France: Musiques, Cultures,
1789-1918 is a project covering all aspects of music in France in the long
nineteenth century: music in the theatre, instrumental, military, popular, and
sacred music, historiography, pedagogy and theory. We encourage and
promote research of all types in the field: documentary, cultural,
biographical, hermeneutic, bibliographical, archival, and analytical. We also
develop work at the boundaries of musicology, dance history, theatre, medicine,
science, ideas, and jurisprudence. At the heart of our work lies analysis
of the musical press, and the press more broadly conceived, as it relates to
music. In order to link more efficiently with partner organisations, we
engage with the long nineteenth century from 1789 to 1918.
The project encompasses:
London 2007; Paris 2008; Montréal 2009; Brussels 2010; Indianapolis 2010; Paris 2011; Paris 2012;
Paris 2013; Paris 2014; Paris 2015; Paris 2016; Paris 2017; Rochester 2017; Paris 2018
The programme
for our conference in Venice, 11-13 July 2022 is here.
The project is managed by Katharine
Ellis (University of Cambridge) and Mark Everist (University of
Southampton). Its web presence and databases are hosted by the Department of
Music, University of Southampton.
The project was initially set up as 'Francophone Music Criticism, 1789-1914'
with the specific aim of exploring the role of music in the French press in the
long nineteenth century. It was funded originally with a two-year network
grant from the UK's Arts and Humanities Research Council (2006-08), and managed
by the Institute of Musical Research at the School of Advanced Study, the
University of London. Grants from the School of Advanced Study (2006-08
and 2008-09), led to funding from the British Academy, the University of
Southampton, and further awards from the Arts and Humanities Research
Council. The network has since gained funding from various sources, for
the creation of the web resource. In 2017, the network agreed to broaden
its focus from press criticism to French musical culture more generally.. To see a full list of funders,
click here.