[AMS-announce] CFP: American Handel Society, Princeton, Apr 2007

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Call for Papers

American Handel Society at Princeton University, April 19-21.

Deadline:  December 15, 2006 

The American Handel Society invites submissions of abstracts for
papers to be given at the American Handel Festival, to take place at
Princeton University, April 19-22, 2007. Festival concerts will
include a semi-staged performance of Handel's Hercules and a chamber 
concert organized around the theme of "Handel's London." We invite
papers on any topic connected with Handel's life and music, but
especially encourage submissions related to the music being
performed, such as Handel's treatments of myth, masculinity and 
heroism; the secular oratorios; Handel's chamber works and
arrangements for London; or his London circle of friends and colleagues.

Abstracts of no more than 500 words may be sent by December 15, 2006
to Robert Ketterer, AHS Program Chair. Electronic submissions are 
preferred, and may be sent to robert-ketterer at uiowa.edu.  Surface
mail may be sent to Prof. Robert Ketterer, Department of Classics,
210 JB, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52245. 



For information on the festival, performances, registration, and
hotel accommodations, please see:

http://silvertone.princeton.edu/handelfestival/