What are we playing today? Musicians and repertoire of amateur string and symphony orchestras in the Netherlands and Flanders.

Autor/inn/en	Geudens, Thomas; De Baets, Thomas
Titel	What are we playing today? Musicians and repertoire of amateur string and symphony orchestras in the Netherlands and Flanders. Paralleltitel: Was spielen wir heute? Musiker*innen und Repertoire in Amateurorchestern in den Niederlanden und Flandern.
Quelle	In: Üben & musizieren research, (2023) 3, S. 63-79 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Abbildungen; Tabellen; Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2748-8497
URN	urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023110209075814261851
Schlagwörter	Belgien; Niederlande; Unterricht; Didaktik; Flandern; Amateur; Orchester; Ensemble; Repertoire; Didaktik; Unterricht; Besetzung (Mus); Ensemble; Orchester; Repertoire; Amateur; Belgien; Flandern; Niederlande
Abstract	The participating musicians, their instruments and the music they perform are defining characteristics of instrumental amateur ensembles. The aim of this study was to map the instrumentation and repertoire of Dutch and Flemish amateur orchestras. Early in 2021, through a web survey, string and symphony orchestras (N = 67) in the Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium) shared insights about their musicians and repertoire. Findings show that the orchestras' instrumentation is derived from the standardised configuration of professional orchestras, but also depends on the availability of players. Difficulties in finding viola, double bass and several brass players emerges. The results shed light on the musical identities of the orchestras and their players who favour historical art music and, to a lesser extent, soundtrack over other genres. Only 18.2% of the pieces is written by a living composer. Although European composers have written the lion's share (85.7%) of the repertoire, Belgian and Dutch composers only account for a small percentage (6.1%). Only 1.7% is written by female composers. (Abstract übernommen).
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Update	2024/1