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In 1865, Liszt wanted to compose a “supernatural light” (“lumière surnaturelle”) to represent the calming of the storm in Das Wunder (The Miracle) from his oratorio Christus. Light is an important feature in his music as well as in the music of some of his contemporaries or successors such as Wagner, Mahler, Scriabin, Schoenberg, or Messiaen. With lyrics or purely instrumental music, totally or partially devoted to light, their works appropriate or express light in an Aesthetical, symbolical, or religious way, and with particular compositional tools.
Art history has long studied this phenomenon that has become in itself a creative material (Light art, László Moholy-Nagy, Dan Flavin, James Turrell, etc.). Literature, philosophy, religious studies and science history have also been interested in light. Yet Music history, analysis and aesthetics seem to be outdone, for many studies have been devoted to colors and synesthesia, but very little or none to light in itself.
One of the main intentions of the conference is to question the relation between music and light through appropriations, metaphors, and analogies with other arts, sciences and the disciplines quoted above. On the one hand it will be about studying the links between light and music, an art that a priori does not manipulate it directly, on the other hand what does the reference to light carries through the ages. Eventually it will focus on the relation to other artistic disciplines.
Possible topics for proposals include:
Venue : Paris, Fondation Singer-Polignac (https://www.singer-polignac.org/fr/missions/sciences/colloques)
Proposals should be submitted in English or French for 20-minutes length papers to nicolas.dufetel@cnrs.fr before March, 31st 2018. They will include:
Scientific committee:
Organization committee:
The Conference is supported by the IReMus (Institut de recherche en musicologie CNRS-Sorbonne Université-Bibliothèque nationale de France-Ministère de la culture et de la communication), the Fondation Singer-Polignac, and Sorbonne Université.
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