HMA Podcast
HMA Podcast
Hogan Music Academy
167: Solfeggio Panel (Baragwanath, Gjerdingen, IJzerman, van Tour)
1 hour 23 minutes Posted Feb 1, 2024 at 1:38 am.
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Today we have a special episode dedicated to Solfeggio, featuring Professors Nicholas Baragwanath, Job IJzerman, Robert O. Gjerdingen, and Peter van Tour. The famed students of the 18th-century Neapolitan conservatories undertook an extensive 3-year course of hexachordal solmisation using guidonian syllables before they were allowed to touch an instrument. This excellent training preceded partimento and written counterpoint studies. We discuss all aspects of this pedagogy, whether it is worth learning today, its benefits, and answer numerous audience questions.