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From: Robert Vilain <[log in to unmask]>
AUSTRIAN STUDIES, 16 (2008)
CALL FOR PAPERS
WORDS AND MUSIC
Web page: http://www.rhul.ac.uk/German/AS-papers/vol16.html
The Austrian lands have been at the heart of European musical development
from the middle ages. At least three Viennese schools have made
substantial impact: the first, that of J. J. Fux, J. H. Schmelzer and
other composers of the 17th-century Baroque Viennese court; the second,
that of high Classicism and the music of that well-known trinity of
composers, Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven - but also Schubert; and the third,
that of the pioneering high modernism of another trinity, Schoenberg, Berg
and Webern - but anticipated by Mahler and others in the late 19th and
early 20th centuries. There is also a lively contemporary music scene.
Popular music has held an important place at least since the waltzes of
Johann Strauss; folk music of various kinds has always been important,
especially regionally; and Austrian writers have made outstanding
contributions to music theory and criticism over the centuries.
The theme of Austrian Studies, 16, is broadly conceived but the editors
are aiming for a focus on the interrelationship of the two elements 'Words
and Music' - not only from the perspective of the musician using words as
a stimulus for musical settings, but from 'logocentric' positions, too,
those of the author or the critic. Possible themes or topics might
include:
* musical settings of texts by Austrian writers - poetry, prose, drama
* Austrian composers and their choice of writers
* the Lied in Austria
* Austrian vocal music
* national and regional hymns and anthems
* music and religion
* opera and opera libretti (the Austrian opera tradition, individual
composers, the relationship of composer and librettist) - Literaturoper
based on Austrian texts - operetta
* public musical discourse in key periods
* folk song
* musical cabaret
* film and music
* the language of music / music as language
* music festivals in Austria (e.g. Salzburg)
* improvisation and the literary text (e.g. Franz Koglmann)
* music and musicians as the theme of Austrian writing (e.g. Schnitzler's
Der Weg ins Freie, Werfel's Verdi, Jelinek's Die Klavierspielerin)
* Austrian musicians and composers as the subject of drama and film
(e.g. Leise flehen meine Lieder/The Unfinished Symphony, Wen die Götter
lieben, Amadeus)
* music and the critics (e.g. individual figures such as Eduard Hanslick,
or the public conduct of debates about music in Austria)
* Austrian musicology and musicologists
* the reception in the press and literature of key musical events
(e.g. the 'Skandalkonzert' of 1913)
* the relationship to music of key Austrian literary figures
Proposals should be sent by 28 February 2007 to either of the editors:
Professor Robert Vilain ([log in to unmask]) or Dr Judith Beniston
([log in to unmask]). It is anticipated that the deadline for completed
articles will be 31 December 2007.
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