Deadline extended to 19 March 2017
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When Jazz Meets Cinema
05-07 May 2017
Lovere (BG), Auditorium di Villa Milesi
All proposals should be submitted by email no later than ***Sunday 19 March 2017*** to <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>>.
Please submit an abstract of no more than 500 words and one page of biography
organized by
Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini
This international conference aims at studying the longstanding relationship between jazz and cinema in its many facets and perspectives, and paper proposals are welcome from both film and music scholars. Some of the topics of investigation are the following (but are not limited to these):
• Music for films by Jazz musicians • Jazz Soundtracks and Composers • Films inspired to Jazz World • Films on Jazz Musicians • Films featuring Jazz performances • Jazz Musicians as actors
• ‘Jazz’ sounds before and after The Jazz Singer (1927) • The role of film industry and the constructing of a jazz mythology • Jazz and Cinema interchanges • Narrative techniques and Jazz Film Scores
• Gender and Sociological Issues • Race and Class Issues • Jazz, cinema and record industry in synergy • Jazz as a symbol of America in non-American cinemas • Jazz and cinema outside the U.S.A.
Programme Committee:
• Emilio Audissino, Southampton
• Roberto Illiano, Lucca
• Fulvia Morabito, Lucca
• Massimiliano Sala, Bergamo
• Emile Wennekes, Utrecht
Keynote Speaker:
• Prof. Emilio Audissino (University of Southampton)
• Prof. Emile Wennekes (Utrecht University)
For any additional information, please contact:
Dr. Massimiliano Sala
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