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Dr Francis Anthony Yapp

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Department: Music

Email: francis.yapp@canterbury.ac.nz

Phone Number: +64 3 369 3999 ext. null

Office: Fine Arts, Block 2, Room 211

Languages: English, French

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Fields of Research

  • Baroque music
  • History of the cello
  • Music in early twentieth-century New Zealand
  • Music and Catholic liturgy

Researcher Summary

Dr. Yapp's research focuses on music and musical life in eighteenth-century France, particularly on the cello and its repertoire and on public concert life. In addition, he has a strong research interest in music in pre-WWII New Zealand.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Music, Literary Arts and Other Arts: Ethnomusicology; Music History and Musicology; Performance; Composition and Theory

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

  • Yapp FA. (2017) An Italian in Paris: The significance of the Bononcini sonatas for the early history of the cello in France. Victoria University of Wellington: 11th Biennial Conference of the Australian & New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies, 7-10 February 2017, 7-10 Feb 2017. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Yapp FA. (2017) Musical and Poetic Meter in French Baroque Recitative. Sydney Conservatorium of Music: Meter Symposium 2, 24-25 Feb 2017. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Yapp FA. (2017) Teaching the past into the future: Digital humanities tools in the music history classroom. University of Waikato Conservatorium of Music: Contemporary and Future Paths in Music Performance, Composition and Analysis: Annual Meeting of the New Zealand Musicological Society, 19-20 Nov 2016. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Yapp FA. and Szczepanski J. (2017) Arthur Lilly's Life: An Early New Zealand Oratorio. University of Auckland: "Performing History": Combined Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia and New Zealand Musicological Society, 8-10 Dec 2017. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Yapp FA. (2016) Bononcini and the early French cello school. Adelaide, Australia: 39th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, 30 Nov-3 Dec 2016. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Yapp FA., Hurnik T., Le Cocq JP. and Low PA. (2016) Elegance and extravagance: Baroque cello recital. Nut Point Gallery, West Melton, Canterbury, New Zealand. [Musical performance]. (Performances)
  • Yapp FA., Hurnik T., Mews D. and Le Cocq JP. (2016) Two Baroque Cellos Plus: Recital of French, Italian, and German cello sonatas and duos, performed by Francis Yapp (baroque cello), Tomas Hurnik (baroque cello), Douglas Mews (harpsichord), and Jonathan Le Cocq (baroque guitar). Solo cellist, programme curator, and author of detailed scholarly programme notes: New Zealand International Early Music Festival, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Musical performance - 7 multi-movement sonatas (Boismortier, Germiniani, Masse, Telemann, Vivaldi, Martin, Barrière)]. (Performances)
  • Yapp FA. (2015) French musical aesthetics in the Parisian continuo sonata: An invited lecture presented to the Sydney-based early music ensemble, Camerata Academica of the Antipodes.. Sydney, Australia: Camerata Academica of the Antipodes Guest Lecture. (Oral Presentations)
  • Yapp FA. (2015) Number made audible, made digital: An introduction to digital musicology. University of Canterbury Digital Research Seminar Series, no. 9.. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Digital Research Seminar Series. (Oral Presentations)
  • Yapp FA. (2015) Gallic tradition in the eighteenth-century French continuo sonata. Wellington, New Zealand: Annual Meeting of the New Zealand Musicological Society, 31 Oct-1 Nov 2015. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Yapp FA. (2015) The influence of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the Paris Concert Spirituel (1725-1790). Brisbane, Australia: Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies 10th Biennial International Conference (ANZAMEMS), 14-18 Jul 2015. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Yapp FA. (2015) The Latin motets performed at the Concert Spirituel (1725-1790). Sydney, Australia: 38th National Conference of the Musicological Society of Australia, 1-4 Oct 2015. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Yapp FA. (2014) The music of resilience. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Platform Arts Festival. (Oral Presentations)
  • Yapp FA. (2014) Les pretentions du violoncelle: French cello sonatas in the pre-Berteau era. Salzburg, Austria: 16th International Biennial Conference on Baroque Music, 9-13 Jul 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Yapp FA. (2014) Violon de chelle?: In search of the French ‘baroque’ cello and its playing technique. Dunedin, New Zealand: Annual meeting of the New Zealand Musicological Society, 3-4 Dec 2014. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Yapp FA., Hurnik T. and Le Cocq JP. (2014) French cello sonatas from the era of Louis XV. Platform Arts Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand. [Musical performance]. (Performances)
  • Yapp FA. (2013) Les Pretentions du Violoncelle: The cello as a solo instrument in France in the pre-Duport era (1700-1760). Christchurch, New Zealand. University of Canterbury. (Theses / Dissertations)
  • Yapp FA. (2013) Virtuosity, texture, and structure in early French cello sonatas. Brisbane, Australia: Music and metamorphosis: Joint conference of the Musicological Society of Australia and the New Zealand Musicological Society, 18-22 Nov 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)
  • Yapp FA. (2012) Les Prétentions du violoncelle: Virtuosity in early French cello sonatas. Auckland, New Zealand: Voyages of discovery: Annual meeting of the New Zealand Musicological Society, 30 Nov-2 Dec 2013. (Conference Contributions - Other)

Student Supervision

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  • PhD - Renaud H: Conductor and Youth Orchestra: Rehearsal Professionalism and Curriculum Development
  • Completed
  • Honours - Allison M: Binding Song and Screen: The use of Cole Porter’s ‘Night and Day’ in film (2014)
  • Honours - Whitaker A: Preparing for a Future in Jazz Performance: Possibilities for Advanced Prepatory Music Study within the NCEA Framework (2016)

Affiliations

  • Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (ANZAMEMS) (Professional Organisation): Committee Member
  • New Zealand Musicological Society (NZMS) (Professional Organisation): Canterbury regional representative
  • NZ National Digital Forum (Community Organisation/NGO): Member

Key Methodologies

  • Music analysis
  • Archival research
  • Iconography
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