Vielle I: Basic Technique, Repertoires and Performance Practice
BOWED STRINGS | LEVEL I – BASIC Vielle I: Basic Technique, Repertoires and Performance Practice Explore medieval performance practice, history, and singing and musical instruments within specific contexts, repertoires and music sources. Strengthen your vielle...Tour of the eLearning Platform for Students
FOR STUDENTSTour of the eLearning Platform In the video below, we will walk through key features of the Medieval Music Besalú elearning platform. If you are a new student, learn how the platform works. If you have taken a course in the past, you might just want to...The Citole/Gittern I: Basic Technique and Repertoire
PLUCKED STRINGS (PLECTRUM) | LEVEL I – BASIC The Citole/Gittern I: Basic Technique and Repertoire Develop different plectrum techniques, study numerous ways to accompany monophonic songs and dances, learn to arrange vocal music for the instruments, and perform pieces...Medieval Harp I: Basic Technique and Repertoires
PLUCKED STRINGS (FINGERS) | LEVEL I – BASIC Medieval Harp I: Basic Technique and Repertoires Develop a healthy medieval harp playing technique while you learn about the different types of medieval harps, explore melodic playing and intervallic accompaniment, and...Medieval Harp II: The Harp in 13th Century France
PLUCKED STRINGS (FINGERS) | LEVEL II – INTERMEDIATE Medieval Harp II: The Harp in the 13th Century Continue developing your medieval harp technique, playing style, and improvisation skills (solo or in ensemble) as you explore harp-specific pieces based on French...The Art of the Troubadour Song
REPERTOIRES AND PERFORMANCE The Art of the Troubadour Song Explore the troubadour song repertoire through and in-depth practical study of its composers, sources, music notations, genres, social and historical context, and performance practice (from primary and...Medieval Musical Iconography
Applied Musicology and PerformanceMedieval Musical Iconography Learn to utilize musical subjects depicted in medieval art as sources of information about medieval music aesthetics, performers, audiences, physical environments, contexts, musical instruments, and...The Earliest Medieval Notations (850-1200)
MEDIEVAL MUSIC NOTATION The Earliest Medieval Notations (850-1200) Learn to identify, decipher, and read the neumatic, alphabetic, and staff musical notations used before the development of modal notation and explore the monophonic and polyphonic repertoires which...Carmina Burana: An Entry into Medieval Monophonic Song
MEDIEVAL SINGING | LEVEL 1 – BEGINNER Carmina Burana: An Entry into Medieval Monophonic Song The Carmina Burana manuscript covers almost every imaginable subject and a variety of musical and poetic genres. For this reason, it is an ideal starting point for any singer...Research Techniques and Applied Musicology
APPLIED MUSICOLOGY AND PERFORMANCE Research Techniques and Applied Musicology Learn a collection of research techniques and musicological approaches that can be utilized to conduct in-depth research on medieval sources and construct solid historically-informed...Medieval Music History and its Performance II (1150-1300)
MEDIEVAL MUSIC HISTORYMedieval Music History and its Performance II (1150-1300) Explore Western European monophonic and polyphonic religious and secular music composed between 1150 and 1300 through an in-depth and practical study of its different sources, repertoires...Frame Drums III: Accompanying Dance and Women’s Song Repertoires
PERCUSSION | LEVEL 3 – ADVANCED Frame Drums: Accompanying Dance and Women’s Song Repertoires Explore the performance of frame drums in connection with different dance and women’s song repertoires. Learn to play round and square frame drums in medieval style by...Portative Organ Level II: Towards expressivity and flexibility
PORTATIVE ORGAN | LEVEL 2 – INTERMEDIATE Towards expressivity and flexibility Learn repertory and gain in expressivity and flexibility in your performance practice by developing a strong bellow technique and by learning a variety of articulation practices. Learn the...Medieval Music History and its Performance I (800-1150)
MEDIEVAL MUSIC HISTORY Medieval Music History and its Performance I (800-1150) Study the different repertoires, compositional and performative developments, music notations, musical and poetic frameworks, conventional performance practices, and social and cultural...The Cantigas of Santa Maria of Alfonso X: Context, Notation, Performance
REPERTOIRES AND PERFORMANCEThe Cantigas of Santa Maria of Alfonso X: Context, Notation, Performance Learn about the sources, context, music notation, and poetic and melodic construction of the Cantigas de Santa Maria and reconstruct their performance practice...Hildegard von Bingen: The Voice of Divine Inspiration
MEDIEVAL SINGING | LEVEL 2 – INTERMEDIATEHildegard von Bingen: The Voice of Divine Inspiration Learn about Hildegard’s life and her cultural environment, and perform several pieces from her Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum. This course will give you the...Citole/Gittern/Psaltery II: Secular and Religious Songs and Dances
PLUCKED STRINGS (PLECTRUM) | LEVEL 2 – INTERMEDIATE Citole/Gittern/Psaltery: Secular and Religious Songs and Dances Develop different plectrum techniques, study numerous ways to accompany monophonic songs and dances, learn to arrange vocal music for the instruments,...Frame Drums II: Rhythmic Accompaniment, Ornamentation, and Improvisation
PERCUSSION | LEVEL 2 – INTERMEDIATE Frame Drums: Rhythmic Accompaniment, Ornamentation, and Improvisation Learn to accompany songs and improvise applying different hand, finger, and wrist techniques. Relative medieval Arabic rhythms will be studied and their possible...Vielle II: Performing Trouvère and Parisian Repertoires
BOWED STRINGS | LEVEL 2 – INTERMEDIATE Vielle: Performing Trouvère and Parisian Repertoires Develop your vielle playing technique as you work with medieval tunings, learn how to improvise preludes and postludes, and perform different northern French repertoires:...
