleson. Attracted to the historically-informed performance movement as a means of reconciling his two passions, music and history, in 1989 he cofounded the province's first period-instrument ensemble, MusikBarock.
In 1991 he declined the offer of a contract with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra in order to study in Paris with the double bassists François Rabbath and Richard Myron, and the conductor Jean-Jacques Werner. He soon became a regular performer with the pioneering French ensembles Les Arts Florissants and La Grande Ecurie & La Chambre du Roy. He has also performed with Le Concert Spirituel, Concerto Köln, l'Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Il Seminario Musicale, and the Ensemble Baroque de Limoges. He began conducting in 2004 when the prestigious Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse de Paris invited him to direct a conference-concert wherein he presented excerpts of French baroque operas that had not been heard in nearly three hundred years. In 2007 he founded the ensemble “Les Enfants d’Apollon” to present concerts of original and unusual music, inspired by his research.
Professor at the Conservatoire of Villepinte, France, Dr Greenberg possesses Master and Doctor of Music History degrees from the Université de Paris-Sorbonne (Paris IV). He has contributed articles to the "Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society", "The Online Journal of Bass Research", "Musique-Images-Instruments", "Bass World", and "La Revue de la Contrebasse en France". He is the recipient of the American Musical Instrument Society’s 2002 Frances Densmore Prize. His book "L'âme des orchestres: la contrebasse à Paris des origines à nos jours" is currently in preparation for the Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin.
