[AMS-announce] CFP: SMT Music Philosophy Interest Group, Montreal, Nov 2009

[Announcements for the AMS]

The discussion of Stanley Cavell’s 1967 essay, “Music Discomposed,” at this year’s meeting of the SMT Music Philosophy Interest group included a rigorous conversation about the contemporary relationships among composition, philosophy and criticism.  In light of the vitality of this conversation, and in the hopes that the concerns it addressed may be of broad interest to the SMT community, the Music Philosophy Interest Group calls for submissions for a special session on this topic. 

Next year's SMT meeting will be October 28 to November 2, 2009, in Montreal Quebec.  

Papers may begin with critiques or evaluations of Cavell’s positions.  For example:  
the critic should mediate between specialized compositional technique and generalized philosophical evaluation 
contemporary musical works “cannot be criticized, as traditional art is criticized, but must be defended, or rejected, as art altogether” 
contemporary works “would not exist but for the philosophy,” or the intellectual discourse surrounding them 
for contemporary composers, “the terms in which they have learned to accept criticism will come to dictate the terms in which they will look for success” 
 

However, we also welcome papers that confront these or similar questions, in contexts that are not limited to Cavell.  Other topics may thus include, but need not be limited to: 
the avant garde composer as writer, and the relationship between compositional discourse and contemporary philosophy and/or criticism 
the status of criticism in historical encounters between composition and philosophy­e.g. Deleuze and Boulez, Schoenberg and Adorno, etc. 
the institutional production and maintenance of relationships among music, philosophy, and public discourse­e.g. IRCAM, Darmstadt, the American University, etc. 
the contemporary status of the critic, composer or music philosopher as a public figure, or the transformation of such public discourse, or its absence 
the relationship of music analysis to the discourse­be it critical, philosophical or compositional­surrounding avant garde composition 
 

Please send an email with two separate attachments to philosophymusic at gmail.com .  One attachment should contain an abstract of roughly 250 words; the other should contain your name, contact information, and institutional affiliation.  Abstracts received after January 5th will not be considered.

See the website for the SMT Philosophy Interest Group: <http://www.societymusictheory.org/index.php?pid=210>http://www.societymusictheory.org/index.php?pid=210 
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