2 resultados para 850 Italian, Romanian
em Dalarna University College Electronic Archive
Resumo:
Theaim in this chapteristo develop a deeper understanding about the informalBjrling 'School' in Sweden. Contextually the example is related to the micro history of opera education contributing to the macro perspective illuminating a provincial example of the concept of domestic opera schooling.The specific focuswas onKarl David Bjrling (1873-1926), the teaching parent of the Swedish tenorJussi Bjrling (1911-1960) and his brothers Gsta and Olle. The Bjrlingfamily model of opera schoolingbelongs tothe classical canon of domestic home education whichwas common during theepoch. The phenomenon is also within the field of opera singing an important reference to the historical context of the Nordic opera history of vocal education. The uniqueness concerning the Bjrling School seems to be the rigorous andexceptionally early training. David Bjrlings pedagogywas rooted inearlier Germantheories of musical upbringing.It's clear from hisresults thathe was familiar with the neo-humanistic ideal onwhich reformed music education was based. Of aspecific interest is the term Gesang als Unterricht as a concept for developing childrens musical and memorising capacities. Conceptually the roots of theBjrlingmodel are in the eighteenth-century Romantic view of prodigies and their abilities. Theextensive touring is connected to the promotion of wonder-children, and David Bjrlingseducational style to the conservative Master-pupil tradition. David Bjrling's vocal ideal was a part of the contemporary debate about The decadence of the singing art,and seemsto have itsroots in an older Italian tradition. There arerecurring similarities betweenhis educational methods and the didactic principles of the Lamperti School: Enjoying a revival around the late 1800sand early 1900s, it has been called the natural or the national school. Nevertheless, through authentic experiences and gramophone recordings the Italian tenor Enrico Caruso became David Bjrlings pedagogical role model.
