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NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT
Translated by
Mary O'Neill
ISBN 0-931340-91-8
Printed in Singapore
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Harnoncourt, Nikolaus.
[Musik als Klangrede. English]
Baroque music today.
Essays and lectures.
Translation of: Musik als Klangrede.
1. MusicPerformance. 2. Music17th centuryHistory
centuryHistory and criticism. I. Pauly, Reinhard G.
ML457.H313 1988 780'.90
ISBN 0-931340-91-8
CONTENTS
Preface
Index
Page 7
PREFACE
During the many years in which I have been act-
ive as a musician and teacher, a large number of
essays, talks and lectures have accumulated,
from which I have selected the present texts. I
have revised them slightly, though I have tried
in some instances to retain the feeling of the
spoken word. The essay "On the Interpretation
of Historical Music," written in 1954, is my first
written observation on this topic; it also repres-
ents the "credo" of the Concentus Musicus,
which was founded at the same time. The open-
ing chapter, "Music in Our Lives," is the accept-
ance speech which I gave on the occasion of be-
ing awarded the Erasmus Prize in 1980 in Ams-
terdam; it is the most recent piece in this book.
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NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT
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I
BASIC PRINCIPLES OF MUSIC AND
INTERPRETATION
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performed properly.
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Problems of Notation
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Articulation
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Tempo
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Mean-tone tuning
narrowed intervals
-- - - - widened intervals
pure intervals
Old Instruments:
Yes or No?
Naturally, the answer to the question old instru-
ments, yes or no? is: it all depends! Playing mu-
sic on old instruments, i.e. on instruments which
for some reason or other have fallen into disuse,
unfortunately has such a disreputable history
that it is almost impossible to discuss it calmly
and without misplaced passion. Although I my-
self am counted among the proponents of using
old instrumentsand with some justification, I
would prefer to be regarded as an exception on
this issue. I believe that I am able to take part in
the discussion in a thoroughly objective way and
with genuine passion, something which I hope
can also be said of my imaginary discussion
partners.
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concert life.
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Priorities:
The Relative Importance of the Various
Factors
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II
INSTRUMENTARIUM AND
MUSICAL DISCOURSE
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The Violin:
The Solo Instrument of the Baroque
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III
EUROPEAN BAROQUE
MUSICMOZART
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Program MusicVivaldi:
Opus 8
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French Opera:
LullyRameau
Rameau's operas were the first great master-
pieces of the genre to be written in France in the
18th Century; they are also one of the high
points of French music in general. These works,
which went unrecognized and almost unknown
for so long outside of France, hold a strange po-
sition in the history of music.
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DISCOGRAPHY (SELECTION)
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Johannes-PassionExcerpts
Equiluz, van t'Hoff, van Egmond,
Wiener Sängerknaben,
Chorus Viennensis,
Concentus musicus Wien
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THE CANTATAS
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authentic instruments. Complete
texts and scores included.
40 albums.
Erasmus-Preis.
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Motets
Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied,
BWV 225; Der Geist hilft unserer
Schwachheit auf, BWV 226; Jesu,
meine Freude, BWV 227; Fürchte
dich nicht, BWV 228; Komm,
Jesu, komm, BWV 229; Lobet
den Herrn, BWV 230
Bachchor Stockholm
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ORCHESTRAL WORKS
Brandenburg Concertos
Nr. 16
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.35620 (2 LPs) FD
DMM DIGITAL
MC 4.35620 (2 MCs) MH
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Brandenburg Concertos
Nr. 1, 2, 4
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.42823 AZ
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MC 4.42823 CX
CD 8.42823 ZK
Brandenburg Concertos
Nr. 3, 5, 6
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.42840 AZ
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CD 8.42840 ZK
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Suites Nr. 14
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.35046 (2 LPs) DX
MC 4.35046 (2 MCs) ME TIS
Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
Grammy
Chamber MusicVol. 1
Violin Sonatas, BWV 10141019
Alice Harnoncourt, Violin,
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Gamba,
Herbert Tachezi, Harpsichord
LP 6.35310 (2 LPs) FX
Chamber MusicVol. 2
Flute Sonatas
Leopold Stastny, Frans Brüggen,
Flute, Herbert Tachezi
Harpsichord, Alice Harnoncourt,
Violin, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Cello
LP 6.35339 (2 LPs) FX
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Chamber MusicVol. 3
3 Gamba Sonatas
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.35350 (2 LPs) FX
Violin ConcertosVol. 1
Concerto for Two Violins,
BWV 1043; Violin Concertos,
BWV 1042, BWV 1041
Alice Harnoncourt and Walter
Pfeiffer, Violin,
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.41227 AZ
DMM
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Violin ConcertosVol. 2
Concerto for Violin, BWV
1056; Concerto for Oboe
d'amore, BWV 1055; Concerto
for Violin, BWV 1052
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.42032 AW TIS
Violin Concertos
BWV 1041, 1042,
1043, 1052, 1056, 1060
Alice Harnoncourt, Walter Pfeiffer,
Violin, Jürg Schaeftlein, Oboe,
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.35610 (2 LPs) DX
Schlachtmusik, Pauernkirchfahrt
Ballettae, Sonate
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.41134 AS TIS
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Alexander's Feast
(Cäcilien-Ode, 1736)
Palmer, Rolfe-Johnson, Roberts,
Bachchor Stockholm,
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.35440 (2 LPs) EK
DMM
CD 8.35440 (2 CDs) ZA
Belshazzar, Oratorio
Tear, Palmer, Lehane, Esswood,
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.35326 (4 LPs) GK
Edison-Preis
Jephtha
Hollweg, Linos, Galle, Esswood,
Tomaschke, Sima,
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.35499 (4 LPs) GK
DMM
MC 4.35499 (3 MCs) MR
CD 8.35499 (3 CDs) ZB
Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
Messiah
Gale, Lipovsek, Hollweg,
Kennedy, Stockholmer Kammerchor,
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.35617 (3 LPs) FR
DMM DIGITAL
MC 4.35617 (3 MCs) MU
CD 8.35617 (3 CDs) ZB
Concertos
Concerto F Major, Concerto
D Minor, Concerto G Minor,
Sonata à 3 F Major, Concerto D Major
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.41270 AW TIS
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Alexander's Feast-Concerto
Concertos for Organ, Oboe, Violin
Alice Harnoncourt, Jürg Schaeftlein,
Herbert Tachezi
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.43050 AZ
DMM DIGITAL
MC 4.43050 CY CrO2
CD 8.43050 DIG ZK TELDEC
Water MusicComplete
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.42368 AZ
DMM DIGITAL
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Trio Sonatas
Sonata B Minor for Traverso,
Violin and B.c., op. 2, lb;
Sonata D Minor for 2 Violins and
B.c., op. 2, 3; Sonata D Minor,
Oboe, Violin and B.c.; Sonata
F Major for Recorder, Violin, and
B.c., op. 2,5
Frans Brüggen, Recorder, Alice
Harnoncourt, Walter Pfeiffer,
Violin, Herbert Tachezi, Harpsichord
LP 6.41254 AQ
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Utrecht Te Deum
J. S. Bach: Magnificat
BWV 243
Palmer, Lipovsek *, Langridge,
Wiener Sängerknaben,
Arnold-Schönberg-Chor,
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.42955 AZ
DMM DIGITAL
MC 4.42955 CY CrO2
CD 8.42955 ZK
JOSEPH HAYDN
The Creation
Gruberova, Protschka, Holl,
Arnold-Schönberg-Chorus
Wiener Symphoniker
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The Seasons
Blais, Protschka, Holl,
Arnold-Schönberg-Chorus
Wiener Symphoniker
CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo, excerpts
Berberian, Kozma, Hansmann,
Katanosaka, Rogers, Equiluz,
Egmond, Villisech,
capella antiqua, München,
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.41175 AN
L'Orfeo
Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Complete recordings with
original instruments
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.35376 (12 LPs) JY
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L'Incoronazione di Poppea,
Complete recording
Donath, Söderström, Berberian,
Esswood, Langridge, Equiluz
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.35247 (5 LPs) HD
Deutscher Schallplattenpreis
Grand Prix du Disque, Premio
Della Critica Discografica
Italiana
Art Festival Prize, Japan
Grand Prix du Disque, Canada
Lettera amorosaLamento
d'AriannaDisprezzata
ReginaA Dio, Roma from
"L'Incoronazione di Poppea"
Cathy Berberian, Mezzosopran,
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.41930 AW TIS
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Combattimento di Tancredi e
ClorindaLamento dell ninfa
Schmidt, Palmer, Hollweg
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.43054 AZ
DMM DIGITAL
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CD 8.43054 ZK
WOLFGANG AMADEUS
MOZART
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Requiem, KV 626
Yakar, Wenkel, Equiluz, Holl,
Wiener Staatsopernchor,
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.42756 AZ
DMM DIGITAL
MC 4.42756 CX
CD 8.42756 ZK
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Organ Works
Adagio and Allegro (Adagio)
F Minor for a mechanical organ
KV 594; Epistle Sonata F Major,
KV 244; Veroneser Allegro, KV 72a;
Leipzig Gigue in G, KV 574; Fantasia
F Minor, KV 608; Epistle Sonata C Major,
KV 328; Andante F Major, KV 616
Herbert Tachezi Organ, Members of
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.41117 AH TIS
Der Schauspieldirektor
Prima la Musica, Poi le Parole
Alexander, Hampson, Holl
Concertgebouworkest Amsterdam
CD 8.43336 ZK
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Il Cimento dell'Armonia e
dell'Inventione
12 Concertos op. 8: The Seasons,
La Tempesta di Mare, Il Piacere,
La Caccia
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.35386 (2 LPs) EK
DMM
MC 4.35386 (2 MCs) MH
Grand Prix du Disque
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Concerti à cinque,
à quattro, à tre
Frans Brüggen, Recorder,
Jürg Schaeftlein, Oboe,
Otto Fleischmann, Bassoon,
Alice Harnoncourt and
Walter Pfeiffer, Violin,
Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Cello,
Gustav Leonhardt, Harpsichord
LP 6.41239 AW TIS
HipocondrieSonata for
2 Oboes, Bassoon and B.c.;
Overture à 7 concertanti
Concentus musicus Wien
LP 6.42415 AW
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Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Mozart
Concert Arias
Symphonies 3841
Schumann
Bach
866/889
Handel
867/889
Concerti grossi
HallelujahFamous Handel Choruses
Messiah
Organ Concertos
Samson
Theodora
Utrecht Te Deum
Water Music, Two Organ Concertos
Haydn
Piano Concerto 11
The Seven Last Words of Christ on the
Cross
Stabat Mater
Symphonies 68, 30, 31, 45, 53, 59, 60, 69,
73
Monteverdi
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Combattimento
L'Incoronazione di Poppea
L'Orfeo
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Vespro della Beata Virgine
Mozart
La finta giardiniera
Great Mass in C Minor
Horn Concertos
Litanies
Lucio Silla
Masses K. 66, 139, 257, 317, 337
Requiem
Sacred Arias
Serenades
Symphonies 12, 19, 23, 24, 27
Vespers K. 321, 339
Works by Leopold and Wolfgang Amadeus
Mozart
869/889
Pergolesi
Stabat Mater
Purcell
Rameau
Castor et Pollux
Telemann
Vivaldi
870/889
Four Seasons
Gloria
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bach
Matthäus-Passion
Haydn
Mozart
Overtures
Piano Concertos 23, 26
Symphonies 25, 26, 28, 2941
Die Zauberflöte
Schubert
Symphonies 19
Strauss, Johann II
Blue Danube
Die Fledermaus
Opernhauses Zürich
L'Incoronazione di Poppea
L'Orfeo
Mozart
La clemenza di Tito
Die Entführung aus dem Serail
Idomeneo
Die Zauberflöte
Staatskapelle Dresden
Mozart
Wiener Symphoniker
Haydn
The Creation
The Seasons
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INDEX
Mass in B Minor, 44
suites, 180187
Baillot, Pierre-Marie-François, 25
Barberini, Cardinal, 85
Bartok, Béla, 69
Cherubini, Luigi, 25
D
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Dufay, Guillaume, 16
Einstein, Albert, 12
Frescobaldi, Girolamo, 53
Geminiani, Francesco, 34
Jeptha, 177179
Messiah, 170
transcriptions, 178
Ionesco, Eugène, 68
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Kepler, Johannes, 61
Ariana, 131
madrigals, 130
Morley, Thomas, 55
Idomeneo, 135
orchestration, 91
placement of instruments, 85
tempo indications, 56
Oistrach, David, 96
Palladio, Andrea, 61
Q
889/889