[ANPPOM-L] Sheffield University / British Library / Charm Studentship

[Carlos Palombini]

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Sheffield University and British Library Concordat/Charm Studentship in the
study of recordings

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The Music Department of Sheffield University and the British Library invite
applications for a full-time research studentship for three years, leading
to a PhD, beginning in October 2006. The area of research will be the study
classical music recordings made between 1925 and 1932, with a view to
understanding the relationship between performance style and commercial
priorities at a time of significant technological change and competition.

The period 1925 to 1932 is currently one of the research areas of CHARM (the
Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music) at Sheffield
University, with particular reference to the study of the inter-relationship
of commercial and cultural activities, as expressed by the sound recording
industry at this time.

CHARM (the Arts and Humanities Research Council¹s Research Centre for the
History and Analysis of Recorded Music) was established on 1st April 2004,
supported by a substantial five-year grant from the United Kingdom¹s Arts
and Humanities Research Council. A partnership between the University of
Sheffield, King¹s College, London, and Royal Holloway, London, CHARM¹s aim
is to promote the study of music as performance through a focus on
recordings. Its activities include discographical projects, seminars and
research projects such as this.

The research student will be jointly supervised by Eric Clarke at the
University of Sheffield, and by Timothy Day at the British Library Sound
Archive (BLSA), and will work alongside David Patmore, a CHARM research
fellow based at Sheffield University.  S/he will spend roughly equal amounts
of time working in each institution. At the BLSA s/he will work in the
office area of the Curator, Classical Music, having access to materials not
available to readers, and at both institutions will receive appropriate
training and support.


The successful student will receive a UK/EU tuition fee waiver, a
maintenance stipend (£12,000 in 2005-06), and a Research Training Support
Grant of £500 per annum.


Applications, made to Sheffield University on the Sheffield University
Postgraduate Research application form
http://www.shef.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/apply
should be received no later than Friday 31st March 2006. Applicants should
meet the same qualification criteria as for any other research studentship,
or should be able to demonstrate equivalent experience. Please include a
statement explaining your suitability for this project, together with
samples of your recent writing on music. In addition please indicate clearly
that you are applying to study as part of the CHARM research group (section,
C, question 13).

Further Enquiries

Specific questions may be addressed to Eric Clarke and/or Timothy Day:
e.f.clarke em sheffield.ac.uk or  Tim.Day em bl.uk

A full project description is available at:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/music/research/charmstudship.html


-- 
carlos palombini
diretor
centro de pesquisa em música contemporânea
universidade federal de minas gerais
cpmc-ufmg
<palombini em terra.com.br>