11thIInternationalConferencQueluzPalacePortugal

International Conference

HISTORICALLY INFORMED PERFORMANCE –vTHEORY AND PRACTICE OF THE 18TH-CENTURY MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL REPERTOIRE

15-17 September 2023 National Palace of Queluz (Portugal)

Organization: Divino Sospiro – Centro de Estudos Musicais Setecentistas de Portugal

Scientific Committee: Cristina Fernandes, Giuseppina Raggi, Iskrena Yordanova, Ricardo Bernardes, José Camões, Francesco Cotticelli, Paologiovanni Maione

DS-CEMSP will hold from September 15th to 17th 2023, the 11th International Conference at the National Palace of Queluz (Portugal). The general topic of this year is the Historically Informed Performance – Theory and Practice of the 18th-century Musical and Theatrical Repertoire. The conference aims to promote a multidisciplinary dialogue around the specificity and the heterogeneity of musical and theatrical repertoire of the 18th century, calling for the participation of researchers of various areas related to this subject. Cases concerning historically informed performance and its theory, as well as aspects of theatrical configurations, staging, contexts, inherent occasions and variety of approaches, solutions, and translations through the prism of contemporary understanding and aesthetics will be taken in consideration.

TOPICS: •	Critical theory in historical performance research •	Modern relevance of historical performance, entrepreneurship, and cultural production •	Source studies •	Historical improvisation and partimenti •	Early music theory and performance •	Organology •	New technologies and contemporary solutions in historical performance

Scholars are invited to submit individual proposals. Each paper shall not exceed 20 minutes. Session proposals will be accepted as well: a maximum of three or four papers will be taken into consideration, and the session should not exceed 1h30.

Official languages of the conference are Portuguese, English, Italian, Spanish

Abstracts in Word format (.doc), should not exceed 300 words. Please enclose in the same file a brief curriculum vitae of 150 words max., providing your name and surname, postal address, e-mail and telephone number, as well as your institutional affiliation. Please indicate to which topic your proposal belongs.

Deadline for sending abstracts is April 15th, 2023 E-mail: dscemspconference2023@gmail.com The scientific board will examine all the abstracts by April 17th, 2023 and contributors will be informed immediately thereafter.