May 20: Su Yin Mak

For the penultimate session of our annual series (this Wednesday, 4:30–6:00 in Logan 801), we are thoroughly honored to welcome special guest Su Yin Mak, Associate Professor of Music Theory at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Professor Mak will present a paper on “Schillerian Aesthetic Play in Schubert’s String Quartet in A minor, D. 804” (draft…

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May 6: Patrick Kaufman

We are excited to welcome Patrick Kaufman to the workshop this Wednesday (4:30 p.m., Logan 801) as he presents his paper, “Alia Practica Musicae” (Another Practice of Music).  In it, Patrick considers historical and intellectual context to put forward an alternative reading of Gaffurio’s landmark Practica musicae of 1496, ultimately suggesting that its references to Roman banquet culture and Neoplatonic secret philosophy…

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April 22: Susan Hohl

We are delighted to welcome Susan Hohl to the workshop this Wednesday (4:30–6:00 in Logan 801) as she sheds light on the coordinates of Liszt’s personae as traveler, reader, and musician. As a PhD candidate in Comparative Literature, Susan draws on a broad interdisciplinary background, as is amply evident from her paper “Reading as Pilgrimage: The Stations of Liszt’s Literary Imagination and Recovering the Music…

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April 8: Chelsea Burns

Please join us for the first workshop of the quarter this coming Wednesday (April 8th; 4:30-6:00 pm in Logan 801). Chelsea Burns will present material from her work in progress, “’Way Down South in Dixie’: Langston Hughes and Blackness in the American South as Interpreted by Carlos Chávez and Silvestre Revueltas” (accessible here). We look forward…

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Spring 2015 Schedule

April 8            Chelsea Burns, PhD Candidate in Music History/Theory                                        “Way Down South in Dixie”:                                        Langston Hughes and Blackness in the American South          …

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