Question
Specific term required. Paul Hindemith’s 1943 reconstruction of Claudio Monteverdi’s opera L’Orfeo spearheaded this performance approach in the US. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this performance approach central to the Early Music Revival, practitioners of which may tune to 392 Hertz instead of 440 and play instruments like the harpsichord or lute.
ANSWER: historically informed performance [or HIP; accept period performance or authentic performance]
[10e] HIP is most popularly applied to performances in this period of Western music, which includes composers like Antonio Vivaldi and J. S. Bach.
ANSWER: Baroque period
[10m] Many modern ensembles practicing HIP are “consorts” for these instruments. These string instruments often have movable gut frets tied around the neck to allow cleaner notes and utilize an underhand bow grip.
ANSWER: viol [accept viola da gamba or viola da braccio or gamba or violone; reject “viola”]
<IZ, Auditory Fine Arts>
Summary
| 2023 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | Premiere | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Carleton University | Premiere | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Claremont Colleges | Premiere | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Duke | Emory, Duke, Yale | Y | 4 | 7.50 | 75% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Imperial | Imperial | Y | 5 | 24.00 | 100% | 100% | 40% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Indiana | Premiere | Y | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 80% | 40% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Ohio State | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at RIT | Premiere | Y | 2 | 5.00 | 50% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at Texas | Ohio State, Texas | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 ARCADIA at WUSTL | Premiere | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 0% | 33% |
Data
| Duke | North Carolina B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Carolina A | James Madison A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| NC State | James Madison B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| North Carolina A | South Carolina B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |