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PROGRAM FOR CHICAGO MEETING

MIDWEST CHAPTER

AMERICAN MUSICOLOGICAL SOCIETY

7-8 October 2006

SATURDAY

9:30-10:00 Coffee and greeting

Session I

Sat. 10:00-11:30
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
David Kidger, Oakland University, chair

1. Confraternities as Patrons of Devotional Music in 17th-Century Madrid
   — Janet Hathaway, Northern Illinois University
2. "Alas sweet lady, what imports this song?":   Dramatic Performance of Feminine Madness on the Jacobean Stage
   — Megan Guenther, Northwestern University
3. Peñalosa's Passion:The Influence of Rhetoric and Humanism on In passione  positus and Transeunte Domino Ies
   — Alyson Payne, Bowling Green State University

11:30-1:15 Lunch on your own

Sat. 1:15-2:45                        
American Music: Identity and Politics
Mark Clague, The University of Michigan, chair

1. Irish Comedians and Beethoven Societies: Perceptions of Immigrant Music in the Chicago Daily Tribune in the Late 19th Century
   — Katie Graber, University of Wisconsin--Madison
2. Jazz as Trope in the Music of Leonard Bernstein
   — Katherine Baber, Indiana University
3. A "Dream" of Unity: Collective Memory and Musical Commemorations of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
   — Anya Holland-Barry, University of Wisconsin—Madison

2:45-3:00 BREAK

Sat. 3:00-4:30
Wagnerian Opera and Beyond
Eftychia Papanikolauo, Miami University of Ohio, chair

1. Perchance to Dream
   —Christopher M. Barry, University of Wisonsin--Madison
2. "In a Certain Hinterland of the Human Consciousness":  A Reassessment of Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel
   —Nathan Platte, The University of Michigan
3. Strauss's Compositional Process and the Act I Trio of Der Rosenkavalier
   —Joseph E. Jones, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sat. 4:30 Business Meeting followed by Hora Felix

SUNDAY

Sun. 9:00-11:00
Aesthetics and Controversies
Vincent Corrigan, Bowling Green State University, chair                       

1. Delilah's Arabesque: Saint-Saëns and the Decorative Aesthetic
   — Jessie Fillerup, University of Kansas, Washburn University
2. Exactitude with Expression:  Imperatives of Performance Practice foR Mahler's Music
   — James L. Zychowicz, AR Editions
3. Understanding Assassins Through Cultural Context or A Revue Re-Viewed
   — Dan Blim, The University of Michigan
4. Theodor Adorno's "Block Rockin' Beats": An Application of Adorno's New Music Essays to Techno Music
   — Matthew Mihalka, University of Minnesota

Sun. 11:15-12:15            
Music and Its Institutions

1. Mendelssohn to the Rescue: Felix Mendelssohn and the London Philharmonic Society 1842-1844
   —Dennis Breier, The University of Iowa
2. Mediating Physical and Experiential 'Space' Through Marquee Programming at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
   —Hannah Chan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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