Those who believe that church music consists simply of a few songs that they once heard in church, might be quite surprised indeed to learn just how diverse musica sacra can be.
Special: Musica Sacra
Posted on 29. November 2018
Cultures of Knowledge and Diversity – a Conference Review
250 participants discussed the fundaments and effects of various forms of knowledge and academic cultures.
Fascinating Versatility
The mdw’s Department of Organ, Organ Research, and Church Music is a place devoted to caring for the “humus of Western music”.
Austria’s Unique Place of Organ Research
1971 saw the establishment of the Institute of Organological Research and Documentation at what was then the Academy of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.
The mdw‘s “Organ Fleet”
A selection of organs of the mdw
Music
Alumni in Focus – Bine Katrine Bryndorf
Even at the young age of 12, Bine Katrine Bryndorf was convinced that the organ was her future.
Monopoly in the Worldwide Concert Business
Berthold Seliger provides insights into his keynote address, “Empire Business or Cultural Diversity. About the Reality of the Concert Business”.
“20 years from now, you’ll know whether or not you’re gifted; posterity will know in a century!”
In Memory of mdw Professor Gottfried von Einem (1918–1996)
Wiener Edition Alter Musik: An Idea and Enterprise of the mdw Turns 20
About this series of scholarly and critical score editions of 17th-century music
Drama
“In the End, It’s ‘Just’ Theatre.”
The 24-year-old German actor spoke with mdw Magazine about her fear of the acting profession, her plans for the future, and why she wants to play Jedermann in Salzburg.
Master of the Dirty Aesthetic
Since this autumn, the exceptional director David Bösch has been teaching stage directing at the Max Reinhardt Seminar.
Passing on the Magic
Burgtheater actors Regina Fritsch, Maria Happel, and Roland Koch speak about how they teach character development at the Max Reinhardt Seminar.
The Voice As a Seismograph of the Soul
Lead Voice and Speech at the Max Reinhardt Seminar
Film
Music videos: A Kind of Experimental Laboratory
A Calling Card, not an Income Source
Creating Worlds
Digital Art Compositing at Film Academy Vienna
Unexcelled Authenticity: Children in Film
Three Young Filmmakers Tell Us About Filmmaking with Children.
Alumni in Focus – P. A. Straubinger
It was in 1989 that he began studying production as well as camera technology and cinematography at Film Academy Vienna.
Research
“I don’t pass judgement; I observe.”
This past June, the ethnomusicologist Ursula Hemetek became the first woman professor at an arts university to receive the Wittgenstein Award.
On Knowing in the Arts
The idea of knowledge as a companion or component of the arts goes back quite far.
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