Ernst Ferand

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Ernst Thomas Ferand (born Ernő Freund;[1] 5 March 1887[2] – 29 May 1972[3]) was an American musicologist and music educator of Hungarian birth. He was also known as Ernest Ferand and Ernst Ferand-Freund.

Biography[edit]

Ferand was born in 1887 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary. He attended the Royal National Hungarian Academy of Music and the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.[4] He became interested in the methods of Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, and from 1925 to 1938 he taught at Dalcroze's Schule Hellerau-Laxenburg in Austria. In 1938 he published the influential treatise Die Improvisation in der Musik (Improvisation in Music).[5]

He fled Europe after the Nazi annexation of Austria, finding refuge in the United States.[6] From 1939 until 1965 Ferand was affiliated with the New School of Social Research.[7] He wrote a number of articles which were published in The Musical Quarterly and the Journal of the American Musicological Society.

Peter Wishart described Ferand as "perhaps the most widely acknowledged authority on the subject [of improvisation in Western music.]"[8]

Ferand died on May 29, 1972, in Basel, Switzerland.[9]

Bibliography[edit]

Books[edit]

  • (1938). Die Improvisation in der Musik: eine entwicklungsgeschichtliche und psychologische Untersuchung. Zürich: Rhein-Verlag.
  • (1956). Die Improvisation; in Beispielen aus neun Jahrhunderten abendländischer Musik (Improvisation in Nine Centuries of Western Music). Köln: A. Volk Verlag.
  • (1957). "Improvisation", die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (Encyclopedia) vol. 6, Kassel; Basel: Bärenreiter. pp. 1093-1135.
  • (1961). Improvisation in nine centuries of western music; an anthology with a historical introduction. Köln: Arno Volk Verlag. Series: Das Musikwerk (Anthology of music), no. 12.

Articles[edit]

  • Ernst Th. Ferand (July 1939). "The "Howling In Seconds" of the Lombards". The Musical Quarterly. 25 (3): 313–324. doi:10.1093/mq/xxv.3.313.
  • Ernst T. Ferand (1940). "Improvisation in Music History and Education". Papers of the American Musicological Society: 115–125.
  • Ernst T. Ferand (July 1941). "Two Unknown "Frottole"". The Musical Quarterly. 27 (3): 319–328. doi:10.1093/mq/xxvii.3.319.
  • Ernst T. Ferand (Oct 1942). "In Memoriam: Fernando Liuzzi". The Musical Quarterly. 28 (4): 494–504. doi:10.1093/mq/xxviii.4.494.
  • Ernest T. Ferand (Apr 1949). "Review: The Technique of Variation. A study of the Instrumental Variation from Antonio de Cabezón to Max Reger by Robert U. Nelson". The Musical Quarterly. 35 (2): 331–334. doi:10.1093/mq/xxxv.2.331.
  • Ernest T. Ferand (Jan 1951). ""Sodaine and Unexpected" Music in the Renaissance". The Musical Quarterly. 37 (1): 10–27. doi:10.1093/mq/xxxvii.1.10.
  • Ernest T. Ferand (Dec 1951). "Internationale Gesellschaft für Musikwissenschaft, Vierter Kongress, Basel, 29. Juni bis 3". Notes. Second Series. 9 (1): 126–127. doi:10.2307/890494. JSTOR 890494.
  • E. T. Ferand (1956). "Improvised Vocal Counterpoint in the Late Renaissance and Early Baroque". Annales musicologiques (4): 129–174.
  • Ernest T. Ferand (Autumn 1957). "What Is "Res Facta"?". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 10 (3): 141–150. doi:10.1525/jams.1957.10.3.03a00020.
  • Ernest T. Ferand (Jan 1958). "Embellished "Parody Canatatas" in the Early 18th Century". The Musical Quarterly. 44 (1): 40–64. doi:10.1093/mq/xliv.1.40.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Bauchhenß, Elisabeth (2016). Eugen Szenkar (1891-1977) Ein ungarisch-jüdischer Dirigent schreibt deutsche Operngeschichte. Böhlau Verlag GmbH & Cie. p. 18. ISBN 978-3-412-50117-4. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. ^ Hilscher, Elisabeth. "Ferand, Ernest Thomas". Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon online. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Obituaries". AMS Newsletter. 4 (2): 8. 15 Aug 1974.
  4. ^ "Fortnightly to Hear Dr. Ernest T. Ferand". Rutland Daily Herald. 5 Feb 1941. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  5. ^ Solis, Gabriel & Bruno Nettl. Musical Improvisation: Art, Education, and Society. 2009.
  6. ^ Kimball, Mary Kimball (Nov 11, 1970). "Old Vermont Farm Changes Hands; Still A Farm". The Times Argus. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  7. ^ Weber, Horst & Stefan Drees. "Sources Relating to the History of Emigre Musicians 1933-1950". p. 201
  8. ^ Wishart, Peter. "Review: Improvisation in Nine Centuries of Western Music". The Musical Times, vol. 103, No. 1431. May, 1962
  9. ^ Janet Rhoads Pinkowitz (Jun 1974). "Index to Music Necrology". Notes. 30 (4): 766–772.
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