Ernst Ferand
Ernst Thomas Ferand (born Ernő Freund;music educator of Hungarian birth. He was also known as Ernest Ferand and Ernst Ferand-Freund.
Biography
Ferand was born in 1887 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. He attended the Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.[4] He became interested in the methods of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and from 1925 to 1938 he taught at Dalcroze's Schule Hellerau-Laxenburg in Austria. In 1938 he published the influential treatise Die Improvisation in der Musik (Improvisation in Music).[5]
He fled Europe after the
New School of Social Research.[7] He wrote a number of articles which were published in The Musical Quarterly and the Journal of the American Musicological Society
.
Peter Wishart described Ferand as "perhaps the most widely acknowledged authority on the subject [of improvisation in Western music.]"[8]
Ferand died on May 29, 1972, in
Basel, Switzerland.[9]
Bibliography
Books
- (1938). Die Improvisation in der Musik: eine entwicklungsgeschichtliche und psychologische Untersuchung. Zürich: Rhein-Verlag.
- (1956). Die Improvisation; in Beispielen aus neun Jahrhunderten abendländischer Musik (Improvisation in Nine Centuries of Western Music). Köln: A. Volk Verlag.
- (1957). "Improvisation", die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (Encyclopedia) vol. 6, Kassel; Basel: Bärenreiter. pp. 1093-1135.
- (1961). Improvisation in nine centuries of western music; an anthology with a historical introduction. Köln: Arno Volk Verlag. Series: Das Musikwerk (Anthology of music), no. 12.
Articles
- Ernst Th. Ferand (July 1939). "The "Howling In Seconds" of the Lombards". The Musical Quarterly. 25 (3): 313–324. .
- Ernst T. Ferand (1940). "Improvisation in Music History and Education". Papers of the American Musicological Society: 115–125.
- Ernst T. Ferand (July 1941). "Two Unknown "Frottole"". The Musical Quarterly. 27 (3): 319–328. .
- Ernst T. Ferand (Oct 1942). "In Memoriam: Fernando Liuzzi". The Musical Quarterly. 28 (4): 494–504. .
- Ernest T. Ferand (Apr 1949). "Review: The Technique of Variation. A study of the Instrumental Variation from Antonio de Cabezón to Max Reger by Robert U. Nelson". The Musical Quarterly. 35 (2): 331–334. .
- Ernest T. Ferand (Jan 1951). ""Sodaine and Unexpected" Music in the Renaissance". The Musical Quarterly. 37 (1): 10–27. .
- Ernest T. Ferand (Dec 1951). "Internationale Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft, Vierter Kongress, Basel, 29. Juni bis 3". Notes. Second Series. 9 (1): 126–127. JSTOR 890494.
- E. T. Ferand (1956). "Improvised Vocal Counterpoint in the Late Renaissance and Early Baroque". Annales musicologiques (4): 129–174.
- Ernest T. Ferand (Autumn 1957). "What Is "Res Facta"?". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 10 (3): 141–150. .
- Ernest T. Ferand (Jan 1958). "Embellished "Parody Canatatas" in the Early 18th Century". The Musical Quarterly. 44 (1): 40–64. .
References
- ISBN 978-3-412-50117-4. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Hilscher, Elisabeth. "Ferand, Ernest Thomas". Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Obituaries". AMS Newsletter. 4 (2): 8. 15 Aug 1974.
- ^ "Fortnightly to Hear Dr. Ernest T. Ferand". Rutland Daily Herald. 5 Feb 1941. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ Solis, Gabriel & Bruno Nettl. Musical Improvisation: Art, Education, and Society. 2009.
- ^ Kimball, Mary Kimball (Nov 11, 1970). "Old Vermont Farm Changes Hands; Still A Farm". The Times Argus. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ Weber, Horst & Stefan Drees. "Sources Relating to the History of Emigre Musicians 1933-1950". p. 201
- ^ Wishart, Peter. "Review: Improvisation in Nine Centuries of Western Music". The Musical Times, vol. 103, No. 1431. May, 1962
- ^ Janet Rhoads Pinkowitz (Jun 1974). "Index to Music Necrology". Notes. 30 (4): 766–772.
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