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Dr. Brenda Neece, DPhil (Oxon.)
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News and Events
Cornet Cornucopia
April 11, 2008
4 PM
Rare Book Room
Perkins Library, Duke University West Campus
Don Eagle
with Deborah Hollis
Duke faculty member and world-class trumpet player (& member of the North Carolina Symphony) Don Eagle will perform on several cornets from DUMIC’s Eddy Collection. He will be assisted by pianist Deborah Hollis.
What Can a Modern Singer Learn from Early Instruments?
March 28, 2008
4 PM
Rare Book Room
Perkins Library, Duke University West Campus
Penelope Jensen
with Deborah Hollis, Rebecca Troxler, and Brenda Neece
What did those singers who performed the music of their contemporaries, Bach and Schubert for instance, sound like? How did they use their voices? We can begin to answer that question by listening to the instruments of their time. Soprano Penelope Jensen will be joined by Deborah Hollis playing a Baroque-style portative organ and a piano from DUMIC’s Eddy Collection built by Muzio Clementi in London c.1810. Rebecca Troxler will bring her baroque flute and Brenda Neece her 5-string cello piccolo to play arias of J.S. Bach. With the Clementi, you will hear songs written in London c.1810 by William Linley and lieder of Schubert from that era.
Ever wonder what a recorder is? Played one in elementary school?
Interested in early music or early instruments? Then this is for you!
Duke graduate student Karen Cook will present a brief introduction to the recorder. Come hear a bit about the instrument’s history, its repertory, and our plans for a recorder consort, and get a chance to try a new instrument! Recorders from DUMIC will be available to play. No experience required, and all are welcome. DUMIC will be open afterward.
When: Sunday, February 10, 2008, 1-3 pm
Where: Rm 102 of Biddle Music Building
Please RSVP to Karen Cook (karen.m.cook@gmail.com) by Friday, February 8.
Colonial Connoisseur
February 8, 2008
4 PM
Rare Book Room
Perkins Library, Duke University West Campus
Randall Love
Duke Professor and early piano specialist Randall Love will discuss pianos and piano repertoire of early 19th-century America. He will perform on a Boston-made Babcock c.1825 from DUMIC’s Eddy Collection. His repertoire reflects holdings of early music in Duke University Library’s Special Collections.
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4. Field Recordings made by Professor Ferdinand J. de Hen are gradually being added online. Click our Recordings tab in the left hand column of this site. Some are posted here. Details to follow in future news and events items.