City of Basel Music Academy
Encyclopedia
The City of Basel Music Academy is an institution for music education
, located in Basel
, Switzerland
. It comprises a music school, college of music, and a center for early music
research and performance. The Academy is affiliated with the University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland.
was director from 1896 to 1918, and in 1905 he oversaw the addition of a college of music (Hochschule für Musik), the first conservatory in German-speaking Switzerland. Conductor Hans Münch
served as the school's director from 1935-1947.
In 1954 the school incorporated the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
, one of the world's leading early music
institutions. Together the three institutions formed the City of Basel Music Academy.
In 1999 the Academy achieved the status of a university of applied sciences, or Fachhochschule, and in October of that year the vocational department of the Basel Jazz School was incorporated into the Academy's college of music.
In 2001 the Academy added a fourth institution, the Basic Course in Music (Musikalischer Grundkurs).
In 2008 the Academy became an affiliate of the regional University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz).
Werner Güra
Music education
Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music. It touches on all domains of learning, including the psychomotor domain , the cognitive domain , and, in particular and significant ways,the affective domain, including music appreciation and sensitivity...
, located in Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It comprises a music school, college of music, and a center for early music
Early music
Early music is generally understood as comprising all music from the earliest times up to the Renaissance. However, today this term has come to include "any music for which a historically appropriate style of performance must be reconstructed on the basis of surviving scores, treatises,...
research and performance. The Academy is affiliated with the University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland.
History
The origins of the City of Basel Music Academy go back to 8 December 1867, when philanthropist Johann Jakob Schäublin-Vögtlin founded a music school (Allgemeine Musikschule) in Basel with support from the Gesellschaft für das Gute und Gemeinnützige (GGG). Selmar Bagge was the school's first director (1868-1896). The composer Hans HuberHans Huber (composer)
Hans Huber was a composer from Switzerland.He was born in Eppenberg-Wöschnau . The son of an amateur musician, Huber became a chorister and showed an early talent for the piano. In 1870 he entered Leipzig Conservatory...
was director from 1896 to 1918, and in 1905 he oversaw the addition of a college of music (Hochschule für Musik), the first conservatory in German-speaking Switzerland. Conductor Hans Münch
Hans Münch (conductor)
Hans Münch was a Swiss conductor, composer, cellist, pianist, organist, and music educator of Alsatian birth. His compositional output includes one symphony , a Sympbonische Improvisationen , and a number of cantatas.-Life and career:Born into a family of musicians in Mulhouse, France, Münch was...
served as the school's director from 1935-1947.
In 1954 the school incorporated the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Schola Cantorum Basiliensis is a music academy and research institution located in Basel, Switzerland, and focusing on early music and historically informed performance....
, one of the world's leading early music
Early music
Early music is generally understood as comprising all music from the earliest times up to the Renaissance. However, today this term has come to include "any music for which a historically appropriate style of performance must be reconstructed on the basis of surviving scores, treatises,...
institutions. Together the three institutions formed the City of Basel Music Academy.
In 1999 the Academy achieved the status of a university of applied sciences, or Fachhochschule, and in October of that year the vocational department of the Basel Jazz School was incorporated into the Academy's college of music.
In 2001 the Academy added a fourth institution, the Basic Course in Music (Musikalischer Grundkurs).
In 2008 the Academy became an affiliate of the regional University of Applied Sciences Northwest Switzerland (Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz).
Notable alumni
- Nicholas Altstaedt
- Sol Gabetta
- Endre Granat
Werner Güra
Werner Güra
Werner Güra is a German classical tenor in opera, concert and Lied, also an academic teacher in Zurich.- Professional career :...