Society for Eighteenth-Century Music
“Above all, music must move the heart…” C. P. E. Bach
The purpose of the Society for Eighteenth-Century Music is to promote the study and performance of music of the eighteenth century. The Society provides a forum where scholars and performers can further their knowledge of music, history and interrelated arts of the period and serves as a resource to facilitate and encourage collaboration.
Mozart Society of America and Society for Eighteenth-Century Music Joint Conference in Salzburg—26–29 May 2022: “Mozart and Salzburg”
Online registration for the Salzburg conference is now closed. If you wish to attend, you may register on site. Please contact Paul Corneilson in advance.
For full details on the conference, please see the final program and abstracts for the joint MSA-SECM conference in Salzburg.
For information on hotels, including a special discount code, see here.
Nominations due for SECM’s inaugural Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Award
This award recognizes a graduate student who is currently working on a thesis or dissertation on topics related to diversity, equity, inclusion, or accessibility in eighteenth-century music scholarship. Nominations are due by July 1, 2022. For more details, including how to apply, click here.
Haydn Society of North America Mini-Conference
9–10 November 2022, New Orleans
A conference of the Haydn Society of North America (HSNA) will take place Wednesday, November 9 and Thursday morning, November 10, at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel, immediately prior to the meeting of the American Musicological Society / Society for Music Theory. We are seeking proposals based on any research relating to the world and music of Joseph Haydn and his near contemporaries. Presentations that have been accepted for the AMS/SMT conference itself may not be read at this conference. Papers read at the conference may be solicited for publication in HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America.
Scholars are invited to submit proposals for individual papers or lecture-performances. Papers and presentations should not exceed twenty minutes.
Additionally, ten minutes will be allotted for discussion. The abstract should be no more than 400 words. It should articulate the most important aspects of the research, discuss the relationship of the work to previous scholarship, and describe the significance and potential future usefulness of the findings. Furthermore, proposals should indicate (a) type of presentation (paper or lecture-performance), and (b) any equipment or technical requirements. On a separate page, please give the presenter's name together with institutional affiliation or place of residence.
The year 2022 marks the 250th anniversary of Haydn’s composition of the “Sun” Quartets and “Farewell” Symphony. We are happy to consider any submissions that focus on these and other works completed during 1772.
Please submit complete proposals as a PDF file via email to haydnsocietyna@gmail.com by May 1, 2022. If you have any questions, please contact Alex Ludwig (aludwig@berklee.edu).
Eisenstädter-Haydn Berichte, Vol. 13. Call for submissions
Walter Reicher, general editor of the Eisenstädter Haydn-Berichte, issued a call for submissions for chapters in Vol. 13 of the series, which has the theme “Haydn—Mozart—Beethoven: Similarities, parallels, contrasts,” intended for publication at the end of 2022. Here are some of the details:
- The individual essays/papers should deal with themes that show Haydn in relation to at least one of the other two composers. Exceptions are only possible if it is a special "Haydn theme".
- Length: between 15 and 50 manuscript pages plus illustrations (in the hardcover version only black and white illustrations are possible).
- Planned publication date: end of 2022.
- Final submissions must be made by August 15, 2022, but notification of intention and a brief description of the subject matter should be sent as soon as is feasible, to ensure proper planning of the volume by the editors.
- Fee: EUR 400
If you are interested in submitting a paper, or have questions regarding this series or the submission process, please contact Michael Ruhling.