שרה מנדל-יהודה

Sarah Mandel-Yehuda                                   

Academic Degrees:

Ph. D., ‘with highest distinction’, 1993, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Music, in musicology. Dissertation supervised by Prof. Bathia Churgin: “Early Symphonic Style as Reflected in the Symphonies of Antonio Brioschi (fl. ca. 1725–ca. 1750) in the Fonds Blancheton.” 380 pp.

M. A., 1974, Boston University, Mass., School of Fine and Applied Arts, Department of Musicology, in musicology. Thesis supervised by Prof. Murray Lefkowitz: “Four Selected Cantatas by Alessandro Scarlatti: Transcription from Manuscript Number M360.10 of the Boston Public Library and Commentary.” 298 pp.

B. Mus., cum laude, 1971, Boston University, Mass., School of Fine and Applied Arts, Department of Musicology, in theory and composition of music.

Teaching diploma, summa cum laude, 1999, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel, School of Education.

Research Fields:

 

Musicology. Eighteenth-century Western music (history, theory, style), with emphasis on the early symphonic genre and the music of the Italian composer Antonio Brisochi.

 

Publications:

Books

Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah, ed. Dodici Sinfonie di Antonio Brioschi. Critical edition, including historical introduction, discussion of the sources, and critical commentary. Archivio della Sinfonia Milanese, 1. Milan: Universal Music Publishing Ricordi, 2008. (In Italian and English.)

Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah, ed. Antonio Brioschi: Six Symphonies. Critical edition, including historical and editorial commentary, and critical report. Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era, vol. 51. Madison: A-R Editions, 1998.

Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah, ed. Instrumental Parts. Violin I. Violin II. Viola. Basso. Antonio Brioschi: Six Symphonies. Recent Researches in the Music of the Classical Era, Madison: A-R Editions, 1998.

 

Articles

 

Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah. “The Symphonies of Antonio Brioschi.” In The Symphonic Repertoire, Vol. 1, The Eighteenth-Century Symphony. Edited by Mary Sue Morrow and Bathia Churgin. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, in press.

 

Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah. “Issues of Authenticity in Eighteenth-century Sources of Symphonies: The Case of Antonio Brioschi (fl. ca. 1725-ca. 1750).” In Proceedings of the International Conference Antonio Brioschi, Il nuovo stile musicale del ‘700 lombardo-piemontese: Ricerca storico-critica, prassi esecutiva, aspetti produttivi, Alessandria, 20-21 September 2008. Edited by Cesare Fertonani. Milan:  LED Edizioni, in press.

 

Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah. “Antonio Brioschi, the Symphony, and the Jewish Point.” Michlol 26 (2009), pp. 99-112. (In Hebrew.)

 

Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah. “Biografia – Life and Works: Antonio Brioschi.” In the “antoniobrioschi compositore (fl. 1725-1750)” internet site. Managed by Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Storia delle arti, della musica e dello spettacolo, Sezione Musica, and Associazione Culturale Atalanta Fugiens. 2007. (In Italian.)

      <http://www.antoniobrioschi.org/eng_site/vita.php>

Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah. “Antonio Brioschi: Six Early Symphonies.” In Antonio Brioschi, Sei Sinfonie (1733-1741). Archivio della sinfonia Milanese, I. Atalanta Fugiens. Vanni Moretto, conductor. Compact disk. Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 88697031162. Sony BMG, 2006.

 

Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah. “Levels of Tonal Polarity in Symphonic Second Movements by Antonio Brioschi.” In Giovanni Battista Sammartini and His Musical Environment. Edited by Anna Cattoretti. Studi sulla Storia della musica in Lombardia: Collana di testi musicologici, Vol. 4. Publications of the Pietro Antonio Locatelli Foundation, Amsterdam-Cremona. General editor, Albert Dunning. Turnhout: Brepols, 2004, pp. 245-260.

Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah. “‘Sonate, que me veux-tu?’: Sonata-Form Problems in Recent Writings,” Orbis Musicae 13 (2003), pp. 155-160.

Churgin, Bathia and Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah. “Brioschi, Antonio,” in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, revised edition, London: Macmillan, 2001, vol. 4, pp. 358-359. Online version updated periodically is published by Oxford University Press (for subscribers).

       <http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/public> Last update, 2006.

Churgin, Bathia and Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah. “Brioschi, Antonio,” in Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, second edition. Kassel: Bärenreiter, 2000, vol. 3, col. 907-910. (In German.)

 

Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah. “The Symphonies of Antonio Brioschi: Aspects of Sonata Form,” Min-Ad: Israel Studies in Musicology Online 1 (1999).

        <http://www.biu.ac.il/hu/mu/ims/Min-ad/vol_1/brioschi.htm>

 

Mandel-Yehuda, Sarah. “‘Sonate, que me veux-tu?’: Sonata-Form Problems in Recent Writings.” In Rethinking Interpretive Traditions in Musicology, An International Musicological Conference, Abstracts. Tel-Aviv University, Israel. Department of Musicology, 1999, p. 28.

 

Courses:

•Seminar - The early classical symphony

•Seminar - Sonata form: theory and practice

•Harmony and harmonic analysis 1 - 2

•Ear training 1 - 2

•Counterpoint 1 - 2

•History of Western music: Middle ages, Renaissance, contemporary music

•Introduction to music

•Musical styles

•Bibliography in music

Additional Academic Courses Taught:

•Israeli art music

•Music and Judaism

•Research seminar

•History and literature of music: Baroque, Classical, Romantic music

•Forms in music

•Style and analysis

•Acoustics and musical instruments

•Computer programs for music notation and music education

Development of Didactic Means for Academic Instruction of Music

Creating and teaching fully online academic courses in music. (In Hebrew, on the platform of HighLearn.)

· Bibliography: 2003-2010, Bar-Ilan University

· Research Seminar: 2004-2010, Michlalah-Jerusalem College

· Israeli art music: 2006-2010, Michlalah-Jerusalem College

Creating web sites which include teaching material and exercises accompanying my following courses. (In Hebrew.)

· Counterpoint: 2007-2008, Bar-Ilan University

· Sonata form: in theory and practice: 2006-2007, Bar-Ilan University

· Music B.Ed. projects: 2005-2010, Michlalah-Jerusalem College

· Ear training: 2004-2010, Michlalah-Jerusalem College

· Theory of music: 2004-2010, Michlalah-Jerusalem College

Creating web sites accompanying academic courses in music taught by other lecturers. (In Hebrew.)

· History of Western music 1 and 2: 2004-2007, Bar-Ilan University

Creating web sites accompanying academic courses in music taught by other lecturers. (In Hebrew.)

Author of three booklets intended for courses at Michlalah-Jerusalem College, 2007 (in Hebrew):

· “Foundations of Music Theory” – for music theory 1

· “Common-Practice Harmony” – for music theory 2

· “Chromatic and Enharmonic Music” – for music theory 3