MECRI. Music in Spain

Conference Scope
Since the awakening of musicology as discipline in the late-19th century, research has mainly focused on historical and analytical aspects. Such an approach assumed that musical works could be directly identified with the score written by the composer. Musicologists have only recently realized that the study of music should also involve its sounding dimension. This shift places performance at the very centre of the debate, acknowledging that the act of performing does not just mean to play pitch and time as prescribed by the score. On the contrary, performance is a creative process in which the score is only a sketch, an outline of the musical work. Focusing on 18th-century Iberian repertoire, this conference aims at promoting the consideration of music as performance.

Keynote speaker will be Professor Herman Danuser (Humboldt Universität, Berlin) with a conference entitled "Ejecutar - Interpretar - Tocar. Maneras de hablar de la interpretación musical". During the conference, 20-minute concerts with little-known Iberian repertoire of this period will be performed.

The official languages of the conference are English, Spanish and Catalonian.

Historical instruments available during the Conference
The following instruments will be available during the sessions for the active participants provided by the organization:
- fortepiano (430hz)
- positive organ (trasposing positive)
- Italian mesotonic harpsichord (440 hz)
- Italian traposing harpsichord
- Double French trasposing harpsichord

Registration
Registration is needed to attend the conference, including those presenting proposals. The conference fee is 100 Euros (90,00 Euros for early-bird registration before 30 May 2014) including assistance to every activity of the conference, coffe-breaks and lunch for Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th July and the special concert on the evening of Wednesday 16th.
Conference attendance for those not presenting proposal is also possible at a fee of 70,00 Euros (60,00 Euros for early-bird registration before 30 May 2014) that does not include active participation, meals neither the concert.

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MECRI. Music in Spain

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