CallforPapers
MusicandNation,1918-1945–Europe–theAmericas(II)
Music,NationalismandTransnationalism:Diplomacy,Politics,Aesthetics
RoyalNorthernCollegeofMusic,Manchester(UK)
23-24November2016
Thisconferenceisthesecondstageofaresearchprogrammeentitled‘Musicand
Nation in the Interwar Period – Europe – Americas, which was initiated by the
l’Université d’Évry Val d’Essonne (SLAM), l’Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-enYvelines (CHSCS), l’Institut Universitaire de France, l’Université de Montréal (OICRM),
andtheRoyalNorthernCollegeofMusic(Manchester).ItfollowsonfromtheStudyDay
‘Musiqueetnationdansl’entre-deux-guerres’,whichtookplaceon10December2015in
Paris(http://calenda.org/349546).
The second event in this collaborative programme aims to reflect on the use of
musicbypublicandprivatestakeholdersinlocal,nationalandinternationalcontexts.It
willgiveprioritytopapersthataddressthefollowingthreeunderlyingthemesfroma
national,transnationalorcomparativeperspective.
Theuseofmusicinculturaldiplomacy
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Theorganisationalissuesofinternational‘tours’and/orinternationalexchanges
involvingconductors,composersandperformers
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The role of state institutions in defining the place and status of foreign
repertoiresandmusiciansinthemusicalworld
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The actions driven by international organisations (League of Nations,
International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation etc.) and forms of regional
cooperationinthepromotionofmusic
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Thepoliciestopromotevernacularfolkmusicsabroad
Music in commemoration events and repertoires with a commemorative
dimension
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The material and symbolic roles ascribed to music in regional, national and
internationalpoliticalevents
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Theintellectualandemotionalresponsesresultingfromtheuseofmusic
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les réponses intellectuelles et émotionnelles suscitées par ces usages de la
musique
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Repertoires (classical and non-classical) that evoke national symbols
(figureheads,placesandevents)
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Theusesofmusicforpropagandaends
Theplaceofthenationalandnationalistimaginationindiscoursesonmusic
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Theplaceofthenationinwritingsonmusic
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Thelinksbetweennationalimaginationandmusicaltastes
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Thequestionof‘musicalauthenticity’;so-called‘pure’and‘impure’music
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Folkmusic,popularmusicandnationalconsiderations
We particularly welcome abstracts that integrate a reflection on the interaction
between the objectives of cultural diplomacy, the actualeffects on the construction
and perception of the image of the nation, and the interactions between different
nations.
We are delighted to welcome Professor Annegret Fauser, Cary C. Boshamer
Distinguished Professor of Musicology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in
association with the Sir John Manduell Research Forum series at the Royal Northern
CollegeofMusic.Herlecture,entitled‘NationalismandTransnationalisminTwentiethCenturyMusic:SomeHistoriographicalReflections’,willbefollowedbyaconcertgiven
bystudentsoftheRoyalNorthernCollegeofMusic.
Abstracts(300wordsmaximum)andashortbiography(100wordsmaximum)shouldbe
senttothefollowingaddressesby15May2016:
[email protected]
[email protected]
TheconferencelanguagesareEnglishandFrench.
Organisationcommittee
BarbaraKelly(RoyalNorthernCollegeofMusic)
AnaïsFléchet(UniversitédeVersaillesSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines-InstitutUniversitaire
deFrance)
Martin Guerpin (Université de Montréal, Université Paris-Sorbonne, Université d’Evry
Vald’Essonne)
PhilippeGumplowicz(Universitéd’Évry-Vald’Essonne-SLAM)
NicolasSouthon(RoyalNorthernCollegeofMusic-KeeleUniversity)
ProgrammeCommittee
AnnetteBecker(UniversitéParisOuestNanterreLaDéfense)
CatherineGoussef(CNRS,CentreMarcBloch,Berlin)
MichelDuchesneau(UniversitédeMontréal,OICRM)
PascalOry(UniversitéPanthéonSorbonne)
Jean-ClaudeYon(UniversitédeVersaillesSaint-Quentin-en-Yvelines)
MichaelWerner(EHESS)