Rather than hi-jack Hugh Taylor's
Change in music at the end of the C18th thread, I'm starting a new thread for those who might be interested.
Celia Pendlebury (whose master's thesis was mentioned in the
earlier thread here) has wondered if folks here might be interested in this forthcoming conference on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October 2020. Originally destined to be held at Cecil Sharp House, this will probably now be a Webex on-line event. It would seem that at least some of the conference will cover some of the issues raised in the 'Change in music at the end of the C18th' thread.
Here's what Celia wrote to me in an e-mail:
"I have just been reading through this correspondence [i.e. the melnet thread] with interest, as this topic matches my line of research. Your correspondents might be interested in the series of conferences specifically about traditional tunes over history. These are organized by Julia Bishop in conjunction with the Elphinstone Institute, University of Sheffield and EFDSS. They are academic in nature, but "independants" (such as me) are welcome and anyone can submit a paper. Details of the next one being planned in October are here: https://networks.h-net.org/node/73374/announcements/5809517/cfp-3rd-traditional-tunes-and-popular-airs-conference-deadline At the moment Julia & co are deciding how to deliver it and I suspect they shall opt for a Webex platform, which will make it accessible to a lot more people. Maybe you could provide this information to your friends on melnet?"The deadline for submission of papers is now passed, but the conference itself may be of interest to members here. The topics to be discussed/presented are
here.
If you are interested in taking part, please contact Julia Bishop for further details:
Dr Julia Bishop, Hon. Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen, and Research Associate, University of Sheffield
e-mail:
julia.bishop@blueyonder.co.uk
