Mastercourse Day 4 with Helen Abbott - What’s the stress? Finding your feet with French poetry
01 April 2020, 10:00am - 3:00pm
Guest tutor: Helen Abbott
10.00 - 13.00
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch (1 hour)
14.00 - 13.00
Today’s shorter Mastercourse day opens with a talk by Professor Helen Abbott on the structures and stresses of French poetry, and its different metrical forms. It will explore ways of performing the ‘mute e’ and how it is accounted for in French poetry and song, as well as where emphases fall in a poetic line and how composers navigate this in their scores. As the session continues, duos and members of the public alike will be encouraged to listen to the delivery of French poetry when sung, and respond with ideas about shaping expression in light of the rules of French poetry (and how to break them).
SPRING SONG PASSES
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An Evening Concert Pass is also available for £165.
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*Please note, the Mastercourse Pass does not include any evening concerts or the Mastercouse concert on Saturday 4 April 2020.
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