CFP: Socialist Realism and Music (fwd)

[Geoffrey Chew]

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From: "Mikulas Bek" <mikulas.bek at quick.cz>

CALL FOR PAPERS

INTERNATIONAL MUSICOLOGICAL COLLOQUIUM BRNO 2001

SOCIALIST REALISM AND MUSIC: ANTIMODERNISMS AND AVANT-GARDES

OCTOBER 1-3, 2001

The Institute of Musicology at the Masaryk University Brno (Czech
Republic) will host the annual musicological colloquium, that will examine
the rather dubious term socialist realism in its relationship to music. On
this occasion, a rather broad scope of topics should be addressed: the
origins of socialist realism in the context of art and literature, the
doctrine of socialist realism in the aesthetics of music and its
developments in various countries, the mechanisms by which the doctrine
was transmitted, and its native sources and ingredients, socialist realism
and the left avant-garde, socialist realism and various anti-modernisms in
20th century music (Third Reich era, Hollywood aesthetics etc.), musical
style and socialist realism, the institutional background of socialist
realism in musical life.

Both interdisciplinary approaches (especially literary criticism, history
of art and social sciences) and papers in various branches of musicology
(history, sociology, aesthetics, semiotics, analysis etc.) are welcome.
Comparative approaches to this topic are especially welcome.

All prospective participants should submit by May 30, 2001 a 300-word
abstract, a brief curriculum vitae, and their postal and e-mail addresses.

The presentation of a paper should not exceed 30 minutes. Papers are
accepted in English, German, and French. There are no interpreting
facilities available in the conference rooms.

The active participants will be offered accommodation in an international
hotel free of charge.

More information will be available progressively on the web page of the
Institute of Musicology of the Masaryk University Brno:
http://www.phil.muni.cz/music/

under the heading Kolokvium.

Paper abstracts or questions may be directed to:

Institute of Musicology
Masaryk University Brno
Arne Novaka 1
CZ 660 88 Brno
Phone and fax: +420 5 41121434
E-mail: music at phil.muni.cz

Prof. PhDr. Jiri Fukac, CSc.
Chair of the Board of the Colloquium

PhDr. Petr Macek, Ph.D.
Secretary of the Colloquium

PhDr. Mikulas Bek, Ph.D.
Head of the Institute of Musicology
Masaryk University Brno

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