CFP: Bethlehem Conference on Moravian History and Music, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA, Oct 2010
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Bethlehem Conference on Moravian History and Music
October 1417, 2010
This conference, sponsored by Moravian College, the Moravian Archives in Bethlehem, and the Moravian Music Foundation, explores Moravian history and music from the fifteenth to twentieth centuries in Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa, and Australia within its context. We are now accepting proposals for panels, individual papers, lecture/demonstrations and performances relating to current research in Moravian history and music, but special consideration will be given to the following topics:
1. The history of the Unitas Fratrum during the 15th – 17th centuries: hymnody, music and worship practice; question of continuity and discontinuity with the Moravian Church of the 18th century
2. 250th anniversary of the death of Count Nikolaus von Zinzendorf (1700-60): his role in Moravian history, theology, and music; the reorientation of the Moravian Church after his death; Zinzendorf in historiography
3. Musical anniversaries such as John Gambold (1760–95): composer of vocal works and keyboard sonatas; Johann Daniel Grimm (1719–60): musician and teacher, instrumental in compiling the 1755 chorale book; Christian Gottfried Geisler (1730–1810): composer and organist at the Moravian church in Zeist for more than 50 years; John Christian Malthaner (1810–73): piano builder, based in Bethlehem
4. Moravians in the Transatlantic World: missions, trade, communication
5. Instruments and instrumental music: the role of the collegium musicum; use of instruments in worship of the Moravian Church
6. Iconography: the role of art in the Moravian communities; artists; iconography of Moravian worship and music; images included in early hymnals
7. Moravians and the body: gender, sexuality, identity, behavioral roles, encounter with the “other”
Please send a proposal of no more than 300 words by April 1, 2010 to: hlempa at moravian.edu or hbinford at moravian.edu
The program committee will notify accepted applicants by May 1, 2010. For more information and updates: <http://www.moravianconferences.org>
Dr. Heikki Lempa Dr. Hilde Binford
Department of History Department of Music
Moravian College, 1200 Main Street, Bethlehem, PA 18018, USA
Tel. 610-861-1315 • Fax 610-625-7919