CFP: Beyond Notes: Improvisation in Western Music in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries (La Spezia, Italy)

BEYOND NOTES: IMPROVISATION IN WESTERN MUSIC IN THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES
9TH EDITION OF THE FESTIVAL PAGANINIANO OF CARRO
LA SPEZIA, ITALY - CAMeC (Centre for Modern and Contemporary Art)
15 - 17 JULY 2010
CALL FOR PAPERS

ORGANISED BY: Società dei Concerti, La Spezia; Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini, Lucca

The SOCIETA' DEI CONCERTI of La Spezia, Italy (http://www.sdclaspezia.it/) and the CENTRO STUDI OPERA OMNIA LUIGI BOCCHERINI of Lucca (http://www.luigiboccherini.org/), in association with MUSICALWORDS.IT (http://www.musicalwords.it/), on the occasion of the 9th edition of the FESTIVAL PAGANINIANO of Carro are pleased to invite submissions from scholars of proposals for the symposium on "Beyond Notes: Improvisation in Western Music in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century", to be held in La Spezia, CAMeC, from Thursday 15 to Saturday 17 July 2010. The Symposium aims to investigate musical improvisation in the XVIII and XIX centuries.

The programme committee encourages submissions within the following areas, although other topics are welcome:
* Musical improvisation in contemporaneous treatises and philosophy
* New perspectives on improvisation in classical music
* Improvisation and popular music in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
* Improvisation in different musical genres and languages
* The relationship of improvisation to composition
* Musical improvisation and related arts
* Improvisation in the music of Nicolò Paganini

PROGRAMME COMMITTEE:
Andrea Barizza, Lorenzo Frassà, Roberto Illiano, Fulvia Morabito, Luca Sala, and Massimiliano Sala

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Prof. Vincenzo Caporaletti (University of Macerata)
Prof. Rudolf Rasch (Utrecht University)

The official languages of the conference are English and Italian. Papers selected at the conference will be published in a volume of proceedings. Papers are limited to twenty minutes in length, allowing time for questions and discussion. Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words and one page of biography. All proposals should be submitted by email no later than Sunday 28 February 2010 to Dr. Lorenzo Frassà (operaomnia [AT]luigiboccherini.org).

Please include with your proposal your name, contact details (postal address, e-mail and telephone) and (if applicable) your ffiliation.

The committee will make its final decision on the abstracts by the end of March 2010 and contributors will be informed immediately thereafter. Further information about the programme, registration, travel and accommodation will be announced by the 15th of April 2010.

For further question, please contact:
Dr Lorenzo Frassà
Via delle Ville, trav. II/73
San Marco contr.
I-55100 Lucca
tel: +39/339.2967826
operaomnia@luigiboccherini.org
http://www.luigiboccherini.org/

Dr. Roberto Illiano, Presidente Edizione Nazionale Muzio Clementi
Segretario Generale Centro Studi Opera omnia Luigi Boccherini-Onlus
Via Lorenzo Nottolini, 162
S. Concordio contrada
I-55100 Lucca
rilliano@muzioclementi.com
ww.luigiboccherini.org
http://www.muzioclementi.org/

CFP: Niccolo Paganini: Diabolus in Musica

NICCOLÒ PAGANINI: DIABOLUS IN MUSICA
International Conference on the occasion of the 8th edition of the FESTIVAL PAGANINIANO of Carro Organised by: Società dei Concerti, La Spezia; Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini, Lucca
LA SPEZIA (ITALY), SALA DANTE
16 - 18 JULY 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS

The SOCIETA' DEI CONCERTI of La Spezia, Italy (http://www.sdclaspezia.it) and the CENTRO STUDI OPERA OMNIA LUIGI BOCCHERINI of Lucca (http://www.luigiboccherini.org), in association with
MUSICALWORDS.IT (http://www.musicalwords.it), on the occasion of the 8th edition of the FESTIVAL PAGANINIANO of Carro are pleased to invite submissions from scholars of proposals for the symposium on
"Niccolò Paganini: Diabolus in Musica", to be held in La Spezia, Sala Dante, from Thursday 16 to Saturday 18 July 2009.

The Symposium aims to investigate different aspects of the life and works of Niccolò Paganini. The programme committee encourages submissions within the following areas, although other topics are welcome:

* Paganini and the 18th- and 19th-Centuries School of the Violin technique.
* Paganini and Viotti.
* Paganini’s oeuvre in the light of the musical style of his time.
* The Role of the Orchestra in Paganini’s Violin Concertos.
* Questions of performance practice in Paganini’s music.
* Paganini and the bravura tradition.
* The Reception of Paganini’s music.

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Andrea Barizza, Roberto Illiano, Fulvia Morabito, Lorenzo Frassà, Luca Sala, and Massimiliano Sala.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Prof. Clive Brown (School of Music, University of Leeds) and Prof. Robin Stowell (School of Music, Cardiff University).

The official languages of the conference are English and Italian.
Selected papers presented at the conference will be published in a volume of proceedings.
Papers are limited to 20 minutes in length, with time following for discussion. For proposals please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words and one page of biography. All proposals should be submitted by email no later than Saturday 31 January 2009 to Dr. Massimiliano Sala (msala@adparnassum.org). Please include your name, contact details and (if applicable) your affiliation within your proposal.

The committee will make its final decision on the abstracts by the end of February 2009, and contributors will be informed immediately thereafter. Further information about the programme, registration, travel and accommodation will be announced by the end of March 2009.

For further questions, please contact:

Dr Massimiliano Sala
Via Antonio Puccinelli, 27
I-51100 Pistoia