Songs of the Earth : 2nd Music and Literature symposium and festival

2^nd music and Literature Symposium & Festival

University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus/Mayaguez Campus

March 23-­26, 2011

General Themes :

Songs of the Earth

A contribution to the Gustav Mahler Year

Bicentenary Théophile Gautier

Submission Deadline: January, 31 2011

The Symposium and Festival of Music and Literature provides an invitation to explore the various aspects of Music and Literature and the inter­semiotic relations among literary creation and musical composition. It proposes an investigation of this fusion that exists between a literary, theoretical, or musicological dialogue and the live musical concert. Participants are invited to submit proposals on the various aspects of Musical Analysis, History and Literature, as well as various Topics in Literature.

We invite proposals for 20-­30 minute Vocal or instrumental recitals, 20 minute individual or panel presentations, or 40 minute recital-­conferences in the following areas:

• Baroque in Music and Literature
• Classical style in Music and XVIIIth Century literature
• Romanticism and post romanticism in both Music and Literature
• Twentieth Century Musical and Literary Forms and Analysis
• Expressionism, Dodecaphonism in Music and Literature
• The interplay between the Avant-­Gardes and Art in the XXth Century
• Instrumental music, narrative, poetry
• Vocal music, narrative and textuality in vocal music
• Instrumental music articulated with spoken poems and narrative works

  To submit a proposal for individual papers or for panels, please send an email with the information below to:

  estudios.internacionales@uprrp.edu / drmarcjeanbernard@gmail.com

  Name Email

  Institutional Affiliation Title of Paper/Concert

  300-­word Description of Paper/Concert presentation Special technical needs