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Master of Music Historische Interpretationspraxis (HIP) at Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main

Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Programme overview

A postgraduate programme for musicians who regard historical performance practice as essential, using period instruments or copies and knowledge from sources and treatises. The stylistic range covers music before 1600 to the 19th century.

Faculty: Music  |  Department: Institut fuer Historische Interpretationspraxis  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 CP  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Wintersemester and Sommersemester  |  Location: Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany

What you will study

Main subjects: recorder, traverso, historical oboe, baroque bassoon/dulcian, natural horn, natural trumpet, historical violin/viola, baroque cello, viola da gamba, violone, lute, harpsichord, fortepiano and organ.

Career pathways

Prepares musicians for the freelance music scene and improves orchestral musicians' job prospects.

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Application information

Entry requirements

A completed degree (Bachelor, Diplom, Kuenstlerische Reifepruefung, Erste Staatspruefung for music at Gymnasium, Musiklehrer diploma, church music A-Examen or comparable) and a passed entrance examination in the main subject plus compulsory harpsichord (except for harpsichord, fortepiano, lute majors).

Intake: Wintersemester and Sommersemester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 CP

Apply through the official page: https://www.hfmdk-frankfurt.de/thema/bewerben

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