CALL FOR PAPERS!
15th INTERNATIONAL MUSICOLOGICAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE
OF THE CROATIAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY (www.hmd-music.org)
ZAGREB, CROATIA
Theme: MUSICAL
NETWORKING IN THE ‘LONG’ 19TH CENTURY
Place and
date: ZAGREB, CROATIA, OCTOBER 15-17, 2020, THE LIBRARY OF THE CROATIAN ACADEMY
OF SCIENCES AND ARTS, STROSSMAYER SQUARE 14
Organizers:
CROATIAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY, THE DEPARTMENT FOR THE HISTORY OF CROATIAN
MUSIC OF THE CROATIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AND ARTS, THE CROATIAN INSTITUTE OF
HISTORY
A musician cannot prove him- or herself as an
artist without an audience, without a performance space, without the support of
a benefactor, without an instrument builder to create musical instruments – the
musician’s performing tools, without a reviewer who would spread the musician’s
fame. He or she could probably have not become an artist without a teacher, or
music to be performed – either from memory, or from a manuscript or a print.
All these persons and artefacts make part of the infrastructure that enables
The Artist to realise his or her special gifts, and each of them is a part of
or creates their own network.
As, for example, a musicological or a cultural
project theme gathers people in a vertical network in order to achieve a common
goal, a musician creates various horizontal networks in achieving their own
goal, an event that would give the musician the opportunity to present his or
her artistic qualities in public (concerts, theatre performances) or in private
(salon).
A musical network analysis examines the
structure of relationships between various components, not all of them being
(always) directly connected to music. They might be individuals but also groups or institutions, even musical
pieces or publications.
However, the aim of the conference is not to discuss the
theory but to present case studies, whose variety gives a vivid picture of the
social history of music of the (very) ‘long’ 19th century. Not only
musicologists but also historians and sociologists dealing with music are
welcome to contribute to that common goal.
Suggested themes include, but are not
limited to:
- The relationship between teacher(s) and pupil(s)
- Musicians on tours
- Theatre/opera companies and their networks
- Composers and publishers/copyists
- Musical salons
- Music as a means/medium of representation (political, social, etc.)
- Benefactors, Patrons and their (musical) circles
- The establishment of musical institutions and their networks
- Music collections and their creators
- Researchers in music and their networks
- Interaction and overlapping of musical networks
- Forms of communication in musical networking (postal service, roads and railways)
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS AND DEADLINES
Proposals (in the application form) containing the working title and abstract for a 20-minute paper, accompanied by a short biography of c. 200 words, in English, should be submitted by e-mail, to:
- Croatian Musicological Society, Opatička 18, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia, at the e-mail address: hmd@hmd-music.hr
- or to the Coordinator (Dr Vjera Katalinić): vjkatalinic@gmail.com
The deadline is 1 March, 2020.
The list of
accepted participants will be announced by 20 March, 2020.
LANGUAGES
The official
language of the conference will be English.
FEE AND SOJOURN DETAILS
Participants pay
the fee of €70 or the equivalent value in local currency (520 HRK) by 1
September 2020. Doctoral students pay €40 (300 HRK).
The organizers
will provide refreshments during the conference for all participants, as well
as the initial reception and the farewell lunch.
Travel expenses
to and from Zagreb and accommodation arrangements and expenses will be covered
by all participants themselves.
PROCEEDINGS
The organizers
are planning to publish the Proceedings of the conference with selected papers
by the end of 2021.
CONTACTS
If needed, please
send all other correspondence and queries to the official address or to the
email contact address listed on the website of the Croatian Musicological
Society, as indicated above. Email queries may also be addressed to the
coordinator Dr Vjera Katalinić, or directly to other members of the Organizing
Committee.
ORGANIZING AND PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Dr Ivana
Horbec, Croatian Institute of History
Dr Vjera
Katalinić, Croatian Musicological Society and Department for the History of
Croatian Music of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Croatian
Musicological Society (Coordinator)
Dr Katja
Radoš Perković, Philosophical Faculty, University of Zagreb
Dr Stanislav
Tuksar, Member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Sara Ries, Department for the History of Croatian Music
of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Secretary)
