CFP: Ben Johnston and the American Just Microtonal Tradition / Tuning Practices since 1750, Wright State Univ., Dayton, Mar 2010
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Call for Papers
American Innovators Series, 2009
Wright State Department of Music, March 13-14, 2010
Saturday, March 13
Master Class on Just Intonation by John Schneider
Colloquium #1: Ben Johnston and the American Just Microtonal Tradition
Colloquium #2: Tuning Practices since 1750, in Honor of Owen Jorgensen
Sunday, March 14
Lecture/Demonstration of Historical Keyboard Tunings, Prof. Charles Larkowski
Concert of Music by Partch, Johnston, and Other Microtonalists featuring guitarist John Schneider and Wright State University faculty and students
The colloquium on Ben Johnston and the American Just Microtonal Tradition seeks a wide range of approaches to the music of Ben Johnston and composers closely associated with him. Analyses of specific works, broader discussions of Johnston's career and output, papers focusing on issues of performance practice, and historical/philosophical discussions of the American just microtonal tradition are all welcome areas of focus.
A second colloquium, Tuning Practices since 1750 will be held in honor of Owen Jorgensen. Questions concerning tuning practices before 1750 have been carefully explored over the last generation of scholarship, but tuning practices between about 1750 and the advent of recordings have received little serious scholarly attention. This gap is all the more puzzling, in that the core repertory of the Classical concert tradition was created in this period. Owen Jorgensen's two major works on historical piano tunings are core contributions to research into tuning practices prior to 1900, but after some two decades his research has still not been adequately discussed in the academic literature.
This colloquium will welcome a wide variety of approaches. Possible topics include:
� the comprehensiveness and reliability of existing research, including Jorgensen's
� tuning practices in different instrument families, performance traditions, andgeographical regions
� patterns and tendencies of historical change in tuning practices
� ramifications of recent research into historical tunings for performance practice, analysis, cognition, and aesthetics
� new avenues of research
Presenters are welcome to take part in both events, but are not required to do so. All conference participants are invited as guests to the Sunday afternoon concert and presentations by John Schneider and Prof. Larkowski.
Papers presented at the Colloquia should in general last no longer than 30 minutes, followed by a 10-minute question/discussion session. When submitting the paper or abstract, please indicate what media will be used in the presentation (CD, projector, etc.). All submissions should include full contact information for the author and indicate the author's academic position, if applicable. The deadline for submission of paper or abstract is Feb. 10, 2010.
Some or all papers from the colloquia will be published in the "American Innovators" book series.
Submissions can be sent electronically to franklincox at yahoo.com or mailed to:
Dr. Franklin Cox
Department of Music, Wright State University
3640 Col. Glenn Highway Dayton, OH 45424-0001
(937) 767-1165
American Innovators Series, 2009
Wright State Department of Music, March 13-14, 2010
Saturday, March 13
Master Class on Just Intonation by John Schneider
Colloquium #1: Ben Johnston and the American Just Microtonal Tradition
Colloquium #2: Tuning Practices since 1750, in Honor of Owen Jorgensen
Sunday, March 14
Lecture/Demonstration of Historical Keyboard Tunings, Prof. Charles Larkowski
Concert of Music by Partch, Johnston, and Other Microtonalists featuring guitarist John Schneider and Wright State University faculty and students
The colloquium on Ben Johnston and the American Just Microtonal Tradition seeks a wide range of approaches to the music of Ben Johnston and composers closely associated with him. Analyses of specific works, broader discussions of Johnston's career and output, papers focusing on issues of performance practice, and historical/philosophical discussions of the American just microtonal tradition are all welcome areas of focus.
A second colloquium, Tuning Practices since 1750 will be held in honor of Owen Jorgensen. Questions concerning tuning practices before 1750 have been carefully explored over the last generation of scholarship, but tuning practices between about 1750 and the advent of recordings have received little serious scholarly attention. This gap is all the more puzzling, in that the core repertory of the Classical concert tradition was created in this period. Owen Jorgensen's two major works on historical piano tunings are core contributions to research into tuning practices prior to 1900, but after some two decades his research has still not been adequately discussed in the academic literature.
This colloquium will welcome a wide variety of approaches. Possible topics include:
� the comprehensiveness and reliability of existing research, including Jorgensen's
� tuning practices in different instrument families, performance traditions, andgeographical regions
� patterns and tendencies of historical change in tuning practices
� ramifications of recent research into historical tunings for performance practice, analysis, cognition, and aesthetics
� new avenues of research
Presenters are welcome to take part in both events, but are not required to do so. All conference participants are invited as guests to the Sunday afternoon concert and presentations by John Schneider and Prof. Larkowski.
Papers presented at the Colloquia should in general last no longer than 30 minutes, followed by a 10-minute question/discussion session. When submitting the paper or abstract, please indicate what media will be used in the presentation (CD, projector, etc.). All submissions should include full contact information for the author and indicate the author's academic position, if applicable. The deadline for submission of paper or abstract is Feb. 10, 2010.
Some or all papers from the colloquia will be published in the "American Innovators" book series.
Submissions can be sent electronically to franklincox at yahoo.com or mailed to:
Dr. Franklin Cox
Department of Music, Wright State University
3640 Col. Glenn Highway Dayton, OH 45424-0001
(937) 767-1165
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