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Call for papers
International interdisciplinary conference, “Gluck and the Map of
Eighteenth-Century Music”
Western Illinois University, Macomb, IL, 17-19 October 2014
This interdisciplinary conference, planned to coincide with the
tercentenary of the birth of
composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787), aims to re-evaluate the
life and work of this
pivotal figure in music history from new perspectives. Our common theme
will be to explore
Gluck’s theatrical works (operas and/or ballets) as they reflect the
pluralist identity of the
itinerant eighteenth-century musician, continuously adapting to changing
tastes at the courts of
Europe. For such a composer, the fluidity of musical texts—notoriously
borrowed, repurposed,
or revised—may also reveal a “map” of sorts: one that retains multiple
stylistic and aesthetic
imprints of time and place. Highlights of our conference will include a
keynote speech by Prof.
Bruce Alan Brown (University of Southern California) and several concerts,
among them a
reconstruction of Gluck’s fragmentary 1746 opera for London La caduta de’
giganti.
We invite proposals for individual papers and lecture-recitals of 30
minutes’ duration (followed
by questions and discussion), and round-table and panel sessions of 90
minutes (including
discussion). We particularly welcome interdisciplinary proposals that will
explore the complex
nature of Gluck’s compositional world and career.
Please send proposals, including an abstract of approximately 350 words, by
1 March 2014, to:
Prof. Brian Locke ( [log in to unmask] ).
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Dr. Brian Locke
Associate Professor of Musicology
Area Co-ordinator of History/Humanities
Graduate Advisor, School of Music
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle, Macomb, IL 61455
office ph: (309) 298-1969
fax: (309) 298-1968
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