CfP: Conference „Setting Innovation to Music, From Celebration to Parody: A Dialogue between Official Ceremonies and Musical Scenes, 1840-1940“, (3.-4.11.2025, Switzerland), NEW DEADLINE: 20.06.2025

International Conference „Setting Innovation to Music, From Celebration to Parody: A Dialogue between Official Ceremonies and Musical Scenes, 1840-1940“

HEM Geneva and University of Fribourg (Switzerland),
03.-04.11.2025,
NEW DEADLINE: 20.06.2025

This international conference proposes a transnational reading of the musical representation of technological innovations, by placing official events on a global scale. The aim of this meeting is to focus on the dialogue between genres, institutional frameworks, audiences and actors by including a wide range of public events (from opera to music hall) that represent a continuum from official celebration to parody. The period from 1840 to 1940, which includes world’s fair from London 1851 to New York 1930–40, provides an opportunity to consider the phenomenon of the industrialization of public and private life from the great revolutions of the 19th century to the Second World War.

The full call for papers is available at: https://www.unifr.ch/musicologie/fr/actualites/evenements/32721/mettre-en-musique-l-innovation-de-la-celebration-a-la-parodie