2004
"Bach and Forth: German Music in Historical Contexts"
(organized by David Luebke and Ian McNeally)
2 historians 1 musicologist
Early eighteenth century liturgical and theological debates as context for Bach; J.S. Bach's canonization; and political uses of popular song in age of reform and revolution.
2005
"The Mendelssohns: Judaism in German Music/Music in German Jewry"
(topic proposed by Ken Calhoon, organized by D. Luebke and J. Librett)
Speakers:
R. Larry Todd
M. Marissen
Jeffrey Sposato
2006
"Music and Nationalism in Germany"
(topic proposed by D. Luebke, organized by D. Luebke and I. McNeally)
Speakers:
Celia Applegate
Pamela Potter
Michael Beckerman (NYU) - on Gideon Klein and on "German" music (questioning the determinability of the limits of such a category.)
2007
"Sovereigns, Servants, Sermons, and Song: Religion and Politics in the Baroque."
(annual theme - Political Theology, Theologies of Politics)
Speakers:
David Yearsley (Cornell) -- Bach
Jeanne Swack (Wisconsin) -- Telemann
Steven Shankman (U of O) -- Monteverdi and the Baroque
2008
"Affect and Structure: Meaning in Music"
(annual theme - Nature/Artifice)
Speakers:
Max Paddison
Marcel Cobussen
2009
"Midsummer Night Dreams, Midsummer Night Realities"
Speakers:
Kenneth S. Calhoon (Universiyt of Oregon)
Martine Kai Green (Dramaturg and Visiting Instructor, Kenyon College)
Marshall Brown (Comparative Literature, University of Washington)
Ken Roht (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Co-composer)
2010
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