The Newsletter of the Society for Seventeenth-Century Music Vol. 21,20, No. 1,3, Fall 2011 Seventeenth-Century“Manhattan” for SSCM Music 201 in2 byIndianapolis: Barbara Hanning Notes from AMS 2010 by Brians Oberlanderthe old Rodgers and Hart song proclaims,he American the Musicological island of Manhat Society- careful analysis of the extant score of Akheldtan holdsits 2010 an Annualembarrassment Meeting inof Artemisia, tracing a certain expressive logic riches todowntown delight Indianapolismembers of (November the Soci- in the composer’s revisions and placing this Tety for Seventeenth-Century Music for 4–7), joined by the Society for Music Theory. in dialogue with such theoretical sources Paperstheir twentieth relevant toannual seventeenth-century conference, to as Aristotle and Descartes. In another musicbe held were April delightfully 19–22, 2012, numerous at the Metand- venture of revaluation, Valeria De Lucca generallyropolitan Museumof fine quality, of Art thoughin New York.most argued against the idea of an operatic nadir Home to 1.5 million people, New York were found in sessions that looked beyond in Rome following the closure of its first County (Manhattan) is still neverthe- periodization. From “Special Voices” and Venetian-style theater in 1675. Presenting less a clutch of small neighborhoods, “Marianeach with Topics” its distinct to “Private style Musics”and flavor. and a detailed case study of Prince Lorenzo “Beyond the Book,” the seventeenth century Colonna and his semi-private enterprise The song will serve to highlight some as “Museum Mile,” which includes Park. The concert, on Saturday took its place alongside studies of the met- at the Colonna palace, De Lucca revealed of those relevant to the conference. the Museum of the City of New York, evening and preceded by cocktails ronome, Die Meistersinger, and Stockhausen aThe fascinating Cooper-Hewitt theatrical spaceNational that bridgedDesign and light refreshments, will feature in a stimulating series of exchanges. It was the commercial and the courtly and that In Central Park we’ll stroll …Where Museum, the Jewish Museum, the Robert Mealy, playing the Museum’s impossible to witness all of these exchanges testifies to a thriving operatic culture during our first kiss we stole … Soul to soul. Guggenheim Museum, El Museo del 1693 Stradivari violin, along with the firsthand, of course, as many were scheduled theBarrio, so-called and “Ironthe Neue Age” ofGalerie, Pope Innocent among ensemble Juilliard 415. simultaneously; indeed, the first full day of XI’s Rome. Moving south (and into the early Our meeting site is in the neighbor- others. A few blocks further south the conference was replete with promising eighteenth century), Robert Torre proposed hood of the elegant Upper East Side, of the Met is the astounding Frick We’ll have Manhattan The Bronx titleswhere in concurrentthe Metropolitan sessions. Museum at linkscollection, between housed myth, gender, in the and industrialist’s Neapolitan To begin, though, I can report on two civic identity in a paper familiar to those and Staten Island too … Fifth Avenue and East 82nd Street former mansion. Our center of gravity We’ll try to cross Fifth Aaaaaaav- e-nue. period-basedborders Central sessions. Park,Friday afternoon’sthe first whoduring attended the conference, last year’s however, SSCM meeting will be “Italian Baroque Opera,” chaired by Wendy inthe Houston, Met itself. “The In addition Siren Reconstituted: to the paper landscaped public park in the country. Crossing Fifth Avenue and walking Heller,Colloquially featured known outstanding as the presentations Met, the Silviosessions, Stampiglia’s the Museum La Partenopewill enable and small- the (and some lively discussion) on topics rang- Walledgroup toursGarden of ofsome Knowledge of the galleriesin Early one block east, we’ll come to Madison Museum owns more than two million Indianapolis,Avenue with IN its array of fine restaurants ingobjects from andpatronage boasts in Romea collection to birdsong of Eighteenth-Century(including the Naples.”fabulous Torre musical dealt in Handel. In his paper “Representing the withinstruments the figure collection) of Parthenope, and willsiren host and and shops. And further east, accessible Egyptian art second only to Cairo’s. Its via the crosstown bus or by a twenty- Propertiesbuilding lies of atAffects: the southern Cavalli’s end Revisions of the mythicala private founder concert of Naples,in the mapping Museum’s her toclassy the Operastretch Artemisia of Fifth and Avenue Their Textualknown ancientPatron’s and Lounge early-modern overlooking resonances Central onto continued on page 12 Roots,” Hendrik Schulze reassessed the role her dramatic fate as the queen of the In This Issue . of the affects in Cavalli’s music through eponymous opera by Silvio Stampiglia and NewsIn ofThis the Society Issue… Jeffrey Kurtzman: An Appreciationcontinued on page 16 President’s Message ................ 2 LetterNews fromof the AustralasiaSociety ............. 3 by Lois Rosow TravelPresident’s Grant messageRecipients .............................. ............. 4 2 AsConference president of the Society,Report: Lois Rosow The delivered Pamphilj the following and address the Arts: at the conferral of 2011Letter Conference from Europe Schedule ............................... .......... 6 3 honoraryPatronage membership—the and Consumption Society’s highest honor—on in Baroque Jeffrey Kurtzman. Rome The kpresentation Informal2011 Irene Business Alm Meeting Minutes .. 10 tookby Eleanor place duringMcCrickard the business meeting on April 9, 2011, at the School of Music, University MembershipMemorial Prize Directory Winner ............ ........................18 4 of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Annual Business Meeting ..........................8 n international, interdisciplinary conference on The Reports and Reviews s the generation that founded our Pamphilj and the Arts: Patronage and Consumption in AndréReports Campra and Reviews Colloque Society moves inexorably towardBaroque Rome took place at Boston College on October International 2010 ................. 4 and into retirement,A is it any Boston Early Music Festival 2011 .............5 15–16, 2010, sponsored by the Fine Arts Department, the Con la mente e con le mani . 5 wonder that our membersMcMullen have lately Museum of Art, and the Institute of Liberal Arts. ProposalsTwo Composers, for the AnnualTwo Continents Meeting, ............ 6 turned nominations for honoraryWith the mem election- of Pope Innocent X in 1644, his family, the 2011Music ............................. and Liturgical Reform ..................810 bership into an annual affair?Pamphilj, Annual became or leading patrons of the arts in Rome. The HeinrichHistorical Schütz Keyboard und MusicEuropa ...................... .. 911 not, there is nothing casual about the conference examined contributions of three generations of SSCMSSCM 2010 2011 Financial in Minneapolis Report ..................... 1113 approval process, a rigorouspatrons: gathering Innocent X; Prince Camillo Pamphilj (the pope’s of documentation aimed at celebrat- ConferenceIl novello Giasone Announcements at Martina Franca ........19 nephew) and his wife, Princess Olimpia Aldobrandini; and ing the accomplishments of our most SSCM 2012 in New York ........... 12 their son, Cardinal Benedetto Pamphilj. In particular, the Conference Announcements .................... 14 distinguished senior colleagues. Let Calls for Papers or Manuscripts .. 12 conference concentratedRecent on honorary the role members, of Benedetto in Minneapolis: in shaping today’s celebration begin with thanks Members’ News ..................................... 16 the visual arts, music,Anne Schnoebelen, and literature Kerala from Snyder, the Jeffrey time Kurtzman, of his Members’ News .................. 14 to the continued on page 18 and Lex Silbigercontinued on page 17 Vol.Vol. 21, 20, No. No. 1 2 17th-Century 17th-Century MusicMusic ��� 11 Anne Schnoebelen and Lois Rosow 17th-Century Music is the semi-annual President’s Message newsletter of the Society for Seventeenth- Century Music. In addition to news of the t’s autumn: the time of year when we celebrate one spring Society, its members, and conferences, the Newsletter reports on related conferences, conference and look forward to the next. Congratulations musical performances, research resources, Iagain to Kelley Harness and her team at the School of and grant opportunities. Please send Music, University of Minnesota, for the conference last inquiries or material for consideration to spring. From the elegantly designed program booklet and the editor: well-chosen special events to the attractive surroundings and Roger Freitas Eastman School of Music seamless choreography, we saw constant evidence of Kelley’s 26 Gibbs Street attention to both the big picture and the details. Kudos to Rochester, NY 14609 the Program Committee, chaired by John Hajdu Heyer, for Phone: (585) 274-1458 the excellent quality of the papers they put before us. As for Fax: (585) 274-1088 (attn: Roger Freitas) the next: see you in New York! E-mail: [email protected] As you heard initially at our informal business meeting in Indianapolis and again Please note that information for the next issue at the business meeting in Minneapolis (see the minutes elsewhere in this issue), must be submitted by January 15, 2012. the Society will enter into an advantageous new publishing arrangement for the ISSN: 1054-6022 Journal in 2012. Thanks especially to Jeffrey Kurtzman