CFP: The String Quartet in Spain from the End of the Eighteenth Century to Today, Univ. de Granada, Mar 2014

The String Quartet in Spain from the End of the Eighteenth Century to Today

International Conference
20-21 March 2014
Universidad de Granada - Facultad de Filosofía y Letras - Aula Magna

Organized by the Universidad de Granada
(Research Project I+D+i HAR2011-24295 / Ministerio de Economía y Competividad of Spain)

In association with
Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini
Cuarteto Bretón
Universität Koblenz-Landau

Scientific Committee
Germán Gan-Quesada (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona)
Desirée García Gil (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
Christiane Heine (Universidad de Granada)
Roberto Illiano (Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini, Lucca)
Christian Speck (Universität Koblenz-Landau / Centro Studi Opera Omnia Luigi Boccherini)

The scientific committee encourages submissions from the following areas, although other topics are also welcome:

• Reception of Foreign String Quartets in Spain: Acceptance and Repercussion
• Reception in Spain of Canales’ and Arriaga’s String Quartets
• The Spanish Society and the String Quartet
• Professional Quartets and Chamber Music Societies in Spain
• Spanish Institutions and the String Quartet: National Music Competitions for Composition and Interpretation
·       National and International Music Publishing and Trade: Spanish String Quartet Repertory
• Current State of Sources and Research Concerning the String Quartet of Spanish Provenience
• Analysis of the Spanish Repertory: Style and Aesthetics
• Comparative Studies: Convergences and Differences
• Recent Initiatives to Rediscover Forgotten Composers

The official languages of the conference are English, French, and Spanish.

Papers are limited to twenty minutes in length, allowing time for questions and discussion. Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words and a half-page of biography.
All proposals should be submitted by email no later than ***2 November 2013*** to <congresocuarteto at ugr.es>. With your proposal please include your name, contact details (postal address, e-mail and telephone number) and (if applicable) your affiliation.
The committee will make its final decision on the abstracts by the 7 December 2013, and contributors will be informed immediately thereafter. Further information about the programme, registration, travel and accommodation will be announced by the end of January 2014.

See more at:
http://www.ugr.es/~musicadecamara/ and http://www.luigiboccherini.org/forthconf.html