Call
for Papers
With the usual apologies for cross-posting.
Call
for Papers
“…cantus ecclesiasticum ut
ornaret…”: Polyphony for the Proper of the Mass in the Middle Ages and
Renaissance
16-18 January,
2009, Faculteit Letteren, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Organised by the
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Research Unit
of Musicology and the Alamire Foundation
Conference
Theme
In
1509, the great Renaissance composer Heinrich Isaac delivered an extraordinary
series of commissioned mass-proper cycles to the cathedral chapter at Constance. In celebration of the 500th anniversary of this event, this conference aims to contextualise Isaac’s
contribution to the mass-proper genre by examining polyphony for the proper of
the mass in the Middle Ages and Renaissance.
Papers,
of around 25 minutes, are invited on all topics relating to medieval and
Renaissance polyphonic mass-proper repertories. These may include:
- the earliest mass-proper repertories and their
relationships with the beginnings of written polyphony in the West
- source-studies (mass-propers in manuscripts and
prints)
- mass-propers and the liturgy
- relationships between mass-propers and other
sorts of liturgical music
- analytical aspects (e.g. the treatment of
pre-existent chant cantus firmi)
- mass-propers and unwritten polyphony
- precedents, context, and analysis of Heinrich
Isaac’s mass-propers
Proposals for panel-sessions are also welcome. The preferred
conference language is English, although other languages will also be
considered. Abstracts, no longer than 300 words, may be submitted via email to
David Burn (david.burn[at]arts.kuleuven.be)
or Stefan Gasch (stefan.gasch[at]univie.ac.at)by 15 October 2008. Notification of
acceptance will be given no later than 30 November 2008.
The keynote paper will be delivered by Prof. Reinhard Strohm
(University of Oxford, UK).
A published proceedings is planned.
Programme Committee:
- David Burn (Katholieke
Universiteit Leuven, B)
- Stefan Gasch
(Universität Wien, A)
- Birgit Lodes
(Universität Wien, A)
- Christian Leitmeir (University of Wales, Bangor, UK)
- Katelijne Schilz
(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich, D)
For
further information, please contact:
David
Burn
Department
of Musicology
Faculty
of Letters
Blijde-Inkomststraat 21 – bus 3313
3000 Leuven
Belgium
Tel.: +32 487657566
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
or
Stefan Gasch
Institut für
Musikwissenschaft
Universität Wien
Spitalgasse 2-4,
Hof 9
1090 Wien
Austria
Tel.: +43 1 4277 44271
Mail: [log in to unmask]
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