CFP: Montpellier 8, St. Hugh's College, Oxford, Mar 2014

Montpellier 8
St Hugh's College, University of Oxford, 20-21 March 2014

Since its inclusion in Ludwig’s Repertorium, and Yvonne Rokseth’s subsequent extensive study and facsimile publication of the manuscript, the Montpellier Codex (Bibliothèque interuniversitaire, Section de médecine, H.196) has occupied a central place in musicological scholarship on medieval polyphony. The eighth fascicle, in both its physical characteristics and its contents, has prompted diverging interpretations of its relationship to fascicles 1-7, and its place within narratives of the development of thirteenth- and fourteenth-century polyphonic composition.
We welcome papers on the following areas:

Dating, provenance, and status of Mo 8 as a collection; issues of patronage
Notation
Ars nova or Ars antiqua?
National styles
Concordances and refrains
Intertextuality and text interpretations
Tenor melodies and structures
Analytical approaches

Abstracts of 300 words should be sent to catherine.bradley at music.ox.ac.uk by 1 October 2013.

A conference webpage with resources can be found at: http://www.arsmusicae.org/wordpress/montpellier/

Organizing Committee

Dr. Catherine Bradley (catherine.bradley at music.ox.ac.uk)
Dr. Karen Desmond (k.desmond at ucc.ie)
Professor Elizabeth Eva Leach (elizabetheva.leach at music.ox.ac.uk)