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1 Programmes for the public Madingley Hall, Madingley, Cambridge CB23 8AQ Tel: Programme for a course entitled: Music from the land of the Midnight Sun: music and art from Scandinavia To be held at Madingley Hall October 2010 Course code: 1011NRX051 Tutor: David Huckvale

2 Director of Public and Professional Programmes Adrian Barlow MA PGCE Academic Programme Manager Linda Fisher MA Course Director David Huckvale BA(Hons) ALCM PhD Director of Public and Professional Programmes, University Lecturer in English Literature Public Programmes Writer, Broadcaster, Lecturer Programme Friday 22 October 2010 Please plan to arrive at Madingley Hall between 4.30 and 6.30pm. You can meet other course members in the bar, which opens at 6.15pm. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms. 7.15pm Dinner 8.30pm 10.00pm 10.00pm Scandinavian Folk Traditions Terrace bar open for informal discussion Saturday 23 October am Breakfast 9.00am am Norway am Coffee 11.00am 12.30pm Norway pm 2.00pm 4.00pm Lunch Free Tea 4.30pm 6.00pm Finland pm Dinner 8.30pm 10.00pm Finland pm Terrace bar open for informal discussion Sunday 24 October am 9.00am 10.30am 10.30am 11.00am 12.30pm 1.00pm Breakfast Sweden and Denmark Coffee Contemporary Scandinavian Music Lunch The course will disperse after lunch

3 Music from the land of the Midnight Sun: music and art from Scandinavia Seven sessions on October 2010 Tutor biography Dr David Huckvale is a freelance writer and lecturer on music and its relation with the other arts. He has published two books on film music: James Bernard. Composer to Count Dracula (McFarland, 2006) and Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde (McFarland, 2008). He has also been a broadcaster, critic and researcher for BBC Radio and taught for the Open University, the V&A, the LSO, many adult education centres and currently teaches a course on film music as Birmingham University. Syllabus Aims: This course will explore the history of Scandinavian music from its folk origins through the works of eighteenth-century composers and the emergence of National Romanticism in the nineteenth century with the music of Grieg, Sibelius and Alfvén. By the end of the course we will have reached the exciting music of twentieth and twenty-first-century Scandinavia. We will also be exploring the art of many nineteenth-century Scandinavian artists, image and music combining to illuminate the culture of Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland. Content: 1. Folk Traditions A visual introduction to Scandinavia; Folk art and architecture; Lappish Joigo music; Finnish Kantele music; an introduction to the Kalevala and Norse Saga; the Norwegian Hardanger Fiddle and National Slåtter dance forms; Hans Christian Anderson s tale The Bird of Popular Song 2. Norway The life and works of Ole Bull ( ), Ludwig Lindeman ( ), Richard Nordraak ( ), Halfdan Kjerulf ( ), Edvard Grieg ( ), Johan Svendson ( ), Christian Sinding ( ) and Johan Halvorsen ( ). 3. Finland 18th Century Finnish music by Carl Ludwig Lithander ( ), Thomas Bystöm ( ), Fridrik Emanuel Lithander ( ), Bernhard Henrik Crusell ( ). The music of Jean Sibelius ( ), the art of Akseli Gallen-Kallela and their reaction to the Kaleyala. The music of Selim Palmgren ( ), Toivo Kuula and Leevi Madetoja.

4 4. Sweden The music of Jacob Adolf Hågg ( ), Hugo Alfven ( ), Wilhelm Stenhammer ( ) and Otto Emanuel Olsson ( ). 5. Denmark The music of Niels Gade ( ) and Carl August Nielsen ( ). 6. Contemporary Scandinavian Music Music by Aarre Merikanto ( ), Einar Englund (1916-), Joonas Kokkonen (1921-), Einojuhani Rautavaara, Aulis Sallinen (1935-), Per Nørgard (1932-). Presentation of the course: Each session will be lecture-based with opportunities for discussion, illustrated with recordings and film extracts, images and examples at the piano. No previous knowledge is required. Outcomes: As a result of the course, within the constraints of the time available, students should be able to: 1. Identify how the composers studied responded to the period in which they worked, recognising certain similarities of approach. 2. Connect the development of the music studied with the political and cultural events that occurred alongside it. 3. Expand your awareness of less well-known composers. 4. Develop your ability to approach music from an inter-disciplinary perspective. 5. Enhance your ability to engage with later musical developments in the twentieth-century through a greater understanding of the changes which took place in society and culture in the twentieth century.

5 Reading and Resources List Music from the Land of the Midnight Sun Tutor: Dr David Huckvale Date: October 2010 Code: 1011NRX051 Author Title Publisher and date Benestad F. & Schjelderup-Ebbe, D. Edvard Grieg Gloucester, 1988 Ekman, K. Jean Sibelius Helsinki, 1935 Helistö, P. Music in Finland Huhmari, 1979 Kent, N. The Triumph of Light and Nature Nordic Art London, 1987 Lange, K. Norwegian Music A Survey Oslo, 1982 Layton, R. Sibelius London 1965 Levas, S. Sibelius A Personal Portrait London, 1972 Lonnrot, E. (trans. Francis Peabody Magoun) The Kalevala Harvard, 1982 Parmet, S. The Symphonies of Sibelius London, 1959 Martin, T. & Siven, D. Akseli Gallen-Kalella National Artist of Finland Sulkava, 1985 Wilson, D. M. Vikings and Gods in European Art Hojbjerg, 1997 Students of the Institute of Continuing Education are entitled to 20% discount on books published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) which are purchased at the Press bookshop, 1 Trinity Street, Cambridge (Mon-Sat 9am pm, Sun 11am - 5pm). A letter confirming acceptance on to a current Institute course, or this syllabus, should be taken as evidence of enrolment.

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