Bachelor's Degree in Baroque Violin
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Programme Structure and Credits
Entrance examination
* one composizione from Geminiani's The Art of Playing on the Violin
* early Italian sonata by e.g. Castello, Fontana, Merula or Marini
* a movement from one of the Bach sonatas, BWV 1014-1019
* a sonata by Biber or Walther or Schmelzer, Telemann, Fasch
Required components of the curriculum
1. ensemble playing (trio sonatas by Castello, Buonamente, Corelli and Telemann)
2. orchestral playing practicum
3. continuo-playing
4. improvisation, ornamentation
5. performance practice, concluded in the last year with an undergraduate thesis
6. harmony and counterpoint
NB: components 1-4 are taught in a practically oriented lesson format; components 5 and 6 are taught as theory lessons.
Requirements for the final examination
* sonata from the early Italian Baroque period
* sonata by e.g. Biber, Walther or Muffat
* one sonata by Bach, BWV 1014-1019
* French piece by e.g. Couperin, Rebel, Marais or Corelli/Vivaldi
* chamber music of the student's choice of a level equivalent to Vivaldi, Turini, Corelli and Telemann
