ANWEISUNG ZUM FANTASIEREN: SYMPOSIUM ZUR PRAXIS UND THEORIE DER IMPROVISATION IM 17. UND 18. JAHRHUNDERT SCHOLA CANTORUM BASILIENSIS, 19–21 MARCH 2018

In this way, classical musicians are not museum curators of a static canon, slavishly bound to the musical text, but creative participants in a living tradition. [...]Schwenkreis led a lesson using a manuscript of fugues in figured-bass notation by Daniel Magnus Gronau (c1699–1747). [...]this aspect of chance is central to the means by which improvisation adds a fresh spark to the experience of classical music. For this reason, research and performance into historical improvisation practices may in fact contribute to the preservation of classical music culture in the future.