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http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/amm The conference is free and open to the public, but space is limited and registration is encouraged. Please email mlesley@gmail.com.
This 2-day conference will convene some of the leading scholars from various disciplines to consider issues and ideas pertinent to the subject of Adorno and modern music. The conference will have three major thematic divisions: (1) discussions of Adorno’s wider enterprise and music’s place within it; (2) discussions of his views on music that integrate reflection on the more recently published writings from Adorno’s Nachlass (i.e., Towards a Theory of Musical Reproduction; the Beethoven notes; and Currents of Music: Elements of a Radio Theory) (3) reflections on the current and future state of music, the light Adorno might throw on contemporary developments; and how contemporary developments might in turn prompt us to reconsider aspects of Adorno’s legacy.
Co-Organizers:
Alexander Rehding (Department of Music)
Michael Rosen (Department of Government)
Peter E. Gordon (Department of History)
