research fellow at the University of Leuven, Belgium. As a scholar in musicology, Peter has specialized in the counterpoint pedagogy and historic improvisation and composition. He studied Music Pedagogy (5 years) at Brabant Conservatory in Tilburg, Master in Musicology at the University of Utrecht and Master in Music Theory (MA) at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.
Peter's PhD dissertation "Counterpoint and Partimento: Methods of Teaching Composition in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples" (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, Uppsala, 2015) highlights the practical teaching strategies at the Neapolitan conservatories during the late eighteenth century. Listen to our podcast conversation about this publication. In 1995, Peter co-founded the Gotland School of Music Composition, where he has been teaching Music Theory until 2014.
In this conversation Peter shares his insights about his new publication on 189 partimenti of Nicola Sala from the late 18th century Naples. They are available here.
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