A Cerebration of Analysis
21-22 September 2012
Institute of Musical Research, London
In 2012, Music Analysis has reached its thirtieth year, and the Society for Music Analysis turned twenty one. In honour of this double anniversary, the SMA held a symposium titled ‘A Cerebration of Analysis’ at London’s Institute of Musical Research, September 21-22, featuring Julian Horton, Adam Ockelford, John Koslovsky, Elizabeth Eva Leach, Daniel Leech-Wilkinson, Nicholas Marston, Danuta Mirka, Nicholas Reyland, Michael Spitzer, Edward Venn, and Arnold Whittall. There was a special Schenker Documents Online session convened by Ian Bent and William Drabkin, and Richard Cohn and Jonathan Dunsby were the Special Keynote Speakers.
The symposium took place in Senate House, London (WC1E 7HU). For pictures click here.
There were 20 student accommodation bursaries available for the event, comprising two nights’ accommodation in central London.
Programme
Friday 21 September
| 10 am | Registration and coffee |
| 10.45 am | Welcome; announcements |
| 11 am | Special Session: Schenker Documents Online
Chair: Ian Bent (Columbia University and University of Cambridge) John Koslovsky (Amsterdam Conservatory of Music / Utrecht University), ‘Distant Pen Pals: The Dahms-Schenker Correspondence’ William Drabkin (University of Southampton), ‘Schenker’s Army: Defending the Fundamental Line of Mozart’s G minor Symphony’ Nicholas Marston (University of Cambridge), ‘Dynamische Fälschung: Schenker’s Understanding of the Second-Movement Trio of Beethoven’s “Hammerklavier” Sonata’ |
| 1 pm | Lunch |
| 2 pm | Julian Horton (University College Dublin) ,‘Theory, Empiricism and the Analysis of Nineteenth-Century Sonata Forms’ |
| 2.45 pm | Danuta Mirka (University of Southampton), ‘The Mystery of the Cadential Six-Four’ |
| 3.30 pm | Elizabeth Eva Leach (University of Oxford), ‘Lacan, Courtly Love, and Distributed Cognition: some Analytical Perspectives on Machaut’ |
| 4.15 pm | Coffee |
| 5 pm | Keynote: Richard Cohn (Yale University), ‘Metrical Form and Musical Performance’ |
| 6 pm | Wine reception |
| 8 pm | Dinner |
Saturday 22 September
| 9.30 am | Coffee |
| 10 am | Edward Venn (University of Lancaster), ‘(Dis)Locating Meaning in Oliver Knussen’s Ophelia Dances’ |
| 10.45 am | Nick Reyland (Keele University), ‘Telling Tales about Musical Meaning’ |
| 11.30 am | Michael Spitzer (University of Liverpool), ‘From Passion to Emotion: Bach’s Sonata for Unaccompanied Violin in G minor’ |
| 12.15 pm | Lunch |
| 1.30 pm | Daniel Leech-Wilkinson (King’s College London), ‘Cortot’s Music Box’ |
| 2.15 pm | Adam Ockelford (University of Roehampton), ‘Applying Musicology: Using Zygonic Theory to Analyse Perceived Influence in Improvised Musical Interactions with Children with Special Needs’ |
| 3 pm | Coffee |
| 3.30 pm | Keynote: Jonathan Dunsby (Eastman School of Music), ‘Vocality Revisited: Words By Way of Music’ |
| 4.30 pm | General Discussion |
| 5.30 pm | Departure |