Royal Holloway
University of London
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
NINETEENTH-CENTURY MUSIC
29 June to 2 July 2000
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Music Department at Royal Holloway, University of London will host the
eleventh International Conference on Nineteenth-Century Music from 29 June
to 2 July 2000. The Conference will be held on the College's campus in
Egham, Surrey, which is 35 minutes by train from London and a short
journey from Heathrow and Gatwick airports. The Keynote Paper will be
given by Hermann Danuser (Humboldt Universitaet, Berlin), and there will be
a special round-table session chaired by John Daverio (Boston University)
on "Romanticism and the Historical Consciousness".
The Programme Committee (David Charlton, Katharine Ellis, John Rink)
invites proposals for papers on any aspect of music in the nineteenth
century, but contributions on the following topics are particularly
encouraged
popular musics
music and technology
performing traditions
music as commodity
memory and reminiscence
music in literature and art
music and the State
temporality in music
Individual papers should last no more than twenty minutes. Proposals for
round tables or study sessions up to two hours long are also welcome.
Abstracts (200 words) should be submitted to David Charlton at the address
below by 1 December 1999, as should proposals for round tables/study
sessions (500 words). The programme will be announced early in January
2000.
Further information can be obtained from David Charlton, Department of
Music, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham TW20 0EX, England (tel
+44 1784 443946; fax +44 1784 439441; e-mail [log in to unmask] A
web page for the conference can be found at
http://www.sun.rhbnc.ac.uk/Music/Conferences/00-6-ncm.html
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