[ANPPOM-L] CFP: Understanding Bach's B-minor Mass, Belfast, Nov. 2007

[carlos palombini]

The School of Music - Sonic Arts, Queen's University Belfast is pleased
to announce a call for papers for the International Symposium:
"Understanding Bach's B-minor Mass", which is scheduled to take place
from 2 to 4 November 2007 (which unfortunately clashes with AMS Quebec!)

Symposium website:
http://www.music.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachbib/conferences/Belfast-Nov2007/

GUEST SPEAKERS

* Christoph Wolff (Harvard University) keynote address
* John Butt (University of Glasgow) on performance issues
* Ulrich Leisinger (Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg) on
  reception history in the late 18th-century Vienna
* Szymon Paczkowski (University of Warsaw) on Polish dance and its
  implication in Saxony
* Hans-Joachim Schulze (Bach-Archiv Leipzig) on manuscript sources
* George B. Stauffer (Rutgers University) on sources, editions, and
  performance
* Janice Stockigt (University of Melbourne) on Bach's colleagues and the
  Mass settings in Dresden in early 1730s
* Uwe Wolf (Bach-Archiv Leipzig) on recent editions

CALL FOR PAPERS

In addition to the papers to be given by the guest speakers, we are
seeking papers from other scholars that will make significant
contributions to our better understanding of Bach's B-minor Mass in any
of the following areas:

* Aspects of historical background
* Aspects on composition and meaning
* Aspects on sources, editions and performance
* On issues relating to theology
* Reception during and after Bach's lifetime in various parts of the
  world

Informal enquiries are most welcome to explore whether we can facilitate
or develop any ideas that you may have. The formal proposal of your
title and abstract should be received by 21 March 2007. The final
programme will be announced by 28 July 2007.

SYNOPSIS OF SYMPOSIUM

A half century has passed since Friedrich Smend (1893-1980) published
his controversial edition of the B-minor Mass (BWV 232) in the Neue
Bach-Ausgabe (edition 1954; critical report 1956) - the work which is
often regarded as one of the greatest choral pieces of all time. Since
then, many new issues surrounding the composition and reception of this
work have been raised and often intensely debated by scholars. In the
last 10 years, several new editions have appeared to replace Smend's
work: Christoph Wolff (C. F. Peters, 1995), Uwe Wolff ('1733 Missa only'
as NBA II/1a: Ba:renreiter, 2005), and Joshua Rifkin (Breitkopf & Ha:rtel,
2006 [forthcoming]). Yet there has been no symposium where Bach scholars
have discussed their work together in a comprehensive manner. Hence we
are in the situation where no single book can be considered to represent
the most up-to-date scholarship on this important work. The aim of this
symposium is to remedy this situation. In the three-day meeting scholars
with expertise in the B-minor Mass will be to give papers and discuss
their recent work. The keynote lecture will be given by Christoph Wolff.
There is a plan to publish selected papers in the form of a book. The
symposium will culminate with a performance of the B-minor Mass given by
the Academy of Ancient Music under the direction of Masaaki Suzuki.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

* Anne Leahy (DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Dublin)
* Robin A. Leaver (Westminster Choir College, NJ, USA)
* Sarah McCleave (Queen's University Belfast)
* Jan Smaczny (Queen's University Belfast)
* Yo Tomita (Queen's University Belfast)
* Ian Woodfield (Queen's University Belfast)

Please see the web site for further info:

http://www.music.qub.ac.uk/tomita/bachbib/conferences/Belfast-Nov2007/


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carlos palombini