'Accordez vos flutes': Reconstructing an aural history of sixteenth-century flute playing
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Southampton
Department Name: Faculty of Humanities
Abstract
A restoration of the performance practices of Renaissance flute consorts, being ensembles of flutes of different sizes for performing polyphonic. This project will explore the relationship of original flutes, historical pedagogies, scholarly literature and original sources of music. Aspects of interpretation described by editors and musicologists but not usually undetaken by performers, involve questions that are not answered in the original notation, for example, the 'twilight zone' area of ornamentation. These performance questions will be restored to performers and answered in rehearsals through use of working editions taken directly from Renaissance part books. Styles of performance for the Renaissance flute will be researched and rehabilitated by bringing together distinguished performers for study days, public recitals and recordings. Editions of music for flutes will be edited and published, with complete critical apparatus and essays on performance.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Nancy Hadden (Principal Investigator) |
| Title | Aux plaisirs aux delices bergeres |
| Description | CD with Zephyrus Flutes, directed by Nancy Hadden, Julianne Baird, soprano, Jacob Heringman lute A ground-breaking CD of repertoire newly researched and edited by Nancy Hadden, from the French chanson, ballet de cour, and air de cour repertoire, for solo flute and flute consort. This CD was the third of the series of 3 which Nancy Hadden proposed to record as part of the outcomes of her research for the AHRC. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Impact | 1000 CDs sold worldwide through websites, online digital downloads, and in music shops. |
| Title | Chansons for Flutes |
| Description | An edition of previously unedited music for consort of Renaissance flutes, comprising some 55 French chansons by leading 16th century composers. This edition is currently available online and selections will be published by Alri Music in the USA. |
| Type Of Art | Composition/Score |
| Year Produced | 2010 |
| Impact | Use of the editions in my concert and recording projects, with students, in workshops and master classes in Europe, UK and USA |
| URL | http://www.nancyhadden.co.uk |
| Title | Pierre Attaingnant, Chansons Musicales |
| Description | A CD of all the chansons for Renaissance flutes which were published by Pierre Attaingnant in 1533. This recording is the first ever made of this repertoire, and used the editions made by Nancy Hadden from original part books, as well as newly commissioned flutes made by Martin Wenner as part of my AHRC research project. |
| Type Of Art | Artefact (including digital) |
| Year Produced | 2013 |
| Impact | Sale of CDs through online marketing, concerts, workshops and music shops. Concert invitations resulting from the issuing of this CD. |
| Title | Sacred Concerti |
| Description | This project was the first CD to reach completion during the duration of my AHRC research grant, directed by Nancy Hadden, with her ensemble Circa 1500. The repertoire was researched, edited and directed by Nancy Hadden, and represented an entirely new body of repertoire which had not been recorded before. Most of the music was in original editions in the British Library, some necessitated the construction of missing parts, all of it needed to be made into performing parts and scores for the use of the 11 singers and instrumentalists. The CD was released by CRD Records, Ltd |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2008 |
| Impact | The CD was released by CRD Records Ltd, and received extremely good reviews from Gramophone Magazine, Web Review Intl, and other magazines. |
| Description | My research into performance and repertoire for Renaissance flutes was primarily focussed on concert and CD outcomes. I have made 3 CDs which are relevant to my research, these are listed in the outcomes. For all 3 CDs, I edited the music from original sources, prepared editions, selected musicians, wrote all CD liner booklets, translations, editing, and jacket materials. All the CDs were self-funded, because the AHRC award did not fund the costs of the CDs. The CDs were released on my own Zephyrus label, and are available online and in music shops. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2008 |
| Sector | Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Other |
| Impact Types | Cultural |
| Description | Concert NFA Convention Las Vegas USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented one concert and one lecture-recital of Renaissance flute music, based on my research project, for the National Flute Association Conference, an international event with over 1000 attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
| Description | Concert of Renaissance flute music with Nancy Hadden, flute and Jacob Heringman, lute |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | A concert for the Lute Society of Great Britain, of chansons published for flute by Pierre Attaingnant, 1533. Attended by over 100 workshop participants, this was for many the first time they ever heard the Renaissance flute in a solo concert. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Zephyrus Flutes concert |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A self-promoted concert given at St Barts the Less Church, London, by Zephyrus Flutes with Jacob Heringman, of the French chanson repertoire edited by Nancy Hadden, first published by Pierre Attaingnant in 1533. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |