CFP: Proposals for Editions of Music Scores (A-R Editions)

PROPOSALS FOR EDITIONS OF MUSIC SCORES
A-R EDITIONS RECENT RESEARCHES IN MUSIC SERIES

A-R Editions seeks proposals for editions of music to be included in the Recent Researches in Music series. Each edition is usually devoted to works by a single composer or to a single genre of composition and contains an introduction to the music and its historical context, a critical report, and translations of vocal texts. We are especially interested in reviewing proposals for the following series:

- Medieval & Early Renaissance
- Renaissance
- American Music
- Oral Traditions

A-R Editions also seeks proposals for editions of music to be included in the Collegium Musicum: Yale University series. This series seeks to present a varied selection of works that draws from a particular repertory or historical context or that reflects a particular thematic focus. The works should be of interest to early music performers and ensembles (medieval through mid-18th century).

For proposal requirements, see our Author's Corner: http://www.areditions.com/ac/
For more information about our publications, see our website: http://www.areditions.com/rr/

Pamela Whitcomb
Managing Editor
pamela.whitcomb at areditions.com

CFP: Old Age and Late Works (15th-21st Centuries) (Poitiers, France)

OLD AGE AND LATE WORKS (15TH-21ST CENTURIES) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
POITIERS, FRANCE
10 - 12 DECEMBER 2009
CALL FOR PAPERS

Sponsored by the Université de Poitiers, UFR Sciences Humaines et Arts, GERHICO

Artists’ longevity is a topic that raises question about biography’s impact on creation. Artistic production in old age often coincides with a drastic change of style, resulting from a reconsideration of preceding skills and positions, if not a return to basics. This final season of life has fed the romantic myth of the elderly genius’s absolute liberty of expression, reaching an
incomparable dramatic intensity, as a constant in major artists’ late production throughout history.

The old age of artists has been, however, a subject of debate since the Renaissance, when senility’s consequences on artistic creation were often denounced as a defect. Historiography has long fluctuated between these two interpretative positions, glorifying the liberty of expression of late works or denigrating the imperfections of their workmanship or conception.

Most recently, scholars have considered the status of late works in relation to the psychological, cultural and social conditions that the negative consideration of old age could have on senior artists’ production, independent of its quality. In spite of the attention paid to this topic, we still lack for a comprehensive view that considers late artistic creation over a long period and in different fields of expression, allowing us to question its specificity with respect to the wider spectrum of intellectual and scientific production by those of advanced age.

This conference’s purpose is therefore to treat the topic of old age and its late creations over an extended chronology – from the Renaissance to the modern era – in visual arts, music and literature, establishing a dialogue between those different disciplines.

For more information: http://www.mshs.univ-poitiers.fr/gerhico/accueil.html

Submissions dead-line : 31 march 2009 (text : at most 2.000 characters; curriculum vitae : at most 1 page) Contact : diane.bodart at univ-poitiers.fr

CFP: Renaissance Society of America 2010 (Venice)

RENAISSANCE SOCIETY OF AMERICA
FONDAZIONE CINI, VENICE
8 - 10 APRIL 2010
CALL FOR PROPOSALS

The Renaissance Society of America will hold its annual meeting in Los Angeles, March 19-21, 2009. This year's meeting contains an abundance of music presentations, in both music-only sessions and especially in interdisciplinary panels. For details, see the Society's website:
http://www.rsa.org/meetings/index.php .

I'd also like to draw your attention to next year's meeting, which will take place in Venice at the Fondazione Cini on 8-10 April 2010. This will be a particularly good opportunity to get together with international as well as US colleagues, and I encourage as many AMS members as possible to submit proposals for papers or panels. The RSA's chronological span is quite broad, and papers on anything from 1400-1700 are welcome, as are those on contemporary approaches to the Renaissance (whether in the classroom or in more general culture).

As RSA representative for Music, it's my job to field a certain number of panels for the Venice meeting, which don't need to be exclusively devoted to music but should have at least one music paper. If you would like to submit a proposal or panel through me, or would like help assembling a panel, please let me know - I'm happy to help. Panels work best with 3 papers (not 4 as at AMS), but you can also construct a double panel of 6 papers if that's preferable. There is a 150 word limit for abstracts.

If you'd like me to submit your proposal, I need to have your materials before 15 May. Final deadline for proposals through the RSA website is 24 May (for details see http://www.rsa.org/meetings/conference_start.php

Jeanice Brooks
RSA Discipline Representative for Music

CFP: Medieval-Renaissance Music Conference (Utrecht)

CALL FOR PAPERS
MEDIEVAL-RENAISSANCE MUSIC CONFERENCE
UTRECHT UNIVERSITY, THE NETHERLANDS
1-4 JULY 2009

The program committee of the 2009 Medieval-Renaissance Music Conference, to be held at Utrecht University from 1-4 July, invites proposals for papers on any and all aspects of Medieval and Renaissance music. As usual, there is no overriding central theme to the conference, and interdisciplinary contributions are very welcome, as are proposals for multi-speaker panel sessions.

Proposal deadline: 15 February 2009

Scholarly committee: Marnix van Berchum, Jacques Boogaart, Theodor Dumitrescu, Ulrike Hascher-Burger, Eric Jas, Karl Kügle, Ike de Loos, Rudolf Rasch

Abstracts of no more than 250 words for 20-minute papers, or 1000 words for panel sessions (including abstracts of individual contributions), should include title, author names, and affiliations/locations. Please submit by one of the following methods (email preferred):

Email:
theodor.dumitrescu at let.uu.nl

Fax:
+31 (0)30 253 6167

Post:
Dr. Theodor Dumitrescu
Universiteit Utrecht
Kromme Nieuwegracht 29
3512HD Utrecht
The Netherlands