It is my great honor and pleasure to announce that I have been appointed full tenured professor of music theory with a focus on jazz/pop/arrangement (as well as classical music…thus: MUSIC 😀) at the University of Music Freiburg, Germany, starting on April 1, 2022. I am very proud and excited to return to my alma mater as successor to Otfried Büsing and I cannot wait to get involved in shaping the university through teaching and research. This job is a dream come true. #dreamjob#HfMFreiburg
Thanks to everyone who has supported me on my way!! Many greetings from Freiburg, Philipp
Tune in for the 17th edition of the Darmstädter Jazzforum! I’ll be contributing a paper about the musical education of early jazz musicians on Thursday, Sep 30 at 2:30 PM (CET):
Racial Uplift, Community und die Zukunft schwarzer Musik – Der musikalische Ausbildungskanon an den Historically Black Colleges and Universities im späten 19. und frühen 20. Jh. und der Einfluss auf den frühen Jazz.
The conference will be streamed via the Youtube channel of the Darmstadt Jazz Institute:
together with my colleague Derek Remeš, I recently published an essay collection Angewandtes Klavierspiel: Historische und Zeitgenössische Perspektiven / Applied Piano: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives (Olms): https://www.olms.de/search/Detail.aspx?pr=2009850
It includes many intriguing articles by international authors, and also an article of mine about “Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmerman’s Encyclopédie du Pianiste Compositeur.” I am currently working on a new translated edition (English and German) of this fantastic treatise, which gives rare and invaluable insights into the education of professional pianist composers and improvisers of the 19th century. I’ll keep you posted about the project. The essay collection is available in book stores and online.
Release: 15 May 2019
QFTF/126 Available on CD / Download / Streaming
Philipp Teriete: Composition & Piano
Dave Pietro: Flute & Alto Saxophone
Martin Wind: Acoustic Bass
Elias Meister: Electric Guitar
Joe Hertenstein: Drums
»Tåkete Hjerte, Lys Sjel« (Composed & Arranged by Philipp Teriete)
»Chicago Elevated« (Composed & Arranged by Philipp Teriete)
Urosh Jovanovich: Audio Recording
Roy Hendrickson: Audio Mixing
Alan Silverman: Audio Mastering
Zamarin Wahdat: Video Recording
Na’ama Keha: Video Editing
With his debut album afterglow the 32-year old German pianist and composer Philipp Teriete transcends various stylistic and cultural boundaries, from jazz to classical music and West-African music. The quintet takes the listener on a musical journey to Norway, Ghana, the USA and on imaginary trips through stardusts and to the sun. Philipp Teriete spans a bow that reflects a synthesis of the various influences that shaped him.
He is a cosmopolitan, a well-rounded and versatile musician, a passionate educator and researcher. Philipp Teriete studied classical piano and music theory in Freiburg (Germany), Paris (France) and London (UK) as well as jazz piano and composition in Oslo (Norway) and New York City (USA).
In 2017, he recorded a selection of his compositions and arrangements for jazz quintet in New York City. These pieces were inspired by the “afterglow,” i.e. the pleasant memories and feelings of past journeys and experiences. The pieces of the album live from the well-balanced, dynamic interplay of the ensemble and the original improvisations of each soloist. With Dave Pietro (alto saxophone and flute), Martin Wind (double bass), Elias Meister (electric guitar) and Joe Hertenstein (drums), Philipp Teriete brought together established names of New York City’s jazz scene who contribute equally to the subtle shades of the individual pieces and express the various moods and colors in their own way.
I’ll be playing a duo concert with the wonderful Luis Carlos Pérez (saxophone) at Danilo’s Jazz Club, Panama City on Thursday March 21, 2019. Hope to see you there!
Teriete, Philipp. “From Leipzig to St. Louis: Einflüsse deutscher Musiktheorie und -pädagogik auf die Entstehung des Ragtime, Blues und Jazz.” In: Beiträge zur Popularmusikforschung 44, Bielefeld: transcript, pp. 121-146.
Ragtime and blues are considered to be direct precursors of jazz. However, at the beginning of the twentieth century, generic distinctions between ragtime, blues, and jazz were less marked than they are today. In fact, the terms were often used interchangeably. In this paper, Philipp Teriete suggests a widening of our historical lens in order to see how certain European traditions played an important role in shaping these three iconic US-American styles. While relatively much is known about the biographies and oeuvres of the creators of ragtime, blues, and jazz, music-theoretical contexts and educational backgrounds of composers do not receive the same scholarly focus. Who were these musicians’ teachers? What exactly did they learn? Analyses only rarely address such topics and often ignore music-theoretical questions. Philipp Teriete’s research into previously unknown textual and musical sources suggests that the creators of ragtime, blues, and jazz were not only strongly influenced by a certain European repertoire but also by European (and particularly German) music-theoretical concepts. Teriete demonstrates that the interaction between African-American musicians and German music teachers and traditions such as the »Leipziger Konservatoriumslehre« may have played a significant role in the shaping of ragtime, blues, and jazz.
Check out the jugglers of Bryant Park Juggling. Juggling is a great example of practicing in real time without stopping. Like jugglers, musicians have to loop sequences of motions until they can ‘do it.’ And: You have to do it in order to be able to do it! 🙂 However, it’s not only important to improvise and repeat patterns. It is equally important to reflect about the (finite) mathematical options involved and to try them out practically. Applied to music this means: thinking about the number of possible permutations of rhythms, melodic and harmonic structures, the possibilities and combinations etc. In other words: music theory and improvisation!
Long live trial and error: fake it ’til you make it! Long live thinking, mathematics and music theory!
Philipp Teriete: Takete Hjerte, Lys SjelPhilipp Teriete7:10
Philipp Teriete: Chicago ElevatedPhilipp Teriete4:54
Philipp Teriete: Desert RosesPhilipp Teriete6:38
Philipp Teriete: Poussieres d'EtoilesPhilipp Teriete5:28
Philipp Teriete: Light Green SnippetPhilipp Teriete5:48
Philipp Teriete: New York NocturnePhilipp Teriete7:49
Philipp Teriete: On the Way to the SunPhilipp Teriete3:18
Osibisa / Philipp Teriete: Welcome HomePhilipp Teriete5:45
Philipp Teriete: Kakum RainsPhilipp Teriete5:26
György Ligeti (1923-2006): Arc-en-ciel, No. 5 from Etude (Book 1)Philipp Teriete2:54
George Enescu (1881-1955): Choral, VI. from Pièces Impromptues op. 18Philipp Teriete8:47
George Enescu (1881-1955): Carillon nocturne, VII. from Pièces Impromptues op. 18Philipp Teriete7:04
J. S. Bach (1685-1750) / F. Busoni (1866-1924): Chaconne in d minor BWV 1004Philipp Teriete15:45
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Piano Trio in a minor, I. ModéréSusanne Schmidt (violin), Antoine Billet (cello), Philipp Teriete (piano)9:20
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Piano Trio in a minor, II. Pantoum (Assez vif)Susanne Schmidt (violin), Antoine Billet (cello), Philipp Teriete (piano)4:16
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Piano Trio in a minor, III. Passacaille (Très large)Susanne Schmidt (violin), Antoine Billet (cello), Philipp Teriete (piano)7:09
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Piano Trio in a minor, IV. Final (Animé)Susanne Schmidt (violin), Antoine Billet (cello), Philipp Teriete (piano)5:38