International Scholarly Conference “Medieval Liturgical Monody and its Historical Perspectives”

International Scholarly Conference
“Medieval Liturgical Monody and its Historical Perspectives”

Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory
Music Theory Department

Main topics:

• Today’s issues of music medievalism
• Liturgical monody of different regional cultures
• Text and source studies
• Issues of mode and Formbildung
• Issues of music notation and performers’ interpretations
• Expression of performing practice innovations in music theory
• Ways of composers’ work with their source material
• Liturgical monody in the context of multi-linear texture
• Medieval monody in the oeuvre of contemporary composers

Venue and format of the conference:
Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory (13 Bolshaya Nikitskaya Street)
Both in-person and remote ways of participation are planned.

Timing:
20 minutes for the speech, 10 minutes for questions and discussion.
Video presentations are welcomed.

Additional information
The speakers will be granted an opportunity to publish their materials in one of the following editions:

• Journal of Moscow Conservatory
• Journal of the Society for Music Theory
• Musical Art of Eurasia. The Past and Today

Participation in the conference is free of charge. No travel or accommodation expenses are covered; however, non-resident and foreign participants may be settled in the Conservatory’s guest rooms free of charge. Personal invitation to the conference may be forwarded upon request.

Applications for participation in the conference
Applications for participation in the conference will be accepted until 20 December 2023
at nauka@mosconsv.ru

Please indicate in the application form:

1. Full name, including the patronymic (if any)
2. Place of work or study
3. Job position, academic degree, academic title (if any)
4. Topic of the report (both in Russian and in English)
5. Keywords (from 5 to 7 words both in Russian and in English)
6. Abstract from 150 to 200 words (both in Russian and in English)
7. The preferred format of participation (in-person or remote)
8. Contact information: phone number, e-mail address