Cremona Baroque Music 2018
Musicology and Cultural Heritage Department Pavia University Cremona Baroque Music 2018 18th Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music A Programme and Abstracts of Papers Read at the 18th Biennial International Conference on Baroque Music Crossing Borders: Music, Musicians and Instruments 1550–1750 10–15 July 2018 Palazzo Trecchi, Cremona Teatro Bibiena, Mantua B Crossing Borders: Music, Musicians and Instruments And here you all are from thirty-one countries, one of Welcome to Cremona, the city of Monteverdi, Amati and the largest crowds in the whole history of the Biennial Stradivari. Welcome with your own identity, to share your International Conference on Baroque Music! knowledge on all the aspects of Baroque music. And as we More then ever borders are the talk of the day. When we do this, let’s remember that crossing borders is the very left Canterbury in 2016, the United Kingdom had just voted essence of every cultural transformation. for Brexit. Since then Europe—including Italy— has been It has been an honour to serve as chair of this international challenged by migration, attempting to mediate between community. My warmest gratitude to all those, including humanitarian efforts and economic interests. Nationalist the Programme Committee, who have contributed time, and populist slogans reverberate across Europe, advocating money and energy to make this conference run so smoothly. barriers and separation as a possible panacea to socio- Enjoy the scholarly debate, the fantastic concerts and political issues. Nevertheless, we still want to call ourselves excursions. Enjoy the monuments, the food and wine. European, as well as Italian, German, French, Spanish, And above all, Enjoy the people! English etc.
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