SYMPOSIUM ON BOWED STRING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS

Meeting organised by the Edinburgh University Collection of
Historic Musical Instruments with the Early Music Forum of Scotland
and the Viola da Gamba Society of Great Britain

2-3 June 2000

Web URL: http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/fbp.html

Call for Papers

The Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments in
conjunction with the Early Music Forum of Scotland and the Viola da
Gamba Society of Great Britain, is organising a symposium on bowed
string musical instruments, to be held in Edinburgh, 2-3 June, 2000.

The Symposium will start with papers reporting recent research, and
finish with papers of more general interest to players.  The second day
(Saturday) will be combined with a meeting of the Viola da Gamba Society
and will include visits to the Edinburgh University Collection of
Historic Musical Instruments, the manuscripts in the National Library of
Scotland, the National Gallery of Scotland, and the Russell Collection
of Early Keyboard Instruments.

Keynote papers will be given by Thomas Munck (University of Glasgow) on
music manuscripts in the National Library of Scotland,
J. Patricia Campbell (University of Edinburgh) on the iconography of
viols, and D. Murray Campbell (University of Edinburgh) on the viol
string acoustics.

On Saturday June 3 (early evening) there will be a recital by
Alison Crum (viols) and John Kitchen (keyboards).

On Sunday June 4 there will be a viol playing workshop with Alison Crum
coaching viol consorts which will appeal to symposium participants and
also to a wider membership; it is hoped that many will wish to attend
both.

The concert and the workshop are being organised as part of the Viola da
Gamba Society Meetings Series.

Offers of full-length (up to 40-minute) papers or a short (10-minute)
contributions are invited.  Papers should be based on original research
and discoveries, and may be on any topic relevant to the study of
historical bowed string instrument design, making, or use.  The viola da
gamba will a focus of the meeting, but papers on other bowed string
instruments, and on bows, will be welcome.

It will not be necessary to submit the full text of papers.  The
language of the abstracts and presentations will be English.  Papers
should be delivered in person at the Symposium by one of the named
authors.  It is intended that there will be no parallel sessions.  There
will be a small fee for participation in the symposium.

The organisers, Arnold Myers and Patsy Campbell, request that abstracts
(150 words maximum) of full-length papers and titles of short
contributions should be sent (preferably electronically) to Arnold Myers
by 15th February, 2000.  Acceptance of submissions will be notified by
15th March, 2000.  Accepted abstracts will be placed on the Edinburgh
University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments website.  A full
programme, and information for participants, will be sent to all members
of the Early Music Forum of Scotland and the Viola da Gamba Society of
Great Britain.

Please notify Arnold Myers or Patsy Campbell as soon as possible
(preferably by e-mail) if you expect to attend the Symposium - whether
or not you intend to give a paper - to help with planning, and so that
you will receive further information about the meeting.

Information about the Symposium will be maintained on the website:

    http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/fbp.html

Further information
Arnold Myers,
Collection of Historic Musical Instruments,
Faculty of Music,
University of Edinburgh,
Reid Concert Hall,
Bristo Square,
EDINBURGH EH8 9AG, U.K.
Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 2423
Fax: +44 (0) 131 650 2425
E-mail communications to: [log in to unmask]

J. Patricia Campbell,
Department of Fine Art,
University of Edinburgh,
19 George Square,
EDINBURGH EH8 9LD, U.K.
Tel: +44 (0) 131 650 4123
Fax: +44 (0) 131 650 6638
E-mail communications to: [log in to unmask]



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