The Calligraphy of Medieval Music

University of Toronto, Trinity College, George Ignatieff Theatre 21-23 September 2007

The conference is free of charge and open to all.

Andy Orchard (Provost, Trinity College): Greetings
John Haines: Introduction
Susan Rankin: "Procedures and Stylization in Eleventh-Century Neume Forms"
Franz-Karl Prassl: "Music Scribes in Tenth-Century St. Gall"
David Hiley: "Music Notation in Norman Sicily"

Lawrence Earp, Chair
Michel Huglo: "Towards a Scientific Paleography of Music"
Margot Fassler: "Liturgy, Music and Paleography at Chartres"
Olivier Cullin: "The Calligraphy of Carthusian Music Books"

1-3:30 PM

James Kippen, Chair
Weiping Zhao: "On the History of Chinese Tablature and Its Study"
Getatchew Haile: "Manuscript Production in Ethiopia: An Ongoing Practice"
Catherine Martin: "On Mi'qmaq Writing and Its Context"

4:30-6 PM (University of Toronto Art Centre - 15 King's College Circle, Toronto ON, M5S 3H7)

Susan Rankin, Chair
Bettina Ryan: "Experiments in Recreating Medieval Music Notation"
Randall Rosenfeld: "Scribal Tools of the Notator"

David Hiley, Chair
Lawrence Earp: "Interpreting the Deluxe Manuscript"
Anna-Maria Busse Berger: "The Consequences of Ars Nova Notation"
Barbara Haggh: "Two 16th-century Examples of Late Square Notation at Cambrai"
John Haines: Concluding Words

For further information, contact Meghan Forsyth at meghan.forsyth@utoronto.ca.