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InternationalAssociationofMusicLibraries,ArchivesandDocumentationCentres(IAML) InternationalMusicologicalSociety(IMS) Congress MusicResearchintheDigitalAge NewYork,USA 2126June2015,TheJuilliardSchool Programme (withabstracts;lastupdated:20June2015) SUNDAY,21JUNE 9.0013.00 BoardRoom IAMLBoardmeeting Boardmembersonly 9.0015.00 Room340 IMSDirectoriummeeting 14.0017.00 BoardRoom IAMLBoardmeeting Boardmembersonly 14.0017.00 Classroom527 IMSStudyGrouponTransmissionofKnowledgeasaPrimaryAiminMusicEducation (closedworkingmeeting) Chair:GiuseppinaLaFaceBianconi(ProfessorofMusicHistoryandMusicPedagogy;Departmentofthe Arts,UniversityofBologna) http://www.ims-education.net/home/meetings/new-york-2015/ Speakers: LucaAversano(AssociateProfessorofMusicologyandMusicHistory;DepartmentofPhilosophy, CommunicationandVisualArts,RomaTreUniversity) NicolaBadolato(ResearchFellow;DepartmentoftheArts,UniversityofBologna) MatthewBalensuela(ProfessorofMusicHistory;SchoolofMusic,DePauwUniversity,Greencastle,IN) LorenzoBianconi(ProfessorofMusicalDramaturgyandMusicHistory;DepartmentoftheArts, UniversityofBologna) Sunday,21June IAML/IMSNewYork2015Programme(lastupdated:20June2015) SuzanneG.Cusick(ProfessorofMusic;FacultyofArtsandScience,NewYorkUniversity,NYC) JamesA.Davis(ProfessorofMusicology;SchoolofMusic,SUNYatFredonia,NY) MariaRosaDeLuca(AssociateProfessorofMusicologyandMusicHistory;DepartmentofHumanities, UniversityofCatania) MariaCristinaFava(AssistantProfessorofMusicology;EastmanSchoolofMusic,Rochester,NY) CarolA.Hess(ProfessorofMusic;DepartmentofMusic,UniversityofCaliforniaatDavis) RobertHolzer(AssociateProfessorofMusicHistory;YaleSchoolofMusic,NewHaven,CT) StephenMeyer(AssociateProfessorofMusicHistory;SyracuseUniversity,Syracuse,NY) PierpaoloPolzonetti(AssociateProfessorofMusicandLiberalStudies;UniversityofNotreDame,IN) ColinRoust(AssistantProfessorofMusicology;SchoolofMusic,UniversityofKansas,Lawrence,KS) CesarinoRuini(ProfessorofMedievalMusicandMusicPaleography;DepartmentoftheArts,University ofBologna) PaoloSomigli(AssistantProfessorofMusicologyandMusicHistory;FacultyofEducation,Free UniversityofBozenBolzano) AnneJudithStone(AssociateProfessorofMusic;TheGraduateCenter,CUNY,NYC) PhilipTaylor(LecturerinMusic;KMMusicConservatory,Chennai,India) ÁlvaroTorrente(ProfessorofMusicHistory;InstitutoComplutensedeCienciasMusicales,Universidad Complutense,Madrid) JamesR.Briscoe(ProfessorofHistoricalMusicology;JordanCollegeofArts,ButlerUniversity, Indianapolis,IN) 14.0015.30 Room543 IMSStudyGrouponDigitalMusicology(opensession) DigitalMusicology:MissionAccomplished? Chair:FransWiering(DepartmentofInformationandComputingSciences,UtrechtUniversity) Thethemeofthe2015IAML/IMSconference,MusicResearchintheDigitalAge,hasyieldedanamazingresponsefromthe scholarlycommunity.Notonlywasthenumberofsubmissionsquitehigh,butaverylargemajorityoftheseare emphaticallydigitalinthattheypresentnewdigitaltoolsorresources,applytheseinmusicresearch,studymusicin adigitalenvironment,orpresentcriticalreflectionsonthesedevelopments. Theresultisanamazinglyrichanddiverseprogramme;seldom(ifever)beforehassuchalargeselectionof'digital musicology'papersbeenpresentedatasinglescholarlyevent.Nolongeristheapplicationoftechnologytomusicresearch amarginalactivityofcomputergeeks:ithasbecomepartofmainstreammusicologyandotherbranchesofmusicresearch. Thisconferencepresentsalsoauniqueopportunitytostudydigitalmusicologyinthewild.Hasitbecomewhatits advocatesimaginedittobe,orhasitdevelopedintosomethingentirelydifferent?Andhowdoesthepresentstateof affairsreflectonthegoalsandactivitiesoftheIMSStudyGrouponDigitalMusicology? Herearesomequestionsthatmaybediscussedinthissession: Giventhesuccessofdigitalmusicology,dowestillneedastudygrouptopromoteit? Is,infact,digitalmusicologysosuccessful?Howdowemeasureitssuccess?Havealltheobstaclesbeenremovedorare therebarriers,bottlenecks,orpricestopay? Howsustainablearetheresultsofdigitalmusicology?Cantheybegeneralised?Doweseeanemergingdigital infrastructureformusicology? Whataboutthepresumedtransformativepotentialofdigitalmusicology?Istheaimtoredefinemusicologyorratherto enhancethedailyworkpracticesofmusicresearchers? Aftershortpresentationsbythespeakers,therewillbeanopportunityforotherattendants,nonͲmembersoftheStudy Groupinparticular,tomakebriefstatements. Speakers: FransWiering(Chair,IMSStudyGrouponDigitalMusicology) TimCrawford(ProfessorialResearchFellow,GoldsmithsCollege,UniversityofLondon) CharlesInskip(Lecturer,UniversityCollegeLondon) AudreyLaplante(Écoledebibliothéconomieetdessciencesdelinformation,UniversitédeMontréal, Canada) 2 Monday,22June IAML/IMSNewYork2015Programme(lastupdated:20June2015) 15.3017.00 Room529 IMSStudyGroup(closedworkingmeeting) TablatureinWesternMusic Chair:JohnGriffiths(MonashUniversity,Melbourne,Australia);TimCrawford(DeputyChair, GoldsmithsCollege,UniversityofLondon) 18.30 PJSharpTheaterLobby Openingreception MONDAY,22JUNE 8.158.45 PaulHall TheIAMLBoardWelcomesFirstTimeAttendees.Anintroductorysessionforthoseattendingtheirfirst IAMLmeeting 8.4510.30 PJSharpTheater Openingsession AnnouncementsfromtheCongressorganizers DigitizingMusicalNewYork(andmore):BAM,CarnegieHall,andtheNewYorkPhilharmonic PresentedbytheOrganizingCommittee Chair:JaneGottlieb(TheJuilliardSchool,NewYork) Withacumulativetotalofnearly450yearsofuninterruptedhistory,threeofNewYorkCitysoldestperformingarts institutionsarecurrentlyfocusedonthefuturewiththeirlargeͲscaledigitizationprojects.Millionsofpagesofscores, programs,correspondence,businessrecords,andeventuallyaudioandvideowillbemadeavailableforresearch documentingeachinstitutionsexperienceandNewYorkCityshistory.Eachpresenterwilldiscussthegoaloftheir projects,thechallengesandbenefitsofdigitizingtheircollections,andshowsomeoftheirdigitizedmaterial.Inaddition theArchivistswilldiscusshowthedigitizationprojectshaveinformedandilluminatedtheconnectionsbetweenthe collections. Speakers: BarbaraHaws(Archivist/Historian,NewYorkPhilharmonicLeonLevyDigitalArchives) GinoFrancesconi(Director,Archives&RoseMuseum,CarnegieHall) SharonLehner(Director,BrooklynAcademyofMusicHammArchives) 10.3011.00 MorseHall Tea&coffee CoffeeCornerforMenteesandMentors PJSharpTheaterLobby 11.0012.30 WillsonTheater Musiclibrariesanddigitalhumanities PresentedbytheReseachLibrariesBranchofIAML Chair:ThomasLeibnitz(ÖsterreichischeNationalbibliothek,Wien) KristinaRichts(ResearchAssistant,MusicologicalInstituteoftheUniversityofPaderbornandthe DetmoldUniversityofMusic,Detmold) NewapproachesofcataloguingmusicalholdingswithMEIandTEI Followingthedigitalturnandthedevelopmentandavailabilityofvirtualresearchenvironments,thecollaboration betweenlibrariesandresearchinstitutionsbecomesincreasinglyimportant.Suchcooperationsshouldbedevelopedonthe basisofsupplementarydatastandards.InthefieldofmusicologythenewinternationaldataformatoftheMusicEncoding Initiative(MEI)satisfiestheparticularrequirementsintermsofmergingmetadatainlibrariesandmusicologicalresearch data. 3 Monday,22June IAML/IMSNewYork2015Programme(lastupdated:20June2015) ThegoaloftheprojectDevelopmentofamodelforextensivecontextualindexingofmusicholdingsbasedonMEIandTEI, usingtheexampleoftheDetmoldcourttheatreinthe19thcentury(18251875),whichisfundedbytheDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft(DFG)fortwoyearsfromSeptember2014onwards,istousetheMEIformatforacontextual indexingofsheetmusicforthefirsttime.Itisintendedtodemonstratethepotentialofthestandardonthebasisof anumberofspecificexamplesofvaryingcomplexityandtoenhanceitincloseexchangewiththelibrarianand musicologicalcommunity. ThecollectionsofmusicfromtheheydaysoftheDetmoldcourttheatreandthelocalcourtorchestrainthenineteenth century(around18251875)holdbytheLippischeLandesbibliothekDetmoldareofnationalimportanceandparticularly suitedtoexploreanddemonstratetheextensiveopportunitiesoftheMEIformatbecausetheirmaterialcomponentshave beenretainedinaremarkablevarietyandcompleteness.Someofthematerialsshallbemorethoroughlyindexedinan exemplarywaytoillustratetheadvantagesofdeeplyindexedmaterialscomparedwithtraditionalcataloguerecordings. BenefitswillresultfromtheuseoftheFRBRmodel,whichhasbeenimplementedinMEI2013.Theuseofitallows,for instance,amoreprecisedescriptionofperformancematerialsandtheirtreatmentwithinahistoricalprocess. ThelongtermobjectiveistocreateanMEIͲandTEIͲbasedgenericmodel,whichcouldbealsousedforindexingother comparablecollections.Forfurtherresearch,allresultsaretobestoredinadigitalenvironment.Theywillbepresentedin anopenstructureinordertoallowextensionsbylocalaswellasexternalcollectiondataandtoenableinterdisciplinary researchwithintheseholdings. Thelecturewillgiveanoverviewovertheprojectobjectivesandapproachesandwillpresentfirstexperienceswiththe creationoftheintendedmodel. BarbaraWiermann(SächsischeLandesͲ,StaatsͲundUniversitätsbibliothekDresden) Musiclibrariesanddigitalresearch.StrategicconsiderationsandperspectivesoftheSaxonStateand UniversityLibraryDresden,Germany TheSaxonStateandUniversityLibraryDresden(SLUB)isoneofthelargestandbestendowedacademiclibrariesin Germany.TheSLUBservesastheuniversitylibraryofDresdenUniversityofTechnology.ItisthestatelibraryofSaxonyand amajorinnovationandcoordinationcenterforGermanlibraries. InthelastyearstheSLUBconductedmajordigitizationprojectsinallsubjectareas.Inmusictheydealtforinstancewith manuscriptoftheprivateroyalmusiccollection,theroyalchurchmusicandtheroyaloperaaswellaswithearlyrecordings ofvocalmusic(ArchivderStimmen). InmypaperattheIAMLconferenceNewYork,Idiscusstherelationshipbetweenmusiclibrariesandmusicological research.Iwillpresentthestrategicconsiderations,whyandhowthemusicdepartmentofSLUBDresdenlooksforcloser