[ANPPOM-L] CFP: Dictatorship and "State music"

[Carlos Palombini]

Conference: Dictatorship and "State music"

CRAL/EHESS, Paris, on May 15th and 16th, 2009

Call for papers

Long time considered a propaganda tool, the music of dictatorial regimes
might reveal important aspects in the relationship between art and politics.
Recent works have underlined the complex ways in which musicians engaged
with power under dictatorships, deemed as monolithic. Thus, the description
of censorship, allegiance and dissension mechanisms, and of the breaks and
continuities produced between regimes, will show the multiplicity of
negotiation and consensus-seeking processes. In the absence of political
freedom, these processes guaranteed the continuity of an often intense and
creative musical life. Even in the darkest hours of 20th century history,
music never ceased to sound.

This conference will focus on the works inspired and promoted by dictatorial
state apparatuses. Even when not imposing aesthetic standards, dictatorships
favoured certain kinds of music: occasional commemorative or celebrative
works, patriotic or militant hymns, military marches, etc. In addition,
modern dictatorial states have devised and implemented prize-awarding and
commissioning policies aimed at consolidating the status of certain genres
as institutionalised forms of political and social order.

Leaning on specific case studies, we will also discuss different approaches
to this repertoire: can we broadly label it "State music"? Are there any
similarities or constants in music production across different
dictatorships? What have been the discourses and practices implemented and
how did listeners react to them? Can we agree a set of stylistic features,
or are they context-contingent?

The conference will encourage multidisciplinary approaches (cultural
history, sociology of music, music analysis) and comparative research, and
will welcome contributions on diverse historical and geographical locales,
particularly Interwar Europe, Eastern bloc and Maoist China, or Latin
American dictatorships of the 60s and 70s.

Papers (in French or in English) should last 20 minutes. Abstracts (300
words) and CVs must be submitted by 31 January 2009.

Contacts: Esteban Buch (buch at ehess.fr), Igor Contreras (contrerasigor at
gmail.com), Manuel Deniz Silva (manuel_denizsilva at yahoo.fr)

Centre de Recherches sur les Arts et le Langage (CRAL)
96 bd Raspail
75006 Paris

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carlos palombini
<cpalombini em gmail.com>

abbaye d'ardenne
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