Historical Performance

Master's degree in Music as a 4-semester programme after a relevant Bachelor's degree.

Main study specialisations

Major instrument, historical performance practice, ensemble, basso continuo, compulsory elective module musicology/theory, elective modules, Master's thesis.

Requirements in the entrance exam

Instrumental performance of three works from different styles.

For recorder: One of the three works should either be an original diminution of a madrigal or an original ornamentation of a high baroque Italian slow movement or an original arrangement of a baroque sonata for violin or transverse flute.

For historical performance practice basso continuo:

From the basso continuo repertoire (17th/18th century)

- one prepared work

- an unprepared work (15 minutes preparation time) with the participation of a solo instrument or a singer

- a solo piece by Johann Sebastian Bach

Duration: approx. 20 minutes.

Admission to the aptitude test requires that the following is submitted with the application documents: a self-written document on the subject of "historical performance practice" or musicology or music analysis (accepted written languages: German, English, French).

(Excerpt from the Statutes on Enrollment; see there also the General examination requirements.)