Beyond the Notation

Beyond the Notation

By Kenneth Chang & Marilyn GansArtsHistoryPerforming Arts
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Beyond the Notation episodes

  • 8. Finis Intermissionis

    In which we return from our almost month-long hiatus...

    Content from The Notation Is Not the Music: Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance by Barthold Kuijken is used with permission of Indiana University Press.

    1 hr 11 min
  • 7. America's Orchestral Seating Problem

    In which we might have discovered the root cause of how the United States' orchestra seating is the way it is today, with a helpful guest to illuminate the path.

    Daniel J. Koury - Orchestral Performance Practices in the Nineteenth Century: Size, Proportions, and Seating (UMI Press 1986)

    Content from The Notation Is Not the Music: Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance by Barthold Kuijken is used with permission of Indiana University Press.

    1 hr 22 min
  • 6. Darwinism and Music Over Time

    In which we invite a guest to discuss big ideas of orchestration and instrumentation, and where Kenny's mic was having trouble.

    Content from The Notation Is Not the Music: Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance by Barthold Kuijken is used with permission of Indiana University Press.

    57 min
  • 5. LOUD soft

    In which we sound a little different because of our mics.

    Content from The Notation Is Not the Music: Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance by Barthold Kuijken is used with permission of Indiana University Press.

    1 hr 2 min
  • 4. Zin, Not Zyn

    In which we discover that phrasing in music is more complicated than it seems...

    Content from The Notation Is Not the Music: Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance by Barthold Kuijken is used with permission of Indiana University Press.

    1 hr
  • 3. A Well-Tempered Fallacy

    In which we find that "allegro" could mean more than a dozen speeds...

    Content from The Notation Is Not the Music: Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance by Barthold Kuijken is used with permission of Indiana University Press.

    57 min
  • 2. A≠440 Hz

    We discover that there are many different types of pitches and temperaments you can play at.

    Content from The Notation Is Not the Music: Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance by Barthold Kuijken is used with permission of Indiana University Press.

    1 hr 5 min
  • 1. Preface

    In which we discover that music by Bach, Mozart, and many others from the past was played differently back then!!!

    Content from The Notation Is Not the Music: Reflections on Early Music Practice and Performance by Barthold Kuijken is used with permission of Indiana University Press.

    1 hr 9 min

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Two musicians present an ongoing reading of The Notation Is Not the Music, in which perspectives on research and practice in performing old music clash with modern playing…