Plainsong and Medieval Music Society Conference and AGM
"Ave/Eva: Text, Music and Gender in the Middle Ages"
The PMMS would like to invite you to attend a special day of themed papers
at the University of Bristol on Saturday 26 April 2008, ending with the
Annual General Meeting of the society. The sessions will focus on the
relationship between music, text and gender in medieval music, covering a
range of genres from liturgical chant to secular polyphonic song.
University of Bristol
The Victoria Rooms, Queens Road, Bristol
Saturday 26 April 2008
9.30am – 6pm
A day of papers, performance and discussion about the relationships between
music, text and gender in the Middle Ages. Speakers to include:
Elizabeth Eva Leach (Royal Holloway)
Bonnie Blackburn (Oxford University)
Lisa Colton (University of Huddersfield)
Paula Higgins (University of Nottingham)
Anna Maria Friman (University of York, Trio Mediaeval)
Yolanda Plumley (University of Exeter)
David Maw (Oxford University)
For more information, and to register for this conference, go to the
website (www.plainsong.org.uk) or email Lisa Colton ([log in to unmask]).
Registration is now open. A full timetable of sessions and paper titles /
abstracts will be made available on the website in the new year. The day
will be convened by Dr Emma Hornby (University of Bristol) and Dr Lisa
Colton (University of Huddersfield). All welcome.
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