CFP: Music for Stringed Instruments - Music Archives and the Materials of Musicological Research in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries (Cardiff Univ)

MUSIC FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS - MUSIC ARCHIVES AND THE MATERIALS OF MUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE 19TH CENTURY AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES
CARDIFF UNIVERSITY
23 - 24 JUNE 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS


The call for papers can be read in full at the conference web page, URL:
http://stringeditions.leeds.ac.uk/news.htm

Broad topics for papers may include, but are not limited to:
* 19th- and early 20th-century music publishing history
* Plate number chronologies
* Creation and significance of digital resources for research in the field
* Comparative studies: editions and performance practices
* Manuscripts
* Editions with significant MS annotation
* Music archives
* Studies of individual editor-performers
* The use of early recordings
* Illustrated papers exploring the practical application of this research

The conference will include a performance given by the LUCHIP ensemble (Leeds University Centre for Historically Informed Performance), followed by a round table discussion. It is hoped to provide assistance for postgraduate students to attend.

Please email proposals for papers to Dr. George Kennaway, at g.w.kennaway at leeds.ac.uk, no later than March 15th 2010.

Announcement: Music for Stringed Instruments: Music Archives and the Materials of Musicological Research in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries (Cardiff

MUSIC FOR STRINGED INSTRUMENTS: MUSIC ARCHIVES AND THE MATERIALS OF MUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES

SCHOOL OF MUSIC, UNIVERSITY OF CARDIFF

23 - 24 JUNE 2010

PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT

This conference will take place as part of a 4-year AHRC-funded research project focusing on 19th- and early 20th-century performing editions of string chamber music - texts which are invaluable sources for empirical evidence about performance practices during that period. The topics this conference is expected to address will include 19th- and early 20th-century publishing history, comparative studies of editions, performing editions and performance practices, and musical archival studies. 

A formal call for papers will be circulated in October 2009.

For further information, contact: 

George Kennaway, School of Music, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, England, U.K.

Email: g.w.kennaway@leeds.ac.uk

Tel: (+44)/(0) 113 3438218

Postgraduate Studentships (Cardiff School of Music)

2009-2010 POSTGRADUATE STUDENTSHIPS
CARDIFF SCHOOL OF MUSIC

The Cardiff School of Music is delighted to announce that it will fund up to 10 full and fees-only postgraduate studentships to be taken up in 2009-10. This is the largest single investment the School has made in its provision for postgraduate study and it benefits all of its research (PhD) and taught (MA/MMus) programmes.

Please visit the Cardiff School of Music’s website for further details:
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/music/degreeprogrammes/postgraduate/funding/index.html

The closing date for all application is 1 June 2009.

The wide range of experience and expertise amongst the staff ensures that the School offers leading-edge teaching and research in numerous areas of the discipline.

PhD Research Programmes

• Composition
• Performance
• Thesis

Taught MA and MMus Programmes

• MA in Ethnomusicology
• MA in Music, Culture and Politics
• MA in Musicology
• MA in Performance Studies
• MMus in Composition

The places are competitive, so if you are interested please contact the Postgraduate Secretary:
Ms Elizabeth Pengilly

Email: pengillySE1@cardiff.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0) 29 2087 4816
Postgraduate Secretary
School of Music
33 Corbett Road
Cardiff
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