CFP: Contemporary Hoffmann Symposium, SIMPK, Berlin/Online, 11-12 Nov 2022
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Contemporary Hoffmann: Between automated and artistically-individual music production
Symposium (Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung, Berlin / Webex)
11/12 November 2022
The poetic work of E.T.A. Hoffmann has inspired generations of writers, artists and composers. The concepts and characters he devised were adopted not only throughout the 19th century, but also held great fascination for composers of the 20th and 21st century. This is evidenced by numerous compositions from Busoni's "Die Brautwahl" to Weir's stage work "Heaven Ablaze in His Breast" to the steampunk opera "Klein Zaches genannt Zinnober" by the band Coppelius. On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Hoffmann’s death, the symposium aims to illuminate his reception in compositions of the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition, it will trace the echo up to the present day of his highly ambivalent fascination with musical automata, which is reflected in his literary works.
Based on these two central issues, we are asking for proposals on the following topics (further suggestions are also welcome):
- Settings of texts by Hoffmann and other references to his literary and musical works in compositions of the 20th and 21st century, in film music and multimedia projects
- Music automatons in the 20th and 21st century: From self-playing pianos to android performers (construction of instruments, interpretation, reception and aesthetics)
- Interpretation and improvisation in the context of Artificial Intelligence
- Automated composition in the 20th and 21st century: Techniques, aesthetic implications, creativity of AI
- Science fiction: automata, androids, algorithms and the uncanny as a subject in music
In order to facilitate an interdisciplinary discussion, the call is addressed not only to researchers from musicology, but also from neighbouring disciplines. Submissions from junior scholars are explicitly welcome.
The symposium is organised by Dr. Simone Hohmaier and Tom Wappler on behalf of the SIMPK. Congress languages are German and English. A publication is planned. The symposium will take place in presence at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin as well as online (Webex).
Proposals (20 minutes +10 minutes discussion) should include:
- Name, institution, short CV
- Email address
- Abstract of max. 250 words
Please send your proposals to ETAH2022 -at- sim.spk-berlin.de by 15 June 2022. The programme will be announced in early July 2022.
https://www.simpk.de
Symposium (Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung, Berlin / Webex)
11/12 November 2022
The poetic work of E.T.A. Hoffmann has inspired generations of writers, artists and composers. The concepts and characters he devised were adopted not only throughout the 19th century, but also held great fascination for composers of the 20th and 21st century. This is evidenced by numerous compositions from Busoni's "Die Brautwahl" to Weir's stage work "Heaven Ablaze in His Breast" to the steampunk opera "Klein Zaches genannt Zinnober" by the band Coppelius. On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Hoffmann’s death, the symposium aims to illuminate his reception in compositions of the 20th and 21st centuries. In addition, it will trace the echo up to the present day of his highly ambivalent fascination with musical automata, which is reflected in his literary works.
Based on these two central issues, we are asking for proposals on the following topics (further suggestions are also welcome):
- Settings of texts by Hoffmann and other references to his literary and musical works in compositions of the 20th and 21st century, in film music and multimedia projects
- Music automatons in the 20th and 21st century: From self-playing pianos to android performers (construction of instruments, interpretation, reception and aesthetics)
- Interpretation and improvisation in the context of Artificial Intelligence
- Automated composition in the 20th and 21st century: Techniques, aesthetic implications, creativity of AI
- Science fiction: automata, androids, algorithms and the uncanny as a subject in music
In order to facilitate an interdisciplinary discussion, the call is addressed not only to researchers from musicology, but also from neighbouring disciplines. Submissions from junior scholars are explicitly welcome.
The symposium is organised by Dr. Simone Hohmaier and Tom Wappler on behalf of the SIMPK. Congress languages are German and English. A publication is planned. The symposium will take place in presence at the Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin as well as online (Webex).
Proposals (20 minutes +10 minutes discussion) should include:
- Name, institution, short CV
- Email address
- Abstract of max. 250 words
Please send your proposals to ETAH2022 -at- sim.spk-berlin.de by 15 June 2022. The programme will be announced in early July 2022.
https://www.simpk.de
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