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INDEX to Andrew Lawrence-King's BLOG

  • Early Opera
  • Historically Informed Performance (Early Music)
  • Flow
  • Early Harps
  • Continuo
  • Historical Irish Harp  
There is a general introduction to Andrew Lawrence-King's research topics here
The most recent blog postings might not be included in this index.
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ALPHABETICAL
 
Continuo 
Dream Theory
Early Harps 
Flow
History of Emotions
Improvisation
Introductions
Irish Harp
Irish Harp Ornaments
Italian Baroque Harp
Moving the Passions
Music, Dance & Swordsmanship
Music & Philosophy
Rhythm
Single Action Harp
Text 
Triple Harp
 
BY SUBJECT
 
Continuo 
Dream Theory
Flow
Early Harps 
Irish Harp
Irish Harp Ornaments
Italian Baroque Harp
Single Action Harp
Triple Harp
History of Emotions
Moving the Passions
Music, Dance & Swordsmanship
Music & Philosophy
Rhythm
Text
Improvisation
Introductions
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Accessing Super-Creativity

May the FLOW be with you!

Dream Theory; Flow; History of Emotions: Introductions; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship

 

 

A Baroque History of Time: Stars, Hearts & Music

Time according to Einstein, Newton, Galileo & Aristotle

History of Emotions; Introductions; Music & Philosophy; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship; Rhythm

Baroque Opera then and now

Cavalieri and Monteverdi, pioneers of modern-day performance practice 

Continuo; Early Harps; History of Emotions; Italian Baroque Harp; Moving the Passions; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship; Music & Philosophy; Rhythm

The Best Practical Musick: Thomas Mace's Rule of Time-Keeping

True Time, and when/how it might be broken

History of Emotions; Improvisation; Moving the Passions; Music & Philosophy; Rhythm

Challenge your assumptions

Scientific approaches to research and performance in Early Music

History of Emotions, Introductions, Music & Philosophy

iL Corago - The Baroque Opera Director

Andrew Lawrence-King's English translation and commentary on the c1630 treatise.

Arianna; Continuo; Early Harps; Historical Action; History of Emotions; Improvisation; Introductions; Italian Baroque harp; Music & Philosophy; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship; Rhythm; Text; Moving the Passions

Flow 2014 

The Cambridge Talks

Dream Theory; Flow; History of Emotions; Improvisation; Moving the Passions; Music & Philosophy; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship

Flow (Accessing Super-Creativity):

Making Connections

Dream Theory; Flow; Introductions

Fratres: Arvo Pärt, Gia Kantšeli, Andres Mustonen

New, 20th-century and Early music in Estonia
History of Emotions; Moving the Passions

The Good, the Bad & the Early Music Phrase

History of Emotions; Moving the Passions; Music & Philosophy; Text

How did it feel?

A History of Heaven, Harps & Hearts

Early Harps; History of Emotions; Moving the Passions; Music & Philosophy; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship; Rhythm; Single Action Harp; Text; Triple Harp

Historical Technique for Early Irish Harps

Early Harps; Irish Harps

How to practise

Continuo; Early Harps; Introductions; Irish Harp; Irish Harp Ornaments; Italian Baroque Harp; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship; Single Action Harp; Triple Harp

Inexplicable Dumb-Shows & Noise?

Languages of Emotion in Early Opera

Continuo; History of Emotions; Moving the Passions; Music & Philosophy; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship; Rhythm; Text

In Memoriam Pat O'Brien:

Introduction to Italian Baroque Harp technique

Early Harps; Introductions; Italian Baroque Harp; Triple Harp

Irish Harp Ornament of the Month #1:

The Long Shake

Early Harps; Irish Harp; Irish Harp Ornaments

Irish Harp Ornament of the Month #2:

The Cadential Shake

Early Harps; Irish Harp; Irish Harp Ornaments

 

 

Irish Harp Ornament of the Month #3:

The Triple Shake

Early Harps; Irish Harp; Irish Harp Ornaments

Irish Harp Ornament of the Month #4:

Striking Upwards

Early Harps; Irish Harp; Irish Harp Ornaments

I won't say too much
The role of Euridice in Monteverdi's Orfeo

Continuo; History of Emotions; Italian Baroque Harp; Moving the Passions; Rhythm; Text

The Minister's Conditions 

The message of Monteverdi's Orfeo
Continuo; History of Emotions; Italian Baroque Harp; Moving the Passions; Rhythm; Text

Music Expresses Emotions?

History of Emotions; Introductions; Moving the Passions; Music & Philosophy; Rhythm; Text

Musing allowed
The Play of Music & Time, Peter & the Wolf,  Young Persons' Guide

History of Emotions; Introductions; Moving the Passions

Orlando, Orlando: Drama & Dance-Rhythms
Dance-types in Handel's Orlando 

Continuo; Early Harps; History of Emotions; Introductions; Moving the Passions; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship; Rhythm

Ornamenting Monteverdi - Add, Alter or Divide?

Today's practice of ornamenting cadences is not supported by historical evidence.

Continuo, History of Emotions, Moving the Passions

Precision Tuning & Early Irish Harps

Early Harps; Introductions

Proportions

In search of a practical theory

Continuo; Introductions; Italian Baroque Harp; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship; Rhythm

Recitative for Idiots: three types of Dramatic Monody

Genre distinctions, Doni, Peri & Caccini, Monteverdi

Continuo; History of Emotions; Moving the Passions, Text
 

Regina Cithararum

The Cloyne, or Dalway Harp

Early Harps, Irish Harp

The Researcher's Otherworld

A Dream of the Ancient Irish Harp

Early Harp; Irish Harp

Rhythm - what really counts?

Tactus

History of Emotions; Introductions; Music & Philosophy; Rhythm

The Right Time for a New Vision:

Monteverdi's 1610 Vespers

Continuo; History of Emotions; Moving the Passions; Music & Philosophy; Rhythm; Text

Sherlock Holmes and the Wedding Dance:

Tactus & Proportions in Monteverdi’s ‘Lasciate i monti’

Continuo; Early Harps; History of Emotions; Italian Baroque Harp; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship; Rhythm; Text 

Single-Action Harp

Making Sensibility of the Méthodes

Early Harps; History of Emotions; Introductions; Single Action Harp

Sparrow-flavoured Soup

What is Continuo?

Continuo; History of Emotions; Italian Baroque Harp; Moving the Passions; Music & Philosophy; Rhythm; Text

Such stuff as dreams are made on

Representing Emotions in Metaphors

Dream Theory; History of Emotions; Introductions

A Tai Chi state of mind

Standing Meditation and Self-Hypnosis

Flow; Introductions; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship

Terms of Expression

Expression or Rhetoric, Performers or Audiences

History of Emotions; Moving the Passions

The Theatre of Dreams: La Musica hypnotises the heroes

Circa-1600 performance practice & hypnotism

Dream Theory; Flow; History of Emotions; Introductions; Moving the Passions; Text

The times they are a-changin

Is Rubato an Absolute?

Continuo; Early Harps; History of Emotions; Introductions; Rhythm

The Triple, or Modern Welsh Harp

Early Harps; History of Emotions; Introductions; Triple Harp



Time & Free Will: Historical & Psychological Time
The philosophy of 20th-century Rubato
Flow; History of Emotions; Music & Philosophy; Rhythm

Time, the Soul of Music

Tactus and measure from 1596 to 1789, and today

Introductions; Music & Philosophy; Rhythm

Understand, enjoy, and be moved!
Listening to the Rhetoric of Monteverdi's Orfeo

Continuo; History of Emotions; Introductions; Italian Baroque Harp; Moving the Passions; Music & Philosophy; Rhythm, Text

Welcome to Spanish Baroque Opera
Introduction to Celos, aun del aire matan

Continuo; Early Harps; History of Emotions; Introductions; Moving the Passions, Rhythm 

What is Music?

Science, Art & Use

History of Emotions; Music & Philosophy; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship

Where are YOU?

Martial Arts, Self-Awareness & Historically Informed Performance

History of Emotions; Moving the Passions; Music & Philosophy; Music, Dance & Swordsmanship

The Young Persons' Guide to Early Opera

What are the Top 10 Baroque Operas?

History of Emotions; Introductions; Moving the Passions

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