Appel de conférences pour le colloque « Timbre and Colour in French Music », Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK, 20-21 février 2025.
« The symposium seeks to explore:
- exemplars of timbre and colour in francophone music from any historical period;
- the nature of engagement with timbre and colour by composers, musicians and writers on music operating in or associated with France;
- the role of text(s) in relationship to musical timbre and colour;
- the relationship between French music and the visual arts;
- the role and resonance of relationships between keys, colours and instruments in the baroque era;
- which repertoire, figures or groups are excluded by using timbre and colour as signifiers of Frenchness;
- how far back francophone interest in the quality of sound extends;
- organology, the role of instruments and technology in cultivating French perspectives on timbre and colour;
- the implications for performance of exploring francophone notions of timbre and colour. »
Date limite de soumission : 19 novembre 2024.
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