Die Abteilung Musikwissenschaft der JGU veranstaltet in Kooperation mit der Christoph Willibald Gluck-Gesamtausgabe und der Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur sowie mit dem Institut für Altertumswissenschaften im Rahmen des BMBF-geförderten LOB-Projekts der JGU Mainz zwischen dem 10. und 15. September 2018 wieder eine Summer School.
Sie wird geleitet von Jun.-Prof. Dr. habil. Stefanie Acquavella-Rauch und beschäftigt sich mit der Rezeption antiker Sujets im Opernschaffen Christoph Willibald Glucks. Geplant sind neben Einführungen u.a. zu den antiken Stoffen, zur Librettologie und zur Bühnentechnik im 18. Jahrhundert vor allem die nähere Untersuchung ausgewählter Kompositionen anhand von Opernportraits.
Das Programm wird begleitet von einer Exkursion zum Schlosstheater in Schwetzingen.
Der Kurs richtet sich an fortgeschrittene Studierende der Musikwissenschaft sowie der klassischen Philologie und der Altertumswissenschaften im In- und Ausland und ermöglicht diesen ein international geprägtes Studienangebot in Mainz. Die Kurssprachen sind Deutsch und Englisch, die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei und es gibt finanzielle Unterstützung für die Unterbringung. Außerdem ist es möglich, ECTS-Punkte zu erwerben. Bewerbungsschluss ist der 1. Juli 2018 (Motivationsbrief und CV als PDF an gluck_mz18@uni-mainz.de).
Orpheus, the hanging gardens of Semiramis, and the olympic gods – through the ages, ancient myths and subjects have strongly impacted the arts. The III. Summer School in Mainz will approach these topics from an interdisciplinary perspective by combining methodologies from musicology and the field of ancient and classical studies, focusing on the operas of Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787). His compositions will be introduced from a holistic perspective, highlighting the interconnectedness of the many processes involved in the production of his operas and giving participants more insights into Baroque music theater and the reception of ancient subjects in the arts in general.
How did narratives change through librettists’ adaptations of the myths and histories and how did this impact their understanding? How did Gluck approach setting these librettos to music? What restrictions and possibilities did Baroque stagecraft impose on the representation of the ancient subjects? In exploring these and other questions, comprehensive portraits of selected operas will be developed which contribute to an understanding of Gluck’s operas as a form of representational art.
The Summer School will be accompanied by a colorful program, such as introducing the participants to the city of Mainz and its history. Furthermore, we will visit the Baroque Schlosstheater in Schwetzingen of 1753 in which architectural conventions of Gluck’s time come to life. The tour contributes to a better understanding of the circumstances under which his operas were performed in the eighteenth century.
Application
The Summer School is a cooperative course, jointly organized by the Musicology Division and the Department of Ancient and Classical Studies of the Johannes Gutenberg University as well as the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz and the project “Christoph Willibald Gluck – Sämtliche Werke.”
The course is designed for German and international students of musicology and of ancient and classical studies and thereby offers an international study program in Mainz. We award credits according to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS). The Summer School will be held in English and in German. As the number of participants is limited, applicants are asked to submit a letter of motivation and a short CV. There is no course fee. Financial support for accommodation might be awarded.
Please submit your application by e-mail (as PDF) by July 1, 2018 to gluck_mz18@uni-mainz.de.