Call for Papers - Reminder
… 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.
For further information, please contact:
David Burn and Stefan Gasch
Department of Musicology Institut für Musikwissenschaft
Faculty of Letters Universität Wien
Blijde-Inkomsstraat 21 – bus 3313 Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 9
3000 Leuven 1090 Wien
Belgium Austria
Tel.: +32 487657566 Tel.: +43 1 4277 44271
Mail: david.burn at arts.kuleuven.be Mail: stefan.gasch at
univie.ac.at
See also the conference website, at http://www.arts.kuleuven.be/
alamire/, under "conferences".
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