Conference paper
Memories and thoughts
Catherine Mackintosh
Abstract
Starting from personal beginnings in music, linked to chamber music making and singing in the family and church as well as active music making and dancing at the school-time age, the starting point of personal interest for the Early music has been emphasized in the context of scholarly amateurism, quality education and instruction of musical art in general education and dancing instruction. The decisive impact of these musical experience is emphasized referring to the later professional development in the academic study of the violin, as well as the importance of the synergy of the critical mass of musicians who acquired the bases of active music making in the complex of the British system of musical education in general-education schools, and consequently developed the tendency for research and experimenting, together with the spontaneity and sincerity of the musical expression. The arising result was the fact that the motivating role was actually the quality developed by active music making in the general education school and not the formal academic musical education. The significance of the international exchange of knowledge and experience among the artists is also pointed out as the artists have simultaneously, on different geographical areas, represented similar artistic attitudes. After ignoring it in the course of many years, it finally resulted in the final acceptance of the Early music by the music profession and academic institutions. Thereby the experience of tuition became a new powerful incentive of further development, both on the personal and the wider international level. Following the founding of the International Summer School of Baroque Music and Dance “Aestas Musica” amd the cooperation with the Varaždin Baroque Evenings, this development was initiated in Croatia as well. There is a vigorous attitude represented that artistic education, based on versatility, syncretism and holistic approach, contributes to the understanding of music in a greater measure than resulting from conventional tuition. In Croatia, this assumption has already given valuable results in the artistic and pedagogical work of the new generation of musicians and there arises a need to build it into the curriculum of the academic music study in Croatia.
Keywords
Early music; chamber music; singing; dance, family; amateurism; church; musical education in the secondary school; research; historical instruments; baroque violin; holistic concept, group music making; Royal College of Music; Aestas Musica; Varaždin Baroque Evenings; Varaždin Chamber Orchestra; Music Academy Zagreb
Hrčak ID:
65561
URI
Publication date:
2.3.2011.
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