[AMS-announce] CFP: Cantus ecclesiasticum ut ornaret: Polyphony for the Proper of the Mass in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Jan 2009

[Announcements for the AMS]

Call for Papers 


 cantus ecclesiasticum ut ornaret 
: Polyphony for the Proper of the Mass in the Middle Ages and Renaissance 

16-18 January, 2009, Faculteit Letteren, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) 

Organised by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Research Unit of Musicology and the Alamire Foundation 

Conference Theme 

In 1509, the great Renaissance composer Heinrich Isaac delivered an extraordinary series of commissioned mass-proper cycles to the cathedral chapter at Constance. In celebration of the 500th anniversary of this event, this conference aims to contextualise Isaac’s contribution to the mass-proper genre by examining polyphony for the proper of the mass in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. 

Papers, of around 25 minutes, are invited on all topics relating to medieval and Renaissance polyphonic mass-proper repertories. These may include:
the earliest mass-proper repertories and their relationships with the beginnings of written polyphony in the West 
source-studies (mass-propers in manuscripts and prints) 
mass-propers and the liturgy 
relationships between mass-propers and other sorts of liturgical music 
analytical aspects (e.g. the treatment of pre-existent chant cantus firmi) 
mass-propers and unwritten polyphony 
precedents, context, and analysis of Heinrich Isaac’s mass-propers 

Proposals for panel-sessions are also welcome. The preferred conference language is English, although other languages will also be considered. Abstracts, no longer than 300 words, may be submitted via email to David Burn (david.burn[at]arts.kuleuven.be) or Stefan Gasch (stefan.gasch[at]univie.ac.at) by 15 October 2008. Notification of acceptance will be given no later than 30 November 2008. 

For further information, please contact:

David Burn     and Stefan Gasch

Department of Musicology    Institut für Musikwissenschaft

Faculty of Letters     Universität Wien

Blijde-Inkomsstraat 21 – bus 3313   Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 9

3000 Leuven      1090 Wien

Belgium      Austria

Tel.: +32 487657566     Tel.: +43 1 4277 44271

Mail: david.burn at arts.kuleuven.be   Mail: stefan.gasch at univie.ac.at