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Music after Fascism: Cultural Rebuilding in post-war Europe
An RMA Study Day
Link: Music after Fascism: Cultural Rebuilding in post-war Europe
12 Jul 08
This Study Day will explore the interface between music and politics/society in Europe during the years following the Second World War. The particular focus will be on the after-effects of Fascism and totalitarianism on compositional style, and the difficult process of recovering – or rejecting – the modernism project. The aesthetic incongruities in ‘new’ music (symbolised most pointedly by the debates surrounding high-serialism and its discontents) will form the artistic centre around which discussions of larger political and social issues (such as the impact of socialism and the cold war) will revolve.
9:30 |
Coffee and Registration |
9:50 |
Welcome |
Session 1 |
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10:00 |
Francesco Parrino (Royal Holloway) |
10:40 |
Peter Roderick (University of York) |
11:20 |
Coffee |
Session 2 |
|
11:40 |
Dr Paola Merli (De Montfort University, Leicester) |
12:20 |
Dr Ben Earle (University of Birmingham) |
1:00 |
Lunch |
Session 3 |
|
2:00 |
Keynote Address: Dr Toby Thacker (University of Cardiff) |
3:00 |
Dr Nicholas Reyland (Keele University) |
3:40 |
Coffee |
Session 4 |
|
3:50 |
Carlos Duque (City University, London) |
4:25 |
Eva Moreda, (Royal Holloway, University of London) |
5:00 |
Round Table |
Dr Toby Thacker, Dr Jenny Doctor (Uni. York), Dr Nicholas Reyland,
Dr Ben Earle, Professor Nicola Lefanu (Uni. York, Chair) |
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5:45 |
Close |
For more information email the convenor (por100@yor.ac.uk) or the RMA Student
Liaison Officer (sjbagust@onetel.com). A registration fee of£10 (payable
to the Royal Musical Association) can be sent to: Susan Bagust RMA Student Liaison
Officer, Wold Farm Cottage, Bishop Wilton, York YO42 1SX. (The event is free
for RMA/ University of York members who give details of membership.)