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MESSAGE FOLLOWS:
The Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, and Department of Music,
SOAS, announce
A CELEBRATION OF THE CENTENARY OF DR LAURENCE PICKEN
SCIENTIST AND MUSICOLOGIST, 1909 - 2007
17 October 2009
3.30 pm - 7.00 pm
Faculty of Music, West Road, Cambridge
Dr Laurence E.R. Picken FBA, a member of the Faculty of Music, Cambridge
and an Honorary Fellow of SOAS, was a pioneer of ethnomusicology in the UK.
But his was a very individual view of "the science of musicology", one that
reflected both his parallel career as a distinguished scientist, and his interest
in the history of music as evidenced by documents, musical instruments, and
the spread of cultural ideas. Starting from an interest in 18th century
quotations of the music of Bach, he went on to write classic studies of early
Chinese music documents, studies of the historical organology of Europe and
Asia culminating in his book The folk musical instruments of Turkey, and many
publications with his research group on the transmission of Tang Music to
Japan, especially Music from the Tang Court. In celebrating the centenary of
his birth, we wish to salute his contributions to musicology, and consider what
can be learned from his unique vision.
Picken Memorial Lecture: Prof. Allan Marett
"Vanishing Songs: How Musical Extinctions Endanger the Planet."
For full details go to: http://sites.google.com/site/pickencentenary/home
With financial support of the Faculty of Music, University of Cambridge, and
the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, SOAS.
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Richard Widdess
Professor of Musicology
Department of Music
School of Oriental and African Studies
University of London
Thornhaugh St
Russell Sq
London WC1H 0XG
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