about us
The Songbird Music Academy's mission is to provide students with the training to improvise, compose and develop their individual artistic identity.
It is founded on tried and true music pedagogical methods such as Partimento, Thorough Bass, Solfeggio, Improvisation, Composition and development of stylistic diversity
PARTIMENTO
A fun, effective way to develop musical ability that's been effective for centuries.
Originally from the Naples Conservatories of Italy in the 1700s, Partimento emerged as an effective way to comprehensively teach students Harmony, Counterpoint and Improvisation.
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Historical uses of Partimento
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Mozart taught his students using Partimenti.
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Handel taught Princess Anne Partimenti.
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Johann Christian Bach studied in Bologna with Giovanni Battista Martini.
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Richard Wagner's teacher Christian Theodor Weinlig studied in Bologna with Stanislao Mattei.
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Joseph Haydn studied with the Neapolitan composer Nicola Porpora in Vienna.
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The Paris Conservatory (Where Debussy and Ravel trained as children from the age of 10) was founded with the heavy influence of the Neopolitan School.
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The Italian composer Giovanni Paisiello, at the invitation of Catherine the Great, spent 8 years working in Russia.
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