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Restoring Lost Songs: Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy

 

'Boethius' Metra un "lost songs" im Mittelalter: Zur klanglichen Rekonstruktion gesungener Dichtung ohne überlieferte Musik', Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.

Study Day, 9am-5pm, Schol Cantorum, Basel.

Papers include:

Dr Sam Barrett (Cambridge), 'Creative Practice and the Limits of Knowledge in Reconstructing Lost songs from the Consolation of Philosophy'

Ben Bagby (Paris), 'The Harp as informant and Partner in the Reconstruction of Boethian Metra'

Hanna Marti (Basel), 'Ovids Metamorphosen. Ansätze und Werkzeuge zur Rekonstruktion einer musikalischen Rezitation im Stil des 12./13 Jahrhunderts'

 

(credit: Schola Cantorum Basiliensis)

Date: 
Saturday, 18 March, 2017 - 10:00