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Royal Society of Edinburgh-funded Eighteenth-century Arts Education Research Network

Glasgow, Scotland
Joined January 2017
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Post-colloquia, attempting to make sense of Anne Young's Musical Game. @DorianKBandy kindly being our guinea pig. How many musicologists does it take to work out a game designed for 8-year olds that don't know music?
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Are we making sense of this? Goodness knows! But we'll perservere, for research's sake @DMcGconcal @BjornHeile @BreeRob_Kirk @ephoard all getting involved now
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Acting was the art of "passionating" - an actor's role was to understand their own emotions, and then elicit this in their audience. Strong emotions perceptibly moved the body, such as blushing, going pale, trembling, as well as vocal colour - even musically notating their lines
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1806 Chironomia by Rev Gilbert Austin, whilst about training boys, gives useful info on theatrical performance as Austin was very aware of theatre. Includes 4 positions for the feet, with varying weight distributions to avoid vocal power. Here's our audience trying the first out!
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We now move to Jed Wentz, 'finding 18-th century affects in our bodies today', questioning if affects are the same now as they were in the 18th century?
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An introduction to harpsichords and their functioning. Questions raised over what sort of bird feather to be used for the quills plucking the strings - possibly even condor?!
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Shape of harpsichords varies, depending on furniture fashion and differing national styles. Virginals and spinets also being mentioned, including this rare double-manual example
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Dr Jenny Nex welcoming us to @StCeciliasHall and providing us with its history, including how it came to be used for the Russell Collection
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Important discussions taking place over the past year's colloquia and events, and possible routes to take for the future. What are your thoughts on our past year, and your hopes for the future of EAERN?
Testing out Anne Young's Musical Game of 1801 on the train in with @ephoard and @F_in_Darke. Full reveal this afternoon! Replica by @lindstruments
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Today is the day! Please come along to the final EAERN workshop at St Cecilia's Hall, 1430, with Jed Wentz.
It's tomorrow! The final EAERN workshop, "With Muscles Intense and a smile in the eye: Finding 18th-century affects in our bodies today" with Jed Wentz will at 2:30pm tomorrow @StCeciliasHall, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh., EH1 1LL. All are welcome to attend. #eaernandlearn
The final EAERN workshop, "With Muscles Intense and a smile in the eye: Finding 18th-century affects in our bodies today" with Jed Wentz will take place Friday, 16 November at 2:30pm @StCeciliasHall, 50 Niddry Street, Edinburgh., EH1 1LL. All are welcome to attend. #eaernandlearn
Happy Monday everyone! Come and read about Domenico Corri and his "innovative" singing treatise. Blog post by our own @BreeRob_Kirk eaern.wordpress.com/2018/10/…
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It isn't education, but it is music history in virtual reality!
Music, taverns, coffee houses, Edinburgh...started this today... iash.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-eli…
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With scenes from The Gentle Shepherd! #opera #keepsinging
Come and celebrate Allan Ramsay's birthday with dinner and a show! Featuring scenes from The Gentle Shepherd! @DMcGconcal @AaronMarkMcG @AllanHotel @BreeRob_Kirk @P14Murray
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Our @EAERNing members might like this! @littleamiss @MarkTowsey @HistorianKarol @jed1848
The Allan Ramsay Festival 2018 kicks off with a ceilidh! Come dance the dances of Ramsay's day with @concaledonia @AllanHotel @AaronMarkMcG @DMcGconcal @P14Murray
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@ThomasAllery please do check out @concaledonia and @AaronMarkMcG work on 18th-century Scottish dancing!
We now move onto 'Creating Genius: Ossian, Beethoven and the Formation of the Musical-Genius Construct' #ECSSS18
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