minstrel: FW: Proportional elements in plainchant, 1350-1650, Parma-Arezzo, December 2003 (fwd)

[Patricia Yarrow]

This would appear to be the place to find the answers on the rhythmic
proportion in plainchant question . . .

Perhaps the project will result in a book or journal to which those of us
who can't travel to Italy can refer.

Vivien

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From: Marco Gozzi <magoz at iol.it>

CALL FOR PAPERS
First Announcement

International RAPHAEL Conference Parma-Arezzo, from Tuesday 2 December to
Saturday 6 December 2003, inclusive

The Universities of Lecce, Parma, Padova and Pavia-Cremona together with
the "Guido d'Arezzo" Foundation invites proposals for papers to be
presented at a conference dealing with the "Rhythmic and proportional
elements in plainchant, 1350-1650", to be held at the University of Parma
from 2 to 3 December and in Arezzo from 4 to 6 December 2003.

Proposals are invited for individual papers of 20 minutes duration (after
each paper, ten minutes will be allowed for discussion).

Abstracts (500 words maximum) may be e-mailed to: Marco Gozzi
<magoz at iol.it>. Attachments (in any word-processing format) are preferred
for the text of abstracts, but please back up the attachment with a
plain-text version in the main e-mail.

The abstract should be preceded by information under the following
headings: NAME, INSTITUTION, POSTAL ADDRESS, PHONE, FAX, E-MAIL ADDRESS.

The deadline for the receipt of abstracts is 30 March 2003.

We invite musicologists from all countries to come to Italy to participate
in our meeting. Acceptance of a proposal will be at the discretion of the
organisers. The proceedings are planned for 2004.

The conference form part of a major plan called "RAPHAEL project":
R_hythmic A_nd P_roportional H_idden or A_ctual EL_ements in Plainchant
(1350-1650)

The project proposes to investigate, both in the multiplicity of its own
aspects and with the support of computer technology, a musical corpus of
primary importance for the knowledge of Italian and European sacred music
from the fourteenth to the seventeenth century. The project envisions: a)
the numeration, analysis, and acquisition (using digital photographic
reproduction) of Italian musical sources and theoretical treatises that
give evidence of rhythmic performance or mensural writing in plainchant;
b) the publication of a critical edition containing the musical corpus of
Italian provenance from the years 1350-1650, as well as the theoretical
writings from that period; and c) the recording of this repertory by
specialized ensembles.

The project aims to return to the international scientific community and
to music lovers everywhere the until now neglected corpus of the various
forms of plainchant written or performed with rhythmic and mensural
elements - especially hymns, sequences and credos. Although a part of the
Gregorian repertory, it is a very little known body of work, but
nevertheless very significant and replete with many curious and attractive
features of great interest from the textual, liturgical, constructive and
notational points of view. The close investigation of its earliest
evidences and of its musical evolution, together with an examination of
contemporary musical treatises on the subject, will contribute to our
knowledge of the New Style, and help us to understand the reasons for its
appearance and its success, and to ascertain its connection with the
traditional liturgical chant.

Scientific & organizing committee
Prof. Francesco Luisi (Parma University)
Prof. Antonio Lovato (Padova University)
Prof. Pietro Zappala` (Pavia University)
Prof.ssa Paola Besutti (Lecce University)
National Co-ordinator: Prof. Marco Gozzi (Lecce University)

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 Facolta` di Beni Culturali
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