The Royal Musical Association
Events
Music and Modernism
An RMA Study Day
15 May 09 to 16 May 09
The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
The RMA and the Courthaul Institute of Art presents a Study day for Students/Researchers:
Music and Modernism
Frdiay 15th - Saturday May 16th 2009
Venue: The Courtauld Institute of Art, London
The RMA and the Courtauld Institute are pleased to be at the forefront of the development of the cross-disciplinary study of music iconography in the UK.
Exploring Kandinsky's contention that the 'various arts are drawing together [...] finding in music the best teacher,' Music and Modernism will re-evaluate the significant connections between the disciplines of music and fine art in the period covering the emergence and flowering of Modernism, c. 1849 - 1950. During this time both music and fine art were concerned with issues of equality, equivalence, relativity and subjectivity - themes that have since been taken as key to the definition of Modernism. Composers and artists repeatedly borrowed from one another, yet their motives have seldom been explored.
Keynote Speaker: Peter Vergo (University of Essex), Music and the Visual Arts: Some Unanswered Questions.
To book a place: £15 (£www10 students, Courtauld staff and RMA members). Please send a cheque made payable to 'Courtauld Institute of Art' to: Research Forum Events Co-ordinator, Courtauld Institute of Art Research Forum, Somerset House, Strand, London WC2R 0RN, clearly stating that you wish to book for the 'Music and Modernism study day'. For credit card bookings call 020 7848 2785/2909. For further information, send an e-mail to ResearchForumEvents@courtauld.ac.uk.