International Conference ’Music and values’

the International Conference ’Music and values’

The Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music

November 22nd - 23rd, 2022

Call for papers

On behalf of the authorities of the Faculty of Composition, Theory of Music and Sound Engineering as well as the Department of Theory of Music and Composition I am pleased to invite you to participate in the International Conference ’Music and values’. The conference will be held in the main building of the Feliks Nowowiejski Academy of Music in Bydgoszcz (Slowackiego 7) on 22nd—23rd November 2022.

In his reflections on the nature of a work of art, Polish philosopher Władysław Stróżewski distinguishes three dimensions in which such a work takes shape: ontic, meaning- and value-related. The third of these, the axiological dimension permits one to see a given work as the subject of the values that are actually fulfilled within it. A similar understanding of the matter was adopted by Bohdan Pociej, who titled his book on the composer of Venetian Games — Lutoslawski and the Value of Music. Pociej identified three spheres that constituted the ’circle of primary values’ in Lutoslawski’s music: metaphysicality—love—beauty. Still, not all of the values observed in a work of art, as Stróżewski pointed out, ’are of the aesthetic kind’. Following Roman Ingarden’s classification, he stressed the need to differentiate between artistic and aesthetic values which, combined in an individual work, form a very special relationship.

By inviting you to be our guest and engage in a theoretical reflection on the conference leitmotif, we suggest that you may consider the following discussion points: ❖	values as constitutive elements of a given movement, trend, or style in music and their impact on music creation; ❖	the fundamentals of a composer’s creative aesthetic — the ’primary’ values that constitute it; ❖	the artistic values and the quality of the aesthetic values that coexist in a work of music; ❖	the ’idea’ behind a musical work as a harmonious combination of the values that constitute the work’s uniqueness and worth; ❖	the axiological ’dominants’ of a musical work that determine its functions; ❖	the ’sound concretizations’ of a musical work that reflect the composer’s ethical, metaphysical and religious experiences; ❖	the tacit axiological criteria of musicological descriptions/ interpretations of musical works; ❖	values adopted by music critics as the criteria of judgement about a work of music.

The above-presented list is hardly exhaustive as regards the scope and complexity of the music-value relationship. Hence, we hope that you may be inclined to propose your own view on the multi-faceted subject matter. If so, you are kindly requested to email the title of your paper with an abstract of up to 700 words to the Conference Secretary, Dr Barbara Mielcarek-Krzyzanowska, at barbaramk@poczta.onet.pl by 30th June 2022. You will be notified whether your paper has qualified for the conference programme by 15th September 2022. Please, note that the maximum time for a paper presentation should not exceed 20 min. The conference languages will be Polish and English. Considering the current situation, we plan to convene the conference in a hybrid (online and on-site) manner — more details will be sent to you in due course. Our contributors’ papers will be published in the form of post-conference proceedings by the FNAM publishing unit.

We will feel honoured to have your acceptance of our invitation and have you as a participant in our conference.

Prof. Anna Nowak - Conference Director

Contact - Conference Secretary, Dr Barbara Mielcarek-Krzyzanowska - barbaramk@poczta.onet.pl. The deadline - 30th June 2022.