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Music, Space and Sociability in the Renaissance
Wednesday 9 May 2012, 12.30PM to 5.30pm
Speaker(s): Helen Wilcox (Bangor), Richard Wistreich (RNCM), Michael Gale (Southampton) and Emilie Murphy (York)
An Afternoon Workshop, open to all
The workshop will feature a combination of papers and practical demonstrations. Participants are encouraged to circulate during the singing, investigating the spatial dynamics of the page, the presence of the singers, and the position of audience members.
Les Canards Chantants is a vocal chamber ensemble at the University of York. Their debut season last year included a sell-out performance at the NCEM. Les Canards Chanants seeks to take consort singing to the highest level, exploring new ways to bring Renaissance music to life. The group specialise in singing from facsimiles, a technique which offers an interesting way to approach performance as research, not least because of the physical layout of the music.
Workshop participants are welcome to join us for an informal dinner on Wednesday evening. We would be grateful if you could let Helen Smith (helen.smith@york.ac.uk) know if you plan to attend, and especially if you would like to come for dinner.
Download Poster: Music-Space poster (PDF 
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Download Programme: Music Space Programme (PDF , 821kb)
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PROGRAMME |
| 12.30 |
Coffee/Tea, Music from the Eton Choirbook
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| 1.00 |
Devotion and Sound
'"I enter as it were into a chappell or church": Music and spatial imagination by post-Reformation English Catholics' Emilie Murphy (York) |
| '"The Sweet Singer of the Temple": George Herbert and the music of
devotional poetry' Helen Wilcox (Bangor) | |
| 2.15 |
Coffee/Tea, Singing from part-books
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| 2.45 |
Performance and Community
'Music, verse and community in a provincial Elizabethan town: Re-reading Richard Mynshall's Lutebook' Michael Gale (Southampton) |
| '"Among sirens hitherto unknown": Manipulating performativity and negotiating relationships in the private court space at Ferrara in the 1580s' Richard Wistreich (RCHM) Please note that Professor Wistreich is not able to present his paper in person, but will be delighted to respond to comments and questions after the event | |
| 4.00 |
Coffee/Tea, Table-book Singing
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| 4.30 |
Round-table discussion based on the papers and performances. No additional preparation or prior knowledge is required, but participants may wish to read Richard Wistreich's introduction to the recent special issue of Renaissance Studies on "Musical materials and cultural spaces" (Renaissance Studies, 26.1 (2012), 1-12), and to investigate both the Eglantine table and the Apollo and the Nine Muses panel, formerly at the Grange, Hockliffe, Bedfordshire |
| 5.30 |
Close |
Location: The Treehouse, First Floor, Berrick Saul Building, Heslington Campus West
Admission: Attendance is free and open to all but we would appreciate it if you could let us know if you plan to attend
Email: helen.smith@york.ac.uk