International Interdisciplinary Conference
organised by the Masaryk Institute and Archive of the Czech Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague
Project Old Myths, New Facts: Czech Music in Centre of 15th–Century Music Developments
Monday 16. 11. 2020 – Wednesday, 18. 11. 2020,
via ZOOM
Please register here: https://forms.gle/YCFr2ArMqz8uP45a9
Conference Program
Monday, 16. 11. 2020, 15:00–19:30 CET
15:00–15:15 Conference Opening and Instructions
15:15–16:15 Cantus Fractus Repertory in the Period of Konstanz and Basel Councils
Chair: Paweł Gancarczyk, Polish Academy of Sciences
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Cantus Fractus in CA 6 and 11 and the Council of Basel
Barbara Haggh-Huglo, University of Maryland, College Park
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Cantus Fractus in Vernacular Chant of the 1420s: Lost Genres and Transcription Challenges
Hana Vlhová-Wörner, Czech Academy of Sciences
16:15–16:30 Break
16:30–17:30 Rhythm and Notation
Chair: Luisa Nardini, University of Texas in Austin
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How the Rhythm Was Lost: Progressive Decline of Nuance in Beneventan Notation
Giulio Minniti, Harvard University
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Rhythm and Revision
Miriam Wendling, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
17:30–18:00 Break
18:00–19:30 Keynote
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The Vestiges of an Elusive Artistic Circle: Plainchant Embellishments at Tournai Cathedral from the Fourteenth through Sixteenth Centuries
Sarah Long, Michigan State University
Tuesday, 17. 11. 2020, 15:00–19:30 CET
15:00–16:00 The Rhythm and the Arts
Chair: Hana Vlhová-Wörner
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Rhythm and Architecture in Prague around 1400: Changing Architecture Paradigmas at St. Vitus‘ Lodge
Klára Benešovská, Czech Academy of Sciences
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Visions, Apparitions and Body Movements: Work Rhymes and Work Rhythms in the Scandinavian Poetry of the Viking Age
Jiří Starý, Charles University Prague
16:00–16:30 Break
16:30–18:00 Rhythm in Late Medieval Song
Chair: Marco Gozzi, Università di Trento
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Reconstructing Rhythm in Central European Songs with Chant Notations
Jan Ciglbauer, Charles University Prague
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From Judgement to Comfort: Audi tellus, audi magni maris limbus in the Sixteenth Century
Allen Scott, Oklahoma State University
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Poetry, Prosa and Regular Rhythmic Structures in Music around 1400 Canticum boemicale Otep myry in the Context of Credo Settings in Cantus Fractus
Lenka Hlávková, Charles University Prague
18:00–18:30 Break
18:30–19:30 Performance Workshop with Corina Marti, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
Wednesday, 18. 11. 2020, 15:00–19:00 CET
15:00–16:00 Repertory and Genres
Chair: Lenka Hlávková
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Monophonic Credos and their Cultural Background in the Late Medieval Period (1300–1500)
Harrison Russin, Duke University
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Cantus Fractus in a Hussitic Graduale from Kutná Hora (A-Wn 15501)
David Merlin, University of Vienna
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Cantus Fractus in South Tyrol
Giulia Gabrielli, University of Bolzano
16:00–16:15 Break
16:15–17:15 Late Transmissions and Developments
Chair: Jan Ciglbauer
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Rhythmic Chant and Chant-Based Polyphony in the Annaberg Choirbooks
Paul Kolb, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
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An Early Cantus Fractus Complete Mass Ordinary by an Italian Nobleman
Kathleen Sewright, Winter Springs, Florida
17:15–17:30 Break
17:30–19:00 Closing Discussion
