Admission to the Naples Conservatory

With reference to the admission program:

- Performance of a romantic or modern piece (from 1800 onwards, provided it is published)

In your opinion, can one perform a piece like Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag?

Romantic a ragtime?!?!?!

I strongly doubt it, aside from the fact that it is from 1909 and the 1800s

There is certainly little romanticism in this piece....

After 'romantic' it also says 'modern'...

And it also says from the 1800s onwards... 1801..1802.. 1893.. 1993.. 2373... etc.

So I wanted to know if I understood correctly or if I am interpreting it wrong

It is customary for Romanticism to end at the end of the 1800s, and anyway ragtime, besides being much closer to jazz, is out of context; if they want a romantic piece, move towards Schubert and Brahms.

And then excuse me, if a piece from Classicism from 1750 onwards was to be written, you couldn't exactly bring Brahms! Or Liszt would have been equally out of context; Classicism canonically ends with Beethoven and Romanticism at the end of the 1800s; in fact, after that, they will almost certainly ask you for a piece from the 1900s, from Debussy onwards.

No antares

> Performance of a romantic or modern piece (from 1800 onwards, provided it is published)

ROMANTIC OR MODERN

You may even play one of my pieces, provided it is published (this last thing is a trifle, publication is no guarantee of quality)

Surely Scott Joplin is a bit out of context

Ah oops I hadn't read carefully, also modern... my mistake.

Anyway, I still wouldn't lean towards Joplin.

Nikolaj Griševič Kapustin, an étude or a prelude. These are also very jazzy but with a classical vein (in some) that gives them a lot.

So, in conclusion of the discussion, I can introduce myself with Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag... Even though I don't understand why Antares advises against it.

ga3tan0 wrote:

So, in conclusion of the discussion, I can present myself with Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag... Even though I don't understand why Antares advises against it.

If you are trying for admission to a classical piano class, what is the point of presenting Jazz pieces? Then try for admission to a jazz class, right?

If you want references for 1900s classical composers, just ask. You can range among many composers, from Ligeti, Kurtág, Bartók, Crumb, Stockhausen, Rachmaninoff, Messiaen, etc.

For now, Rag is not Jazz, even if it probably contributed to the formation of Jazz.

I don't see why there is a need to worry about maintaining the classical line, since it is not a concert; many conservatories allow you to bring a modern piece in the admission program,

Perhaps one will be discriminated against for this?

Yes it is often... with modern they mean from Debussy onwards... even if defining Debussy as modern...

ga3tan0 wrote:

I don't see why there is a need to worry about maintaining the classical line, since it is not a concert; if many conservatories allow bringing a modern piece in the admission program,

You should ask the committee. At your own risk. I don't know if you are looking for suggestions or not, mine is to range among the composers I indicated to you... but there are others too. Specifically Debussy, Ravel... but also very recent ones, who have written in this century.

I understand... I got the mentor.

Too bad, I liked the genre, also because it resembles the way I arrange a piece with a cheerful type of melody.

Isaac Albeniz and others like Enrique Granados, de Falla...... !!!!

I would like a clarification if possible.

In the program it is written: J.S. Bach, performance of two pieces

Is the Prelude of Bach's English Suite No. 2 considered one piece, or does 'per piece' mean the entire Suite?

It's an admission, isn't it? Then a movement from a suite should be enough, I believe... but I'm not sure

I thank Antares, but is there someone who can give me more reassurance?

in my opinion it refers to the complete suite = one piece

however, you can only be certain by inquiring directly at the conservatory.

A suite is a collection of pieces or rather dances; the same doubt could arise for preludes and fugues (only prelude or only fugue?).

The wisest thing, as Nancy rightly suggests, is to contact the coordinator of the department at the conservatory where you will be taking your admission exam, preview the study program, and potentially adjust your course of action before the day of the exam.

Good luck