IAML-IMS CONFERENCE
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, 5-10 JULY 2009
IMS SYMPOSIUM - MUSIC: NOTATION AND SOUND
The joint conference of the International Association of Music Libraries (IAML) and the International Musicological Society (IMS) will be held in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) from 5 to 10 July 2009. See www.iamlconference2009.nl. An IMS intercongressional Symposium will take place as part of this joint conference with the theme "Music: Notation and Sound".
Although music can exist as an oral tradition, in many cultures - Western and non-Western - music has been codified in notated form and recorded by means of audio technology. When we study music, we usually study it with reference to a score or a sound carrier. The existence of music libraries is in fact predicated on this ability to codify or 'fix' music in a permanent state, either on paper or via the process of sound recording. Electronic media have also provided new ways to store and to propagate music that were impossible in earlier times. But at the same time the act of notating or recording music creates many problems. How are notational practices formed and interpreted over time? To what extent can a score or recording represent the music as it was intended by the creator and/or performer? How much is lost? How effectively can music be recreated from its notated form? For this IMS Symposium papers will be accepted that deal in one way or another with problems associated with musical notation, sound recordings and electronic formats (including editing, encoding, transmission, etc.), in relation to all musical repertoires that exist in western and non-western music.
The time limit for each paper is 20 minutes, allowing 10 minutes questions and discussion. Papers can be given in any of the five official languages of the IMS (English, French, German, Italian, Spanish), but one must be aware of the fact that the largest audience is reached with a paper in English.
Round Tables and Panels on specific topics are equally welcome. A Round Table or Panel should fit in a 90-minute time slot.
The floor is open for both IMS and non-IMS members, but if you intend to propose a paper and you are not yet a member of the IMS, you are strongly encouraged to join. The Application for Membership is available online at: www.ims-online.ch/application.aspx
Please send title and an abstract of no less than hundred but no more than two hundred words by e-mail (either in the body of the message or as attachment) to the IMS Programme Coordinator:
Rudolf Rasch, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
rudolf.rasch@let.uu.nl
Deadline for submission is: 1 October 2008
IMS Programme Committee:
Rudolf Rasch (chairman, Utrecht, Netherlands)
Jim Cassaro (IAML, Pittsburg, PA, USA)
Dinko Fabris (Bari, Italy)
Joost van Gemert (Utrecht, Netherlands)
Catherine Massip (Paris, France)
Rupert Ridgewell (London, United Kingdom)