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Historically Informed Creativity — subcategory to HIP
I‘d like to introduce a subcategory to Historically Informed Perfomance Practice (HIP): Historically Informed Creativity (HIC). The creative aspects for musicians from the early music epochs (Middle ages, Renaissance, Baroque) included improvising, diminuting, ornamenting, arranging and composing. Studying the mentioned parts of music making from the original treatises, and thus obtaining knowledge on style, harmony–…
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Music scores to The Begger Boy — 9 variations by M. Cord-to-Krax
I found the pretty melody of The Begger Boy in John Playford’s The Dancing Master (1651). It is a very short melody and dancers and musicians would have gone crazy if they played it the same way round and round. Here must have come into play variations/improvisations — for sure. So I decided to convert…
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Recording: Bach’s Suite BWV 995 arranged for a melody instrument and b.c. by M. Cord-to-Krax
It really happened, I made my first professional recording go public: J.S. Bach — BWV 995 arranged for a melody instrument and b.c. by M. Cord-to-Krax Musick’s Recreation. Milena Cord-to-Krax Milena Cord-to-Krax | alto recorder after Stanesby sr. (by Morgan/Ronimus) Ventura Rico | viola da gamba Alejandro Casal | harpsichord Bárbara Sela | artistic direction…