Uncategorized Editing unfinished music by a great composer is controversial – but sometimes it needs to be done 15 Feb 201915 Feb 2019 First page of Liszt's opera Sardanapalo, GSA 60 / N4. Photo © Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Author provided David Trippett, University of Cambridge Unfinished works of art have long had a…
Events Of the possible material and sensorial effects of hearing 27 Jul 201827 Jul 2018 By Melissa Van Drie Emergent themes from Sensing the Sonic: Histories of Hearing Differently (1800-now), University of Cambridge (CRASSH), 15-16 June 2018 What happens when hearing doesn't do what it…
Uncategorized A Tale of Two Conferences. Of sonic sensings between Cambridge and Paris, 7-16 June 2018 27 Jul 201827 Jul 2018 By Melissa Van Drie. During June 2018, the team of the Sound and Materialism in the 19th Century —Edward Gillin, Melle Kromhout, David Trippett and myself—travelled from Cambridge to Paris…
Uncategorized Nature’s Pitch: John Herschel and the musical limits of Victorian scientific authority 6 Jul 20186 Jul 2018 by Dr. Edward Gillin. During the nineteenth century the question of who should be trusted to produce scientific knowledge was a tricky one to answer. Certainly until the 1860s, it…
Events June 2018: Sensing the Sonic Conference, Cambridge 1 May 201730 Apr 2018 A two-day conference convened and organized by Melissa van Drie and Melle Kromhout, hosted by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CRASSH). What happens when hearing…
Events 7 Sept. 2017: Royal Musical Association Conference, University of Liverpool 1 May 201723 Feb 2018 A panel on "Epistemologies of sound in the 19th ct." during the first day of the Royal Musical Association Conference in Liverpool. "This panel aims to develop our understanding of the…
Events 31 March, 2017: Music and the body Between Revolutions, Columbia University 30 Apr 20171 May 2017 At this conference, David Trippett was invited to present a paper on "Sound and the Ultrasonic Imagination ca. 1876" More information on the conference here. This interdisciplinary conference and workshop…
Events 24 March 2017: Performing Cornelius Cardew’s graphic score, Cambridge Science Festival 22 Mar 20171 May 2017 Friday 24 March: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Newnham College, The Old Labs, Sidgwick Avenue, CB3 9DF A performance initiated by Melissa van Drie, in which a group of musicians, artists and…
Events 17-18 March 2017: After Idealism Conference, Cambridge 8 Feb 20171 May 2017 A two day conference organised by dr. David Trippett and hosted by the Centre for Research in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (CRASSH) in Cambridge. More information and full program…
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